Test your knowledge: A to Z quiz of Norfolk and Waveney

A

In which market town did Tesco build a supermarket in 2008 which the company claimed would be "the greenest in the world"?

B

Which village on the Little Ouse has an apostrophe in its name?

C

Where would you find a seaside pub called the Never Turn Back?

Where would you find this distinctive looking and distinctively-named pub? (Image: Newsquest)

D

The football team for which Norfolk town are nicknamed the Saints and play at Memorial Park?

E

Which coastal village, largely lost to the sea, had a church tower still standing on the beach until the final years of the 19th century? The ruins have occasionally been exposed by shifting sands since then.

F

What name is shared by two Norfolk villages, one on the A143 near St Olaves and the other in the south of the county near to Morningthorpe?

G

Which ship - with a future king on board - sank off the Norfolk coast in 1682 while on route from Sheerness to Leith?

H

What bird is a harnser, in local dialect?

I

Which village, just inland from the coast, is featured in the name of its well-known pub?

J

What was the Christian name of the member of the Colman family who started the mustard business?

K

Which Suffolk village, now home to Africa Alive, was the location of author Sir Henry Rider Haggard's summer house - from where his daughter reported seeing a sea serpent off the coast?

Wildlife at Africa Alive. But no sign of any sea serpents. (Image: Newsquest)

L

In which Suffolk town would you find a park called the Sparrows Nest?

M

Which Norwich heathland has hosted, at various times, a cavalry training ground, a race course, an aerodrome and a prisoner-of-war camp?

N

Which town was the site of battle in 1381 - the last significant confrontation of the Peasants' Revolt - which saw local rebels defeated by the Bishop of Norwich?

O

Which village, between Potter Heigham and Acle, is one of only two in Norfolk with three letters in its name? (Provide the other for a bonus point)

P

Which south Norfolk village was home to one of the UK's biggest airship stations, with more than 3,000 men based there by the end of the First World War?

Airship R33 looms over the Norfolk countryside. But where? (Image: Supplied)

Q

Which two Norfolk villages start with the letter Q?

R

Where can you cross the Yare by chain ferry, the only car crossing point on the river between Norwich and Great Yarmouth?

S

Which village near the Norfolk-Suffolk border and home to a Met Office monitoring station has been described as the 'Topsy-Turvey weather capital of the UK' for its various temperature records?

T

Which river flows past the former Roman town of Venta Icenorum, near Caistor St Edmund?

U

Which Fens village lies on Well Creek, a tributary of the Great Ouse?

V

Which coastal resort (with a v in its name) became known as the 'the village of millionaires' at the height of the Poppyland tourism boom?

W

Where would you find George Freeman MP's constituency office?

X

In which Broads village (with an X in its name) did George Formby have a holiday home called Heronby?

Y

Which two Norfolk villages start with the letter Y?

Z

Which west Norfolk village (with a Z in its name) has a long - and continuing - history associated with the extraction of high grade silica sand used in the manufacture of glass?

Answers 

A; Aylsham
B; Blo' Norton
C; Caister-on-Sea
D; Downham Market
E; Eccles-on-Sea
F; Fritton
G; Gloucester
H; A heron
I; Ingham (the Ingham Swan)
J; Jeremiah Colman
K; Kessingland
L; Lowestoft
M; Mousehold Heath
N; North Walsham
O; Oby (the other is Hoe)
P; Pulham St Mary
Q; Quarles and Quidenham
R; Reedham
S; Santon Downham
T; Tas
U; Upwell
V; Overstrand
W; Wymondham
X; Wroxham
Y; Yaxham, Yelverton
Z; Leziate