Sharpen your wits and test your local knowledge in our New Year quiz. There are no prizes. Knowing the answers will be reward enough.
- Rye Baptist Church opened in: 1906, 1908 or 1910?
- Adams of Rye have been printers since: 1803, 1823, 1853 or 1903 ?
- Rye Golf Club was formed in: 1890, 1892 or 1894?
- How many times did John Wesley visit Rye: 8, 10, 12 or 14 times?
- The present cannon in Rye Gun Garden were installed to celebrate what?
- On Boxing Day, to score a goal three teams in Winchelsea have to try to seize what?
- How many times do the quarter boys on St Mary’s Church, Rye, strike on the hour?
- Which Romney Marsh landmark was opened by The Prince of Wales in 1904?
- What was the name given to the Rope Walk Shopping Centre building when it was erected in 1873?
- In the 1950s how did Billy Bunter and Mr Pastry light up the town?
- On which building is there a memorial to Queen Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert?
- In Rye the lightest one weighs 6cwt 5lb and is 19in high; the heaviest weighs 19cwt 27lb and is 48in high. There are eight of them in total. What are they?
- Where is William IV’s wife still commemorated in Rye?
- What is the most direct route from the Crown Inn to the Standard Inn?
- There are three officially named passages and one unofficially named passage in Rye, name them.
- How many estate agencies are there in Rye?
- Can you name the roads or streets in Rye that are prefixed with the word The?
- In Rye, which is the odd one out and why: West Street, East Street, Market Street or Tower Street?
- Name the currently trading shops in the High Street that have Rye in the name of their shop.
- What do Strand, Land, Baddings and Postern have in common?
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