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Posted on 4th April 2025 at 09:39
The Ultimate Nottingham Trivia Quiz! 🏹✨
Easy Questions:
Which famous outlaw is associated with Nottingham? 🦇
a) King Arthur
b) Robin Hood
c) William Wallace
d) Guy Fawkes
What is the name of Nottingham’s football team that plays at the City Ground?
a) Notts County
b) Mansfield Town
c) Nottingham Forest
d) Leicester City
What is the name of the historic pub that claims to be the oldest in England?
a) The Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
b) The Red Lion
c) The Bell Inn
d) The Malt Cross
What is the name of Nottingham’s famous limestone caves?
a) Peak Cavern
b) Sherwood Tunnels
c) City of Caves
d) Robin’s Hideout
Which university is based in Nottingham?
a) Oxford University
b) University of Nottingham
c) Cambridge University
d) Durham University
Medium Questions: ⚽
What is the name of Nottingham’s main shopping centre?
a) Victoria Centre
b) Broadmarsh Mall
c) Bullring
d) Meadowhall
What historic figure, also known as the ‘Maid of Orleans,’ was imprisoned at Nottingham Castle?
a) Joan of Arc
b) Mary Queen of Scots
c) Boudica
d) Queen Elizabeth I
Which river runs through Nottingham?
a) Thames
b) Trent
c) Mersey
d) Severn
What was Nottingham historically famous for producing?
a) Steel
b) Lace
c) Pottery
d) Glass
Which Batman film featured Nottingham’s Wollaton Hall as the stand-in for Wayne Manor?
a) Batman Begins
b) The Dark Knight
c) The Dark Knight Rises
d) Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hard Questions: 🦢
What was the original name of Nottingham before it became a city?
a) Sherwoodville
b) Snotingham
c) Mercia Town
d) Saxonford
What is the name of Nottingham’s ice hockey team?
a) Nottingham Vikings
b) Nottingham Panthers
c) Sherwood Knights
d) Robin Hood Rink Rats
Which famous author, known for Lady Chatterley’s Lover, was born in Nottinghamshire?
a) Charles Dickens
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) D.H. Lawrence
d) Jane Austen
Which major event in British history began with a riot at Nottingham Castle in 1831?
a) The Peasants’ Revolt
b) The Reform Bill Riots
c) The English Civil War
d) The Battle of Hastings
Which famous lace market area in Nottingham was a major global centre for lace making?
a) Hockley
b) The Old Market Square
c) The Broadmarsh Area
d) Castle Quarter
What is the nickname of Nottingham due to its number of female residents in the past?
a) Queen’s City
b) The City of Maidens
c) The Women’s Town
d) The Lace City
Which famous British scientist, known for work on ibuprofen, was from Nottingham?
a) Sir Alexander Fleming
b) Stewart Adams
c) Isaac Newton
d) Tim Berners-Lee
What is the name of the statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham?
a) The Outlaw’s Tribute
b) The Robin Hood Monument
c) The Merry Man Statue
d) The Sherwood Hero
Why is the event called the “Goose Fair”?
a) It originally celebrated the end of the harvest season
b) It was once famous for the sale of geese
c) A flock of geese saved Nottingham from invaders
d) It was named after a medieval goose-feather game
Which major British brewery was founded in Nottingham?
a) Greene King
b) Shipstone’s
c) Carling
d) Fuller’s
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Answers:
Easy Questions:
1. b) Robin Hood
2. c) Nottingham Forest
3. a) The Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
4. c) City of Caves
5. b) University of Nottingham
Medium Questions:
6. a) Victoria Centre
7. b) Mary Queen of Scots
8. b) Trent
9. b) Lace
10. c) The Dark Knight Rises
Hard Questions:
11. b) Snotingham
12. b) Nottingham Panthers
13. c) D.H. Lawrence
14. b) The Reform Bill Riots
15. a) Hockley
16. d) The Lace City
17. b) Stewart Adams
18. b) The Robin Hood Monument
19. b) It was once famous for the sale of geese
20. b) Shipstone’s
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