Here are the answers. A point for each full answer (we'll trust you to mark your own work).

ROUND 1 – Local knowledge

1. As the crow flies, which is nearer to Pateley Bridge – Otley or Boroughbridge?

Answer: Otley (13 miles) is closer than Boroughbridge (15 miles). 

2. The Battle of Marston Moor was fought between Tockwith and Long Marston in 1644. It pitted 24,500 Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters against 17,500 Royalists. Who won?

Answer: Oliver Cromwell's Roundheads won, securing the North for the Parliamentarians.

3. The Eurovision Song Contest was held at the Harrogate Conference Centre (now the Harrogate Convention Centre) in 1982. Which singer won it, and which British act won the contest the year before?

Answer: Germany's Nicole won it, with Ein Bißchen Frieden (A Little Peace). The contest was held in the UK because British act Bucks Fizz had won it the year before, with Making Your Mind Up.

4. How far is it as the crow flies from the very top end of Nidderdale, in the far north west of our district, to Nun Monkton near York, at the south-eastern edge?

Answer: b) 32 miles

5. How many arches does the Crimple viaduct have?

Answer: c) 31

6. Bogs Field, which now forms part of the Valley Gardens in Harrogate, is famous for having the world's highest concentration of unique mineral springs. How many different springs are there with unique chemical compositions?

Answer: a) 36

7. The most famous resident in Knaresborough’s history, Mother Shipton, has been credited with many prophesies. Which of these events has not been attributed to her?

Answer: b) space flight

8. Ripon Cathedral has only been known as Ripon Cathedral since 1836. What was it known as before then?

Answer: c) Ripon Minster

9. As the crow flies, which coast is Harrogate closest to – the east coast or the west coast?

Answer: The west coast is closer (51.6 miles / 83.5km) than the east coast (54.4 miles / 87.5km).

10. Harrogate has attracted many famous visitors over the years. Which of these people is not known to have come to the town?

Answer: a) Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa. 

Clinton visited in 2001; Marx stayed at the Old Swan Hotel (then the Swan Hydropathic Hotel) for about three weeks in 1873. Nelson Mandela visited Leeds, but sadly didn't make it to North Yorkshire.

ROUND 2 – Odd one out

1. Well, well, well...

Answer: B is the odd on out. The White Cottage was built around 1822 as a ticket office for the Crown Public Baths. 

All the others are built around wells: Magnesia Well (A), the sulphur well in the Royal Pump Room (C), and St John's Well on the Stray (D).

2. A bridge too far?

Answer: B is the odd one out. Bilton viaduct is now used only for walker and cyclists. 

All the others – Crimple viaduct (A), Knaresborough viaduct (C) and Arthington viaduct (D) – are still part of the rail network and carry passengers along the Leeds-Harrogate-York line.

3. Community statues

Answer: A is the odd one out. The statue of Cupid and Psyche in Harrogate's Crescent Gardens was sculpted by Giovanni Maria Benzoni around 1861. 

The other monuments – in Knaresborough (B), Masham(C) and North Stainley (D) – were all created to mark the Grand Départ of the Tour de France, which sped through the district in 2014.

4. The tower and the glory

D is the odd one out. Spofforth Castle was built as a house, and later fortified, by the powerful Percy family, who are the Dukes of Northemberland. 

The others are all towers with varying purposes. A is the Marmion Tower, a 15th-century gatehouse for a now-vanished manor house in West Tanfield; B is How Hill Tower, a folly built in Studley Royal Park in 1719; and C is Harrogate's Harlow Hill Tower, which was built in 1829 as an observatory to survey the surrounding countryside.

5. Monumental oddities

D is the odd one out. The Coldstones Cut was created in 2010 as a piece of monumental art that doubles as a viewing platfrom for Coldstones Quarry on Greenhow Hill, above Pateley Bridge.

All the others – the cup-and-ring markings on Almscliffe Crag (A), the Thornborough Henges (B), and the Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge (C) – date from the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, between 3,000 and 5,000 years old.

6. Another pic on the wall

B is the odd one out. The mural of the Royal Pump Room graces the side of the Last Post pub on Cold Bath Road in Harrogate. 

All the other murals are in Knaresborough, on Kirkgate (A), Briggate (C) and Cheapside (D).

ROUND 3 – News round

1. North Yorkshire Poice issued an appeal for information following the theft in January of an unusual item from a field in Kirkby Overblow. What was it?

Answer: a) A life-size plastic cow. You can read the appeal here.

2. Volunteers surveyed the pipes flowing into Oak Beck and Bilton Beck in Harrogate over the summer. Of the 64 outfall pipes they identified, how many were actively polluting the rivers?

Answer: b) 29. You can read more here.

3. Hollywood came to Knaresborough in January and February, when Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson filmed Christmas feelgood movie Tinsel Town at several locations around the town. They weren’t the only recognisable names in the cast list, but which of these actors is not in the film?

Answer: c) Joanna Lumley. You can find out what people in Knaresborough thought of the film here, and what the critics thought here.

4. In July, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority pumped another £2 million into North Yorkshire Council’s controversial Harrogate Station Gateway scheme. How much is the project now estimated to cost?

Answer: c) £14.6 million. You can read our report from the summer here.

5. Green Party councillors on North Yorkshire Council criticised Sir Julian Smith, MP for Skipton and Ripon, for blaming environmental measures for the £11.7 million overspend of the Kex Gill bypass scheme. What did Sir Julian cite as a reason for the cost overrun?

Answer: c) rocks for sunbathing lizards. You can read why the Greens blamed financial mismanagement rather than rare reptiles for the overspend here.

6. In a high-profile example of Harrogate’s many roadworks schemes over the year, the town’s widest road was subject to over five months of resurfacing and remodelling work. Which road was it?

Answer: Victoria Avenue. You can read about the controversy surrounding the upgrade here.

7. The campaign to save Rotary Wood – part of Harrogate’s Pinewoods – from development by Harrogate Spring Water has attracted support from some influential corners, including Chris Packham and Julia Bradbury. Which of these actors has also lent their support to the cause?

Answer: b) Dame Judi Dench. You can read about Dame Judi's intervention here.

8. The 80th anniversary of VE Day was marked over a sunny weekend in May. Soldiers from which British Army regiment marched through the streets of Ripon to ceremonially exercise its Freedom of the City?

Answer: Royal Engineers. See our gallery of photos form the day here.

9. Harrogate Town's EFL Trophy win against Huddersfield Town in September was briefly halted due to an unusual pitch invader. But what kind of noisy nuisance was it?

Answer: a) A drone. You can see pictures of the incident here and find out who or what was responsible here.

10. Former St Aidan's pupil Ollie Skinner walked out of a meeting with a London PR firm earlier this year. Why?

Answer: c) they suggested he toned down his Yorkshire accent. You can share his outrage here.

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