Trivia Quiz

Category: history-and-places — Difficulty: mixed. Pick an answer for each of the ten questions, then submit at the end.

Question 1 of 10

The Red Arrows, the RAF's aerobatic display team, are still based in Lincolnshire today, but moved to a new home in October 2022 after almost forty years at their previous Lincolnshire base. Which airfield is their current home?

Question 2 of 10

Which Roman road, running roughly north to south through Lincoln, connected the city to London in ancient times?

Question 3 of 10

The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which keeps the UK's only airworthy Avro Lancaster bomber in flying condition, is based at which Lincolnshire airfield?

Question 4 of 10

Lincoln sits on which river, which runs through the city centre and links via the Fossdyke Navigation to the River Trent?

Question 5 of 10

Lincoln Cathedral owns one of only four surviving original copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. In which Lincoln building is it now displayed on permanent loan, in the David P J Ross Vault?

Question 6 of 10

Lincoln Cathedral was, for over two centuries, reputed to be the tallest building in the world. In which year did its central spire collapse during a storm?

Question 7 of 10

During the First World War, the world's first tank was designed and built in Lincoln by which engineering firm?

Question 8 of 10

What steep, cobbled street in Lincoln connects the lower city with the cathedral quarter and is famously, and aptly, named for its gradient?

Question 9 of 10

The Lincoln Tank Memorial on the Tritton Road roundabout, near the University of Lincoln, commemorates the Lincoln firm that designed and built the world's first fighting tank in 1915-16. What was the name of the firm?

Question 10 of 10

When did Norway get its constitution?

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