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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Bedford II
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Who served as MP for Bedford 1768-1790 ?

 

Samuel Adams
Charles Wells
Samuel Whitbread
Josiah Tetley

In 1872 who started a brewery in Bedford ?

 

Samuel Whitbread
Samuel Adams
Charles Wells
Josiah Tetley

In 2001 the population of Bedford was ?

 

114 000
74 000
54 000
94 000

Post WWII Bedford saw a large influx of brick workers from where ?

 

Spain
Italy
India
Germany

Which late comic was born in Bedford in 1929 ?

 

Ronnie Barker
Tommy Cooper
Spike Milligan
Eric Morecombe

The navigable Great Ouse meant trade could be shipped to which coastal port ?

 

Hull
Lowestoft
Gt Yarmouth
Kings Lynn

Bedford's western rail line linked it directly to where ?

 

Kings Lynn
Worcester
Oxford
Cambridge

Who was born in Cardington in 1729 & went onto become a brewing magnate ?

 

Josiah Tetley
Samuel Adams
Charles Wells
Samuel Whitbread

The 800ft large hangars just south of Bedford are those of

 

RAF Henlow
Shuttleworth
RAF Chicksands
RAF Cardington

Who was famously jailed in Bedford for his non-conformist beliefs ?

 

Samuel Whitbread
Mayor of Bedford
Duke of Bedford
John Bunyan


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