The Great Northern Quiz Book : From Politics to Pop - How Well Do You Know the North? - Joe Varley

The Great Northern Quiz Book : From Politics to Pop - How Well Do You Know the North? - Joe Varley

Joe Varley

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Published 22 October 2026

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  • Pages · 320 pages
  • Publication Date · 22/10/2026
  • Genre · Social & cultural history
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2,500 questions celebrating everything that makes the North of England great The 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?

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