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Answers to Lucy's Hen Do - Cotswold Discovery Trail - April 6th 2023
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QU:1. What will you “discover” here? A: BIKES
QU:2. What two famous rivers give their name to this man-made waterway?
A: SEVERN and THAMES
QU: 3. What sort of rare breed is at Butts Farm? A: PIGS
QU: 4. What is being claimed as “original” here? A: ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUES
QU: 5. A famous interior designer lives in town. He’s also set up ‘shop’. Who is it? A: LAURENCE LLEWELYN BOWEN
QU: 6. According to a plinth in the market square who is credited with the earliest written record of Cirencester? A: PTOLOMY
QU: 7. What pickled delicacy might get things wagging? A: TONGUES
QU: 8. Who once lived at 19 Market Place? A: SIR WILLIAM LAWRENCE
QU: 9. What was the name of the Inn. That once stood on Castle Street? A: RAM INN
10. What is supposedly built around you on Black jack Street? A: THE GALLERY
11. Which famous rock drummer once performed around here? A: COZY POWELL
QU: 12. What piece of Roman architecture is signposted to visit up here? A:
AMPHITHEATRE
QU:13. What is the height of the low bridge around here? A: 10feet
QU:14. Time is flying by. What other large things fly around here? A: AIRPLANES
QU:15. Other than the obvious answer to the previous question what else is rapid around here? A: RACKING
QU:16. A prequal to the movie ‘Saving Private Ryan’ might be on the cards here. Instead of Ryan who would it potentially be? A: GLEED (three people on the list of people who dies in WWI with that name).
QU:17. Who was the Rector of the church at the time the prequel would be set? A: WILLIAM PRESTON ANSLOW SOLE
QU:18. Pull into the village hall. Who was Caretaker there from 1994-2005? A: TED LEWIS
QU:19. Which notorious WWII German General has his name’s sake here? A: ROMMEL
QU:20 . What colour is the flag bearing man? A: GREEN
QU:21. Find the village noticeboard to ID who the churchwardens are? A: RICHARD and JO
QU:22. What does the alternative route avoid that came up before? A: A LOW BRIDGE
QU:23. What theatre themed structure is amongst the buildings here? A: WEST END HOUSE
QU:24. A plaque near the car park speaks of US forces staying in town during WWII. Who were they and what was their mission? A: 654th ENGINEER TOPOGRAPHIC BATTALION – CREATIUNG A £D SCALE MODEL OF OMAHA BEACH
QU:25. Who is Tetbury’s greatest benefactor? A: SIR WILLIAM ROMNEY
QU:26. What is the name of the GRADE I listed building? A: PORCH HOUSE
QU:27. What was sold in 1752? A: CHURCH HOUSE
QU:28. Who was the High Sheriff of Gloucester in 1653? A: RICHARD TALBOYS
QU:29. When was the last pint pulled at the Eight Bells? A: 1980
QU:30. What vegetable is sculpted from horseshoes? A: CARROT
QU:31. What sort of ‘hot’ project is taking place here A: RED PEPPER
QU:32. Recognised for its beauty, when did Shipton Moyne win Britain in Blooms competition A: 1987
QU:33. We have just had a new king of England but the very first of a newly formed united England, the Anglo Saxon King, Athelstan is buried in Malmsbury Abbey. He died in 939 CE. Who was his grandfather? A: ALFRED THE GREAT
QU:34. And so we know you went there and didn’t carve the previous answer from Google. When was the silver penny from Malmsbury near the king’s tomb minted? A:1042 AD
QU:35. What 600-year-old creation on display in the Abbey comes in 4 parts? A: THE MALMSBURY BIBLE
QU:36. Find the monk in meditation. When was he made? A: 2014
QU:37. What’s the MOT snowman made from? A: TYRES
QU:38. What animals wood is along here? A: BADGERS
QU:39. Who’s got the Horn? A: BULLOCK’S
QU:40. The Claire Balding look alike won’t be happy! What horse appears abandoned? A: VALE OF WHITE HORSE
QU:41. Lucy’s fiancée looks like a ‘stud’ but what stud is on the way out of Minty? A: SAMBOURNE
QU:42. You are on the home straight now and will be home soon to relax. What sort of showroom is offering something you would want to relax on back at your Waterside pad? A: SOFA SHOWROOM
QU:43. Perhaps like this treasure trail, how is the Brickyard described?
A: OLD