Extraordinarily, the Yuletide season is upon us again – where does all the time go? However you’re spending the holiday, we at Yorkshire Bylines hope you can find some quality time to put your feet up and perhaps enjoy this mostly Yorkshire-centric quiz with a cup of your favourite Christmas cheer.
1. Which Yorkshire university did the author Matt Haig attend? Clue: he wrote the The Girl who saved Christmas
2. Who is the UK’s anti-corruption champion?
3. Where was Lord John Prescott born? Which constituency did he represent for 40 years?
4. Which ballet is the Northern Ballet performing this Christmas?
5. Which York author wrote Emotionally Weird?
6. Who had a big hit with All I want for Christmas is You?
7. Was Atkinson-Grimshaw a sculptor or painter?
8. Where was Ted Hughes born?
9. Who wrote Teechers?
10. Where is the real Hogsmeade station?
11. Where was Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park filmed?
12. Which Leeds band is famous for I predict a riot?
13. Name the alt-rock band formed by three brothers from Wakefield
14. Which Yorkshire city was home to Def Leppard?
15. Which Yorkshire town is famous for its Turkish baths?
16. How many Brexit downsides did Yorkshire Bylines collect before closing the ever-expanding list this year?
17. In which city did Damien Hirst and Nicola Adams grow up?
18. Is Middlesbrough part of North Yorkshire or Teeside?
19. Name the first Yorkshire-born contestant to win Strictly Come Dancing
20. Name the town that The National Pennine Cycleway route runs through. Clue: the 2014 Le Tour de France went though it on its Grand Depart
21. Name the Yorkshire actor who played Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones
22. Where was Jodie Whitaker – of Dr Who fame – born?
23. Which Bond movie did Sean Bean appear in?
24. Where was the first lighthouse built?
25. What did Halifax’s Percy Shaw invent?
26. Where was the last witch burned at the stake in England, in 1630?
27. Where do Judy Dench and Guy Fawkes have in common?
28. Which communist author wrote for the Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser newspaper in the 1800s?
29. Name the three Yorkshire peaks
30. Who became Archbishop of York after Dr John Sentamu?
31. How old are Gen Z?
32. Where are the minsters in Yorkshire? Clue: there are eight
33. Which river runs through Todmorden?
34.What is the nearest town to Roche Abbey, founded in 1147 and dissolved in 1538?
35. Where is Monk Bretton Priory, founded in 1154?
36. Who wrote the music for The Nutcracker ballet?
37. What is a Yorkie-poo?
38. Which company invented jelly babies and where was it based?
39. What is Tadcaster famous for?
40. Where were Seabrook crinkle crisps founded?
41. Which Batley food company is over 160 years old?
42. In 1885 Cooplands was founded where?
43. How old is Yorkshire Bylines?
44. Which Yorkshire city are the Arctic Monkeys from?
45. Who is the Barnsley Nightingale?
46. Born in Bradford, Kimberley Walsh played in which girl band?
47. Which panto is Catherine Tyldesley in with Gladiator Viper Quang Luong this year?
48. Which Leeds actor played Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter films?
49. In which town was Louis Tomlinson born?
50. Ed Sheeran comes from which part of West Yorkshire?
51. Where did Christina Pickles – AKA Judy Geller from Friends, Ross and Monica’s mum – grow up?
52. Jennifer Metcalfe has played femme fatale Mercedes McQueen on Hollyoaks since 2006. Where was she born?
53. Where is Tholthorpe?
54. Where is the only permanent David Hockney exhibition in the country?
55. Where will you see The Dancing Bear, The Eagle and The Gorilla?
56. Where will you find Stump Cross caverns? Which is the nearest town?
57. Where is Flamingo Land?
58. Name Yorkshire’s two most famous tea brands
59. Name Yorkshire’s highest pub. Where is it?
60. Which is the oldest city in England?
61. Which city was ruled by Septimius Severus from 208 to 11 AD?
62. Where was Britain’s biggest earthquake? Clue: It happened before World War II
63. Ikea opened its first British store in Warrington. Where are its two Yorkshire stores?
64. What is the name of the National Children’s Museum? Where is it?
65. Name the four headliners for the 2025 Leeds Festival
66. Who headlined and played the main stage at Sheffield’s Tramlines festival in 2024?
67. How old will Yorkshire’s Indian Film Festival be in 2025?
68. Which iconic Yorkshire pottery was founded in 1949?
69. Where is the Great Yorkshire Showground?
70. Where is Angus Ashworth’s Yorkshire auction house?
71. Barnsley-based Joanne Harris is the author of which two book series?
72. Which river is a tributary of the Ouse that runs through York?
73. What is Pateley Bridge famous for?
74. Where is Wetwang?
75. Where was the 1997 film The Full Monty set?
76. Which brass band featured in the 1996 film Brassed Off?
77. Which rugby union player holds the record for the highest number of tries in England colours?
78. Where was Mike Tindall born?
79. Which county has the most horse racing courses in England?
80. Where is the St Leger held?
81. How many racecourses does Yorkshire have? Name them
82. When did Meadowhall open?
83. Which river runs through Leeds?
84. Created in 1885, Henderson’s Relish is now made in which Yorkshire city?
85. Which towns are in the famous ‘Rhubarb Triangle’?
86. Which drink, produced in Wakefield, was invented by David Buenley in 2014?
87. Which vegetable is in Abbot’s Gold, a type of cheddar cheese?
88. Which company is associated with the Humber offshore Wind Cluster?
89. When did the French Hens arrive during the 12 days of Christmas?
90. Which 1970s group had a Christmas hit called Ring Out Solstice Bells?
91. Leona Lewis sang which Christmas hit of the 2010s?
92. In 2021 who did Ed Sheeran team up with to produce a charity song Merry Christmas?
93. Which band had a No.1 hit with Last Christmas in 2021?
94. Which actor played in Kingsman and Bridget Jones Diary?
95. Who played the vicar in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral?
96. Who voiced the Queen in the 2014 film Paddington?
97. Which are the two poorest towns in Yorkshire according to the last census?
98. Which Hull boxer won Olympic gold in 2012? Where did he train?
99. Which character is The Vivienne (Drag Race UK winner; Dancing on Ice) to play in March in Sheffield?
100. Which constituency does the home secretary Yvette Cooper serve?
Answers can be found here! Please refer any errors to the MP for Clacton, he’ll be more than happy to field your ire!
