{"id":1352,"date":"2020-04-17T14:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T06:29:11","slug":"do-you-know-penzance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/do-you-know-penzance\/travel\/england\/town-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know Penzance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">How much do you know about Penzance?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Test your knowledge on Penzance in our quiz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you want to read some information about Penzance before taking the quiz, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/travel\/penzance-in-five-minutes\/\">go to our guide to Penzance<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"riddle_target\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;\" data-rid-id=\"241289\" data-fg=\"#1486cd\" data-bg=\"#ffffff\" data-auto-scroll=\"false\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"5\"><script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/files\/js\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 300px; border: 1px solid #cfcfcf;\" title=\"Pop Quiz - Do you know Penzance?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/a\/241289?\"><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2><strong>Do you know Penzance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>The name Penzance is derived from the Cornish \u2018pen sans\u2019, meaning what?<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>Which year was Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s comic opera \u2018The Pirates of Penzance\u2019 first performed?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>In 1595, Penzance was raided and looted by which foreign navy?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>In which year did the citizens of Penzance first elect a major?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>How many fatalities did Penzance suffer during WW2 from bombing by the Luftwaffe?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>What novel event for Britain reputedly took place at the Dolphin Inn in 1564?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>In 1852, Penzance saw the newly opened railway run to where?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>Famous Penzance born chemist and inventor, Humphrey Davy, died where?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong>Penzance has the third deepest natural harbour where?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2>At the 2011 UK census, Penzance had a recorded population of how many?<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>No worries &#8211; not an easy quiz!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Good score on a quite difficult quiz!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Excellentum &#8211; obviously an aficiado of all things Penzance!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much do you know about Penzance? 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