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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Bedford II
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Which late comic was born in Bedford in 1929 ?

 

Spike Milligan
Ronnie Barker
Tommy Cooper
Eric Morecombe

 Who served as MP for Bedford 1768-1790 ?

 

Samuel Whitbread
Samuel Adams
Charles Wells
Josiah Tetley
Who was born in Cardington in 1729 & went onto become a brewing magnate ?

 

Charles Wells
Josiah Tetley
Samuel Adams
Samuel Whitbread

 In 2001 the population of Bedford was ?

 

54 000
114 000
74 000
94 000
In 1872 who started a brewery in Bedford ?

 

Charles Wells
Samuel Whitbread
Samuel Adams
Josiah Tetley

 Who was famously jailed in Bedford for his non-conformist beliefs ?

 

Duke of Bedford
Samuel Whitbread
Mayor of Bedford
John Bunyan
The navigable Great Ouse meant trade could be shipped to which coastal port ?

 

Gt Yarmouth
Hull
Lowestoft
Kings Lynn

 The 800ft large hangars just south of Bedford are those of

 

RAF Chicksands
RAF Henlow
Shuttleworth
RAF Cardington
Bedford's western rail line linked it directly to where ?

 

Oxford
Kings Lynn
Worcester
Cambridge

 Post WWII Bedford saw a large influx of brick workers from where ?

 

India
Spain
Italy
Germany


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