1. Which aerospace manufacturer constructed the Starlink satellites that were launched in June 2020? Elon Musk or Spacex
2.  Including Trump, how many Presidents of the United States have been impeached? Three (Andrew Jackson, Bill Clinton, Trump)
3. Which was the first European country to go into lockdown? Italy
4. Which broadcaster topped a poll of British voices? Sir David Attenborough
5. Who said, “We can have as many meetings as we like, but the will to change is nowhere in sight. Society must start treating this as a crisis. “Climate change activist Greta Thunberg
6. Which artist portrayed the horror of Guernica in a painting? Pablo Picasso
7. Who found Tutankhamun Khamun’s Valley of the Kings entrance in Nov 1922? Howard Carter
8. The first successful vaccine was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796. Which disease did it guard against? Smallpox
9. Who was Henry VIII’s last wife? Catherine Parr
10. Which two students founded Google in 1998? Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Round 2 “Answers

Round 3 – Answers

Drovers in Tadley

Before the Railways took over livestock transport, this road was a Drover road off the main turnpike through Tadley. Drovers herded sheep, cows, horses, and even turkeys down this road.

Q1   How many shoes did each cow have?      0, 2,  4 or 8  Answer: 8 Each cow has a cloven hoof, split into two toes. They had two cow shoes per foot.

Q2. Did Turkeys have shoes? Yes,  No, or  Maybe Answer: All three answers are correct: they did have felt pads tied to their feet or were driven through tar and feathers to form a “slipper.”

Q3 “id most “attle in Tadley originate from   England, Wales or Scotland? Answer: Cattle were mainly driven from Scotland and Wales. Tadley cattle came from Wales along the Ridgeway and crossed the river at Newbury hence,  place names like Welchman’s Welchman’s Mile.

Q4 How many Turnpikes pass through Tadley Parish? 0,1,2, or 4 Answer:  Two from Basingstoke, one through the centre of Tadley to Aldermaston, and one through Baughurst to Newbury.

Q5  Why is Halfpenny Lanee so-called? Answer: This was the price for a field to graze 20 cattle.

Tadley History

Q6  Where is the grave of John Mulford (of Mulford’sHilll) Mulford’sHilllimer West End Chapel, which he paid to be built?

Q7   How many Tadley detached villages were there in 1900? Answer: Two. These were regions of Lan, part of the Kingsclere Poor Law Union, where people experiencing poverty in Tadley were given work on the land. 

Q8. What happened to Blue Gown? Answer: It was thrown overboard en route to America. It was a famous racehorse associated with Tadley that was being sent to race in America and died when its spleen burst during a violent storm.

Q9   What was the name of Major George Roller’s Horse? Answer: Gabardine was named after the harsh, tightly woven fabric the famous Basingstoke Company used.

Q10    What is the link between” “100Wayss toCookk Ga” e” and Tadle? Answer: The author, Georgiana Hil,  lived in Browning Hill. A contemporary of Mrs Beeton, Georgiana catered to the less wealthy. An influential paper, “The Globe,” described her books as “curiosity in their way”, as they taught cooks” and  how to make cheap dishes that are not nasty”.”

Round 4 – Answers

1. What are the GEORGICS OF VIRGIL about? A farming  manual by the  famous Roman poet

2. As recently dramatised in a critically acclaimed miniseries, what year did theChornobyll disaster occur? 1986

3. Who was Lord Mayor of London four times between 1397 and 1419, and the inspiration for a classic English folk tale? Richard (Dick) Whittington

4. Who was the second President of the United States? John Adams

5. Who has only one of Henry’s wives to receive a Queen’s funeral? Jane Seymour

6. Which British discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb? Howard Cart Britain

7. Who led Britain’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, one of the first to reach the South Pole in 1912. Robert F. Scott

8. In which European country was there a civil war between 1946 and 1949? Greece

9. Which 13th-century Scottish knight did Mel Gibson portray in Braveheart? William Wallace

10. Which war was fought in South Africa between 1899 and 1902? Second Boer War (Allow Boer War)