How much do you know about Gloucestershire?
Put your knowledge to the test and take our quiz!
Q1. What is the Cotswolds' local sheep that once provided wool for half of England's cloth otherwise known as?
Hebridean
The Cotswold Lion
Texel
Welsh Mountain
Q2. Which king is buried at Gloucester Cathedral?
Edward II
Richard III
Henry VII
Edward V
Q3. The US national anthem is set out to a tune written by which Gloucester-born composer now buried in Gloucester Cathedral?
Edwin Ransford
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Charles Henry Wilton
John Stafford-Smith
Q4. Gloucester Cathedral's Crecy Window is the biggest stained-glass window in the UK - true or false?
True
False
Q5. Where in the county was the last battle of the English Civil War fought in 1646, ending with a Royalist surrender in the market place?
Stow-on-the-Wold
Chipping Camden
Cirenceseter
Moreton in Marsh
Q6. In cheese rolling, who won the 2019 edition of the men's downhill race for the first time, 12 months after knocking himself unconscious in a previous attempt?
Chris Anderson
Max McDougal
Matt Crolla
Cooper Cummings
Q7. Veteran cheese chaser Chris Anderson, holds a record of how many wins at Cooper's Hill annual Cheese Rolling?
20
22
24
26
Q8. According to a 2023 study by the University of Gloucestershire, how much did Gloucestershire make from The Cheltenham Festival this year, to the nearest 10million?
£100 million
£150 million
£220 million
£270 million
Q9. Cheltenham born Richard O'Brien wrote which incredibly popular musical stage show in 1973?
A Chorus Line
Evita
Bugsy Malone
The Rocky Horror Show
Q10. Which famous poet wrote 'The Country Walk', inspired by his fear of cows while on Cotswold walks?
Robert Browning
William Blake
T. S. Elliot
Dylan Thomas
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