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Mar 2025
Saturday News Quiz Answers – March 21
Here are the answers to this week's Saturday News Quiz. How well did you do?
1. Ripon councillor Andrew Williams clashed with David Skaith, the mayor of York and North Yorkshire, over claims that highways funding to North Yorkshire is set to be cut. Cllr Williams likened Mr Skaith to a historical character, but which one?
Answer: c) Dick Turpin. You can read about how Mr Skaith reacted here.
2. An outdoor concert celebrating three decades of dance anthems will feature world-class vocalists and a full live orchestra at Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Showground in August. What will it be called?
Answer: c) Ibiza Symphonica. You can find more details of the line-up here.
3. New laws governing livestock worrying came into force this week as lambing season continued in Nidderdale. The laws give police greater powers to tackle livestock worrying and increase the maximum penalty from a £1,000 fine to how much?
Answer: c) unlimited. Dog-owners can find out how they may fall foul of the law here.
4. Contractors for Yorkshire Water have started cutting down trees in Sandy Bank Wood in Pannal, just south of Harrogate, in preparation for the construction of a temporary road. It's all part of a larger scheme – to do what?
Answer: b) lay a sewage pipeline. For more information about why the company is digging up the Crimple Valley, go here.
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