Quiztime Lancashire Quiz

1. What are the three main rivers in Lancashire?
Rivers Ribble, Wyre and Lune
2. Which Lancashire born engineer invented the Spinning Jenny in the 18th Century?
James Hargreaves
3. In which Lancashire town was the Cooperative Movement founded?
Rochdale
4. Brian Gamlin of Bury, Lancashire, introduced what innovation into the game of darts?
The odd numbering system in 1896
5. In which Lancashire town is the Nutters Dance performed every Easter Sunday?
Bacup
6. Name the Lancashire town where the first test tube baby was born?
Oldham
7. Which town in Lancashire was called Marsden prior to 1805?
Nelson
8. In which town in Lancashire would you find the Thwaites brewery?
Blackburn
9. Liquorice, capsicum, eucalyptus and menthol are the main ingredients of which well- known edible product first made in Fleetwood, Lancashire in the late 19th century?
Fishermans Friend
10. In which city is the University of Central Lancashire?
Preston
11. Lancashire’s Industrial Landscape was often the subject for which Famous Artist?
L.S Lowry
12. Which Lancashire soccer side does Jim Bowen support?
Blackburn Rovers
13. From which Lancashire town do the Verve come from?
Wigan
14. Which motorway goes from Yorkshire to Lancashire, east to west?
M62
15. Which Lancashire town boasts itself as the birthplace of the tee-total movement?
Preston
16. Which fruit has the varieties Lord Kitchener, White Lion and Lancashire Lad?
Gooseberry
17. In which Lancashire town is Moorhouses brewery?
Burnley
18. Which TV and newspaper fortune teller was born in Accrington, Lancashire?
Mystic Meg
19. Where is the administrative centre of Lancashire?
Preston
20. Survey Question - Top Answer Required - Something associated with Lancashire?
Cheese / Hotpot / Red Rose / Lancaster / Blackpool (Clogs)

21. Which Lancashire town was officially known as Poulton le Sands untill 1870?
Morecambe
22. Which Lancashire town was designated a new town in 1961 to relieve overcrowding on Merseyside?
Skelmersdale
23. Name the ex Lancashire bowler who, in the 2003 English cricket season, topped the bowling averages?
Muttiah Muralitharan
24. Which Lancashire town became future leader Winston Churchill's first seat as an MP in 1900?
Oldham
25. On which English course is the Lancashire Oaks run?
Haydock Park
26. Which music hall and film star was born Grace Stansfield in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1898?
Gracie Fields
27. Which former Lancashire cricketer, born in 1941 was nicknamed "Flat Jack"?
Jack Simmons
28. Born in Lancashire in 1904 which toothy comedian became a jockey and was later awarded the Order of Lenin?
George Formby
29. Manchester United were originally known as Newton Heath, a team formed by employees of which company in 1878?
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company
30. Which Lancashire resort has a famous Pleasure Beach?
Blackpool
31. Where is the headquarters of Lancashire county cricket club?
Old Trafford
32. Which meat is traditionally used to make a Lancashire Hot Pot
Lamb or Mutton
33. Which England soccer manager was born in Burnley, Lancashire?
Ron Greenwood
34. The Hatchet was a magazine produced for the supporters of which Lancashire football club?
Bury
35. Which chart topper started life at Leigh, Lancashire as Clive Powell?
Georgie Fame
36. Which Lancashire club had just two managers between 1970 and 1994?
Oldham Athletic
37. Which comedy double act worked as welders in a Lancashire factory before forming a singing duo called The Harper Brothers?
Cannon and Ball
38. The English novelist Dorothy Sayers shares her middle name with which Lancashire town?
Leigh
39. Which make of motor vehicle gets its name from a Lancashire town?
Leyland
40. What colour rose do you associate with Lancashire?
Red

Tiebreaker - The first floodlit rugby match took place, Broughton v Swinton, at Broughton in Lancashire in which year?
1878