1. What was the Roman name for Gloucester?
2. Who was the Gloucestershire miser who was reputedly the inspiration for Dickens’ Eebenezer Scrooge?
3. What was Aethelflaed known as when she ruled from Gloucester?
4. Name the Forest man who made a major contribution to metallurgy in 1856 when he perfected the Bessemer process?
5. What year did the Battle of Tewkesbury takes place?
6. Name the king who visited Cheltenham in 1788 with his royal family and made the spa town fashionable?
7. During which war did the Glorious Glosters win the Battle of Imjin River?
8. Which Queen is buried in a marble tomb at St Mary’s church, Sudeley Castle?
9. Who was the populist leader who led riots against the enclosures in the Forest of Dean during the 19th century?
10. Gloucester Day was revived in 2009 but what does it celebrate?
11. What weaponry did St Briavels in the Forest of Dean become England’s main manufacturer of in the 13th Century?
12. Who was the famous female astronomer and Quaker born in Cirencester in 1830 who travelled the world chasing eclipses and was instrumental in setting up the British Astronomical Association?
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