The Friars' Club

 

Where is Greyfriars? Answers to the Quiz

How did you fare? Check your answers below! The map is repeated for ease of reference.

 

 

Question

Answer

1

a)

Which town lies in this direction?

Ramsgate

 

b)

Who dressed up as a Pierrot beach entertainer?

M Charpentier

 

c)

Where was this? (Not necessarily near Greyfriars!)

Blackpool

 

 

 

 

2

a)

Name this stately home

Popper Court

 

b)

Name the diamond in the owner’s possession

The Moonstone

 

 

 

 

3

a)

Which town lies in this direction?

London

 

b)

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

Ashford

 

 

 

 

4

a)

Name this geographical feature

Popper Island

 

b)

Who lays claim to its title?

Sir Hilton Popper

 

c)

Who is the true owner?

Greyfriars School

 

 

 

 

5

a)

Name this educational establishment

Greyfriars School

 

b)

Give the date of its foundation

1551

 

c)

In which year was it destroyed by fire?

During the reign of King Charles II

 

 

 

 

6

a)

Name this haunt of ill-repute

The Cross Keys

 

b)

Name the landlord

Ben Cobb

 

 

 

 

7

 

Name this town

Courtfield

 

 

 

 

8

a)

Name this river

Sark

 

b)

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

Northumberland

 

 

 

 

9

 

Name this educational establishment

Highcliffe

 

 

 

 

10

a)

Name this small town

Friardale

 

b)

How old is its church?

Saxon

 

 

 

 

11

a)

Name this expanse of water

Pegg Bay

 

b)

Whom did Wharton save from drowning in a shipwreck here?

Prince Otto of Kaltebad

 

 

 

 

12

 

Name this headland

The Shoulder or Black Pike

 

 

 

 

13

a)

What is the name of this stretch of road?

Redclyffe Hill

 

b)

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

Lantham

 

c)

Whose estate is to be found there?

Squire Luscombe

 

d)

Who took a lease on it?

Captain Vernon

 

 

 

 

14

a)

Name this educational establishment

Cliff House

 

b)

Name the Head

Miss Primrose

 

c)

Name the Head of Mathematics

Miss Bullivant

 

d)

And the relative who was at Greyfriars

'Skip'

 

 

 

 

15

a)

Name this village

Pegg

 

b)

What is the name of its public house?

The Anchor

 

c)

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

M V Zeus

 

 

 

 

16

a)

Name this village that lies to the south

Hawkscliff

 

b)

Name its railway station

Chalke (Clyffe only has a branch line)

 

c)

Which Friar lives here?

Tom Redwing

 

d)

Name his father’s occupation

Fisherman

 

 

 

 

17

 

Name this town

Redclyffe

 

 

 

 

18

a)

Name this area

Courtfield Common

 

b)

How much was Bunter’s boater worth?

£100

 

 

 

 

19

a)

Name this area

Friardale Wood

 

b)

Who owns the eponymously named Grange?

Mr Walsh

 

 

 

 

20

 

Name this area

Redclyffe Wood