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2,500 questions celebrating everything that makes the North of England greatThe Great Northern Quiz Book is the definitive quiz book for proud northerners: 2,500 questions spanning history, politics, literature, music, sport, culture … and everything in between.Featuring ten rounds of 250 questions each, with questions graded by difficulty, and compiled by Yorkshire-based maestro Joe Varley, it works simultaneously as a pub quiz resource, a browsable compendium of northern knowledge and the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in Captain James Cook, Yorkshire Puddings or Nora Batty’s hair curlers…The north contains multitudes — mill towns and moors, Roman forts and recording studios, pit villages and Premier League stadiums — and this book does too.To every northerner: Let''s Get Quizzing!Hallamshire is a historical name for an area in which city?Which Yorkshire football club is nicknamed ''The Sulphurites''?What type of food is a ''fat rascal''?Which record label released The Stone Roses’s first album?Which Coronation Street actress played Billy’s mother in Kes?Which famous person’s final visit to Liverpool was in June 1996?