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  • 1. Which company built a major research and development centre near Sandwich?
A) Pfizer UK
B) AstraZeneca
C) GlaxoSmithKline
D) Novartis
  • 2. Approximately how many people were employed by the Pfizer facility in Sandwich?
A) Around 1,000
B) Under 500
C) Over 3,000
D) Approximately 5,000
  • 3. In what year did Pfizer announce the move of its Animal Health Research division to Michigan?
A) 2009
B) 2011
C) 2007
D) 2005
  • 4. Which drug developed in Sandwich is a treatment for erectile dysfunction?
A) Maraviroc
B) Viagra
C) Penicillin
D) Strongid P
  • 5. What is the name of the business park currently running on the former Pfizer site?
A) Discovery Park Enterprise Zone
B) Kent Innovation Centre
C) Sandwich Research Hub
D) Pfizer Business Plaza
  • 6. In what year was the Sandwich Guildhall built?
A) 1773
B) 1579
C) 1620
D) 1450
  • 7. What is the listing status of the Sandwich Guildhall?
A) Grade II*
B) Not listed
C) Grade I
D) Grade II
  • 8. What is a civic function regularly held at the Sandwich Guildhall?
A) Local election voting
B) Mayor-making
C) Parliamentary debate
D) Police briefing
  • 9. From which century does the Admiral Owen pub originate?
A) 18th century
B) 15th century
C) 14th century
D) 16th century
  • 10. What was the original name of the Crispin Inn?
A) Crispin and Crispianus
B) The Guildhall Inn
C) The Bell Inn
D) The Admiral Owen
  • 11. When was the Bell Inn first established on the quay?
A) 16th century
B) 18th century
C) 14th century
D) 19th century
  • 12. The Barbican in Sandwich consists of how many towers?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
  • 13. In what year was the Sandwich Toll Bridge built?
A) 1773
B) 1579
C) 1793
D) 1892
  • 14. What material was used to build the original Sandwich Toll Bridge?
A) Granite
B) Red brick
C) Portland stone
D) Oak timber
  • 15. What replaced the Dutch type timber platform of the Toll Bridge in 1892?
A) A stone arch
B) A concrete bridge
C) A steel suspension bridge
D) An iron swing bridge
  • 16. The Barbican features a roof of what shape over the narrow road between its towers?
A) Pointed stone
B) Pitched tile
C) Flat concrete
D) Semi-circular timber barrel
  • 17. How many town councillors make up the Sandwich town and parish council?
A) Sixteen
B) Twelve
C) Ten
D) Twenty
  • 18. Which district is the town of Sandwich located within?
A) Kent
B) Dover
C) Herne Bay
D) Canterbury
  • 19. Which country is the twin town of Honfleur located in?
A) France
B) Belgium
C) Germany
D) United States
  • 20. Who opened the Monk's Wall nature reserve in May 2000?
A) The local council chair
B) Bill Oddie
C) A local historian
D) The Mayor of Sandwich
  • 21. Which group designed the management plan for the Monk's Wall nature reserve?
A) The Town Council
B) Dover District Council
C) Kent County Council
D) Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust
  • 22. How large is the Gazen Salts Local Nature Reserve?
A) 15 acres
B) 10 acres
C) 20 acres
D) 50 acres
  • 23. Which level of government is responsible for education and social services in Sandwich?
A) Dover District Council
B) Kent County Council
C) Town and parish council
D) The Parliament of the United Kingdom
  • 24. Which town in the United States is Sandwich twinned with?
A) Sandwich, New Hampshire
B) Sandwich, Massachusetts
C) Sandwich, Vermont
D) Sandwich, Illinois
  • 25. What kind of habitat is the Monk's Wall nature reserve?
A) Mountainous
B) Wetland
C) Forest
D) Desert
  • 26. What is the northern boundary of the Monk's Wall nature reserve?
A) The main road
B) The coastline
C) The 13th-century Monks' wall
D) The river bank
  • 27. Which country is the twin town of Sonsbeck located in?
A) Germany
B) Austria
C) Belgium
D) France
  • 28. Which council is responsible for refuse collection and recycling?
A) Town council
B) District council
C) Parish council
D) County council
  • 29. What system of election is used to elect the Member of Parliament for Sandwich?
A) Proportional representation
B) First past the post
C) Supplementary vote
D) Alternative vote
  • 30. In what year did the floods that affected the fields around Sandwich occur?
A) 1960
B) 1945
C) 1999
D) 1953
  • 31. What type of farming was the land used for after the 1953 floods and drainage?
A) Dairy farming
B) Orchard cultivation
C) Arable farming
D) Livestock grazing
  • 32. Where is the Gazen Salts Local Nature Reserve located?
A) Honfleur
B) Sandwich
C) Pegwell Bay
D) Dover
  • 33. What is Sandwich's twin town in Belgium?
A) Antwerp
B) Ronse
C) Bruges
D) Ghent
  • 34. What is the role of the parish council regarding highways?
A) Consulting with the district council
B) Hiring private contractors
C) Direct maintenance and repair
D) Setting the budget for repairs
  • 35. On which river does Sandwich lie?
A) River Stour
B) River Ouse
C) River Medway
D) River Thames
  • 36. What is the approximate population of Sandwich?
A) 10,000
B) 1,200
C) 4,985
D) 2,400
  • 37. Which ancient channel's disappearance moved Sandwich away from the sea?
A) Wantsum Channel
B) Stour Channel
C) Dover Channel
D) English Channel
  • 38. What is the meaning of the Anglo-Saxon suffix -wich?
A) A royal settlement
B) A sandy estuary
C) A place near water
D) A dwelling or fortified place where trade takes place
  • 39. What does the place-name Sandwich mean?
A) Stony dwelling
B) Market town on sandy soil
C) Fortified port
D) Town on the river
  • 40. What Roman site is located close to Sandwich?
A) Richborough
B) Dover
C) Canterbury
D) Stonar
  • 41. In what year did the Roman invasion of Britain take place near Sandwich?
A) AD 1216
B) AD 43
C) AD 1066
D) AD 851
  • 42. Which English King granted a charter to monks for a ferry in 1028?
A) King Canute
B) Richard the Lionheart
C) King Edward
D) King John
  • 43. Who was held captive by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI in 1192?
A) King John
B) Richard the Lionheart
C) King Canute
D) Prince Louis of France
  • 44. Which of the original medieval town gates survives in Sandwich?
A) Stonar Gate
B) St Peter's Gate
C) Barbican Gate
D) Fisher Gate
  • 45. What was the original purpose of the Barbican in Sandwich?
A) A toll house
B) A defensive watchtower
C) A prison
D) A granary
  • 46. Who led the French raiding party that burned Sandwich in 1457?
A) John Montagu
B) Richard the Lionheart
C) Louis of France
D) Pierre de Brézé
  • 47. Why does the Mayor of Sandwich wear a black robe?
A) To symbolize Flemish heritage
B) Because of the plague in 1564
C) As a sign of royal favor
D) In mourning for the murdered mayor John Drury
  • 48. Which monarch granted Flemish settlers the right to settle in Sandwich?
A) Richard the Lionheart
B) Elizabeth I
C) King Canute
D) King John
  • 49. What vegetable did the Flemish settlers introduce to England in Sandwich?
A) Cabbage
B) Carrot
C) Potato
D) Celery
  • 50. Which church became the 'Stranger's Church' in 1564?
A) Stonar Church
B) The White Mill
C) The Guildhall
D) St Peter
  • 51. What historic document was discovered in Sandwich in 2014?
A) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
B) Domesday Book
C) Magna Carta
D) Charter of 1028
  • 52. Who laid out the gardens for The Salutation in 1912?
A) John Montagu
B) Sir Edwin Lutyens
C) Gertrude Jekyll
D) Baroness Trumpington
  • 53. What is the earliest recorded date for a windmill in Sandwich?
A) 1929
B) 1608
C) 1760
D) 1910
  • 54. How many windmills has Sandwich had over the centuries?
A) Exactly five
B) Exactly twelve
C) At least twenty
D) At least eight
  • 55. What kind of mills were the two windmills at the New Cut likely to be?
A) Grinding mills
B) Saw mills
C) Pumping mills
D) Textile mills
  • 56. Which windmill is the only survivor in Sandwich?
A) The Black Mill
B) The Town Mill
C) The Post Mill
D) The White Mill
  • 57. In what year was the White Mill built?
A) 1910
B) 1760
C) 1957
D) 1608
  • 58. Until what year did the White Mill work by wind?
A) 1957
B) 1910
C) 1760
D) 1929
  • 59. What type of mill was the Black Mill?
A) Smock mill
B) Pumping mill
C) Post mill
D) Tower mill
  • 60. What was the fate of the Black Mill?
A) Demolished
B) Converted to a museum
C) Burnt down
D) Abandoned
  • 61. What was the Town Mill also known as?
A) A smock mill
B) The White Mill
C) The Railway mill
D) The New Cut mill
  • 62. From what year do the Magna Carta and Charter of the Forest in the museum date?
A) 1300
B) 1215
C) 1450
D) 1608
  • 63. What is the admission fee for the Sandwich Guildhall Museum?
A) Donation only
B) Free
C) Five pounds
D) Ten pounds
  • 64. In what year was the museum fully refurbished?
A) 2010
B) 2020
C) 2017
D) 2000
  • 65. How can the public access the Sandwich Guildhall Archives?
A) By appointment
B) By invitation only
C) Walk-in basis
D) Online only
  • 66. Where is the hamlet that contains the 'Ham Sandwich' fingerpost?
A) New Cut
B) Thanet
C) Millwall
D) West Street
  • 67. Which road bypasses Sandwich?
A) A2
B) M20
C) A256
D) A257
  • 68. Which road connects Canterbury to Sandwich?
A) A2
B) A256
C) A257
D) A20
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