*Staffordshire Day quiz 2022 Question Title * 1. Which Staffordshire village is reputedly the highest in England (with the highest pub and Post office) at 1518 feet above sea level? Butterton Flash Sheen Gradbach Question Title * 2. What is the modern name of the former Roman settlement of Letocetum, sited on the Watling Street near Lichfield? Curborough Swinfen Wall Shenstone Question Title * 3. In which Staffordshire village does the famous Horn Dance take place every September? Abbots Bromley Marchington Loxley Colton Question Title * 4. The name of Talke, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, was derived from what previous name? Talk o' th' Town Talk o' th' Canal Talk o' th' Chapel Talk o' th' Hill Question Title * 5. In which Staffordshire parish was the Staffordshire Hoard discovered in 2009 by local metal-detectorist Terry Herbert? Huddlesford Farewell Hammerwich Gentleshaw Question Title * 6. Which comic duo named their fictional home of Stackton Tressel after Acton Trussell, where one of them was born (and had run a hairdressing salon in Stafford before going into showbiz)? Aynuk & Ayli Hinge & Brackett Pete & Dud Vince Noir & Howard Moon (The Mighty Boosh) Question Title * 7. True or False - the author Rudyard Kipling was named after the Staffordshire village where his parents got engaged? True False Question Title * 8. The Anglican church in Tamworth is the largest medieval parish church in Staffordshire. It is dedicated to whom - the founder of a convent in the 10th Century? St. Editha St. Ermelinda St. Ethelfleda St. Eusebia Question Title * 9. In the late middle ages, pilgrims would walk the 92 miles of the Two Saints Way between Lichfield and what other city? Sheffield Gloucester Chester Worcester Question Title * 10. The Brewery Cup (now Breweries Cup) is a competition established in Burton on Trent in 1894. For which sport is it competed? Football Cricket Horse Racing Snooker A Local Quiz for Local people