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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Bedford II
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


In 1872 who started a brewery in Bedford ?

 

Josiah Tetley
Charles Wells
Samuel Whitbread
Samuel Adams

 Who was born in Cardington in 1729 & went onto become a brewing magnate ?

 

Samuel Whitbread
Charles Wells
Josiah Tetley
Samuel Adams
Who was famously jailed in Bedford for his non-conformist beliefs ?

 

John Bunyan
Duke of Bedford
Samuel Whitbread
Mayor of Bedford

 Which late comic was born in Bedford in 1929 ?

 

Eric Morecombe
Spike Milligan
Ronnie Barker
Tommy Cooper
Who served as MP for Bedford 1768-1790 ?

 

Josiah Tetley
Samuel Whitbread
Samuel Adams
Charles Wells

 The navigable Great Ouse meant trade could be shipped to which coastal port ?

 

Kings Lynn
Gt Yarmouth
Hull
Lowestoft
Bedford's western rail line linked it directly to where ?

 

Cambridge
Oxford
Kings Lynn
Worcester

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

 

Germany
India
Spain
Italy
The 800ft large hangars just south of Bedford are those of

 

RAF Cardington
RAF Chicksands
RAF Henlow
Shuttleworth

 In 2001 the population of Bedford was ?

 

94 000
54 000
114 000
74 000


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