How well do you know Milton Keynes ?

 

With 142,614 words so far written I am well on course to publish MILTON KEYNES THE CITY OF LEGEND in January. One of the last chapters in the book will be a Milton Keynes General Knowlege Quiz. Hoe many can you answer ?

QUESTION ONE:

What was the name of the little girl who used to haunt Bletchley schools ?

QUESTION TWO:

How many trees are there in Milton Keynes ?

QUESTION THREE:

Who was the witchfinder for Woughton ?

QUESTION FOUR:

What was WARA ?

QUESTION FIVE:

When Herbert Leon won his case against the railway for nuisance how much damages did the court award him ?

QUESTION SIX:

Which Milton Keynes MP was black and white and read all over ?

QUESTION SEVEN:

What have Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson and David Bowie got in common ? (Other than the fact that they are all dead ?

QUESTION EIGHT:

To which town should you ride a horse from Stony Stratford to ?

QUESTION NINE:

When was the kaleidoscope invented ?

QUESTION TEN:

Where was Milton Keynes Foodbank founded.

QUESTION ELEVEN:

What was the name of the Royal Navy ship Bletchley Road School sponsored during World War Two ?

QUESTION TWELVE:

Who was the first vice chancellor of the Open University ?

QUESTION THIRTEEN:

Just where in Milton Keynes will you find a pub named after our second in line to the throne ?

QUESTION FOURTEEN:

Before he was murdered in his own cathedral where did Thomas Becket preach in Milton Keynes ?

QUESTION FIFTEEN

What do the initials LBC stand for ?

QUESTION SIXTEEN:

Where is the smallest lock on Britain’s canal system to be found ?

QUESTION SEVENTEEN:

What was the slogan of Milton Keynes HAG ?

QUESTION EIGHTEEN:

When they passed away where were Sir Herbert and Lady Fanny Leon cremated ?

QUESTION NINTEEN:

Once known as Energy Park by what name is this area of Milton Keynes better known today ?

QUESTION TWENTY:

Where in Milton Keynes was the first branch of McDonald’s opened ?

QUESTION TWENTY-ONE:

At what volume did The Lord of Loud tell you to play music ?

QUESTION TWENTY-TWO:

Who was Wilf Griffin ?

QUESTION TWENTY-THREE:

What was number one in the UK charts on the day Milton Keynes was born ?

QUESTION TWENTY-FOUR:

By the number of artists, what is the most covered song in the world ?

QUESTION TWENTY-FIVE:

Betty ! Where would you once upon a time have found an operatic phantom living in Milton Keynes ?

QUESTION TWENTY-SIX:

In the days when music was played from vinyl discs, where in Milton Keynes was the groovy extractor ?

QUESTION TWENTY-SEVEN:

What do Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Leader of the Free French General De Gaulle and Supreme Ailed Commander Dwight D Eisenhour have in common ?

QUESTION TWENTY-EIGHT:

Who officially opened Central Milton Keynes Railway Station ?

QUESTION TWENTY-NINE:

During the Cold War where was the nuclear attack warning siren for Water Eaton located ?

QUESTION THIRTY:

Which Milton Keynes school called on Saturday Superstore to say I love you ?

QUESTION THIRTY-ONE:

Where in Bletchley did Margaret Thatcher buy her coats ?

QUESTION THIRTY-TWO:

Name the three ley lines about which the entire City of Milton Keynes is built.

QUESTTION THIRTY-THREE:

Who was Sir Herbert and Lady’s Leon’s chauffeur who lived in Leon Cottages ?

QUESTION THIRTY-FOUR:

Originally called Saints, now it is Chestnuts, for a time which councillor from the 1970’s gave his name to a local school ?

QUESTION THIRTY-FIVE:

How many war memorials are there in Milton Keynes ?

QUESTION THIRTY-SIX

Within which ancient document is Bletchley Park first mentioned ?

QUESTION THIRTY-SEVEN:

Within the Milton Keynes Development Corporation’s strategic plan what was the maximum hourly rate permissible  to charge for vehicle parking throughout the City ?

QUESTION THIRTY-EIGHT:

It was once known as Hogsty End but by what name do we call it today ?

QUESTION THIRTY-NINE:

In 2012 she carried the Olympic Torch through Milton Keynes, who taught more people in our New City to swim than any other person ?

QUESTION FORTY:

How many pints of blood does Wonderful Amazing Beautiful University Hospital use each year to care for its patients ?

QUESTION FORTY-ONE:

Who was the chairman of Milton Keynes Development Corporation ?

QUESTION FORTY-TWO:

Where was the terminus of Milton Keynes Dial-a-Bus ?

QUESTION FORTY-THREE:

He gave his name to a hospital in Oxford and also to a school inn Milton Keynes, who was he ?

QUESTION FORTY-FOUR:

Within which monarch’s coronation honours did Herbert Samuel Leon receive his knighthood ?

QUESTION FORTY-FIVE:

What category is HMP Woodhill ?

QUESTION FORTY-SIX:

They Opened Live Aid on 13^th July 1985 with Rocking All Over The World but where did Status Quo rock in Milton Keynes ?

QUESTION FORTY-SEVEN:

What event probably destroyed Queen Elanor’s Cross at Stony Stratford ?

QUESTION FORTY-EIGHT:

Which Milton Keynes school has a hit on YouTube with Uptown Funk ?

QUESTION FORTY NINE:

Who made the world’s finest cooked meat ?

QUESTION FIFTY:

Within which monarch’s coronation honours did Frank Markham receive his knighthood ?

QUESTION FIFTY-ONE:

Which Milton Keynes resident is the only singer to have received Grammy nominations on three different categories ?

QUESTION FIFTY-TWO:

Who was the chief architect of Milton Keynes Development Corporation ?

QUESTION FIFTY-THREE:

What does Donald Trump have to do with Windmill Hill ?

QUESTION FIFTY-FOUR:

Of which transport company was Herbert Leon a director ?

QUESTION FIFTY-FIVE:

In recent times it won the prestigious Pub of the Year award. According to F W Winterbotham it was a favourite watering hold of the codebreakers. What’s the pub’s name ?  (I trust you know who F W Winterbotham was.)

QUESTION FIFTY-SIX:

Why are there fifty-six questions in this quiz ?