The Secret Leeds quiz

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String o' beads
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The Secret Leeds quiz

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For those who weren't able to attend the meet at the Adelphi, here are the quiz questions I set.

Of course you can search for the answers here - all the questions were sourced from topics mentioned on this website - but it might be fun if forumites challenged themselves and see how they get on without googling.

I'll publish the answers in a week or so.

Round One

1: According to a secretleeds contributor, which now defunct Leeds store had a 'Sulzer air curtain'?

2: Topic of many memories on secretleeds, which TV sitcom was filmed at Quarry Hill Flats?

3: A thread querying the longest pub name in Leeds concluded that it was what?

4: Recently in the news again, who was the designer of what is called on a secretleeds thread the 'Heath Robinson Clock' ? And for a bonus point, which company owns it?

5: There was a slight contretemps on secretleeds in 2007 when it was claimed that which area of Leeds is an island?

6: What is the connection between secretleeds and an old Devonish folk song?

7: The famous 'skulls' mystery. What is the name of the plumbing firm which removed the skulls from the Crown & Fleece to an anonymous building in Buslingthorpe?

8: It was claimed and confirmed by several contributors on secretleeds that a live dolphin show had taken place in the 1970s at which unlikely location in Leeds?

9: 'The Shrogs' is an area close to which Leeds landmark building?

10: Just for fun - spell the name of the famous former pub in Harehills which sounds like 'Ford Green'.

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Round Two

11: Multiple answers: possible 5 points

Potts Clocks. Point for each - list the five human figures [nationality will suffice] that revolve in the Grand Arcade clock.

12: Multiple answers: possible 13 points

Quarry Hill Flats. Point for each - name the thirteen 'houses' therein.

13: Multiple answers: possible 12 points

Listed buildings. There are thousands of listed buildings in Leeds, but only 13 have 'Leeds' as the first word in their current name or title. eg Leeds Town Hall. Point each for the other 12.

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cnosni won on the night with 15 points. Let us know how you get on by giving your result on this thread. And don't forget that people at the 'real' quiz didn't have unlimited time to think!

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Re: The Secret Leeds quiz

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I've just done the quiz and I would have been no threat to cnosni. :)
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I cant believe i won to be honest, must have had devine help from the Peroni
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