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Where is Greyfriars Quiz

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On the map of the Greyfriars' environs below are 20 numbered places. Each has a question, some multi-part, which should give you clues to its name.
Once you get a few of the answers, many of the others will 'fall into place'.
How many can you get?
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Question

Answer

1

a)

Which town lies in this direction?

 

 

b)

Who dressed up as a Pierrot beach entertainer?

 

 

c)

Where was this? (Not necessarily near Greyfriars!)

 

 

 

 

 

2

a)

Name this stately home

 

 

b)

Name the diamond in the owner’s possession

 

 

 

 

 

3

a)

Which town lies in this direction?

 

 

b)

Where did Harry Wharton fail to meet his uncle (leading to a Downfall)?

 

 

 

 

 

4

a)

Name this geographical feature

 

 

b)

Who lays claim to its title?

 

 

c)

Who is the true owner?

 

 

 

 

 

5

a)

Name this educational establishment

 

 

b)

Give the date of its foundation

 

 

c)

In which year was it destroyed by fire?

 

 

 

 

 

6

a)

Name this haunt of ill-repute

 

 

b)

Name the landlord

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

Name this town

 

 

 

 

 

8

a)

Name this river

 

 

b)

In which other English county is there a river of the same name?

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Name this educational establishment

 

 

 

 

 

10

a)

Name this small town

 

 

b)

How old is its church?

 

 

 

 

 

11

a)

Name this expanse of water

 

 

b)

Whom did Wharton save from drowning in a shipwreck here?

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Name this headland

 

 

 

 

 

13

a)

What is the name of this stretch of road?

 

 

b)

What town lies beyond that of the eponymous name (17)?

 

 

c)

Whose estate is to be found there?

 

 

d)

Who took a lease on it?

 

 

 

 

 

14

a)

Name this educational establishment

 

 

b)

Name the Head

 

 

c)

Name the Head of Mathematics

 

 

d)

And the relative who was at Greyfriars

 

 

 

 

 

15

a)

Name this village

 

 

b)

What is the name of its public house?

 

 

c)

Name the ship upon which Wharton & Co. set sail for Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

16

a)

Name this village that lies to the south

 

 

b)

Name its railway station

 

 

c)

Which Friar lives here?

 

 

d)

Name his father’s occupation

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

Name this town

 

 

 

 

 

18

a)

Name this area

 

 

b)

How much was Bunter’s boater worth?

 

 

 

 

 

19

a)

Name this area

 

 

b)

Who owns the eponymously named Grange?

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Name this area

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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