{"id":2100,"date":"2020-11-30T10:40:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T15:20:16","slug":"a-general-knowledge-quiz-on-highwaymen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/a-general-knowledge-quiz-on-highwaymen\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Notorious Highwaymen&#8217;s Quiz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Highwaymen &#8211; what do you know?<\/h2>\n<p>In Britain, they were known as highwaymen, and, in Ireland, sometimes as Rapparees, and elsewhere as land-pirates, mail-coach robbers, stagecoach robbers, road agents, or bushrangers. They were robbers and outlaws who plied their trade along the travelled highways of the world. In Britain and Ireland, they were active for around 200 years. Dick Turpin is undoubtedly the most celebrated and best remembered of all the British highwaymen. However, there were plenty of others who were just as notorious in their day. So, what do you know of the notorious highwaymen of yesteryear?<\/p>\n<h3>Take the Notorious Highwaymen&#8217;s Quiz!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"riddle_target\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; max-width: 100%; width: 640px;\" data-rid-id=\"283312\" data-fg=\"#FF00FF\" data-bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3)\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" 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=\"Quiz - A General Knowledge Quiz on Highwaymen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/a\/283312?\"><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2>A General Knowledge Quiz on Highwaymen<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<p>A fun quiz on the notorious, daring rogues and robbers, known as highwaymen, who once plied their trade across the roads and highways of the British Isles.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<h2><strong>Highwaymen were prevalent in Britain and Ireland for around two hundred years but in which two centuries?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2>What was the name of the novel by William Harrison Ainsworth\u00a0published in 1834 that featured real-life highwaymen of the past as its characters?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>The famed Irish folk song &#8216;Whisky in the Jar&#8217; is reputedly based on the exploits of which highwayman?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>Which highwayman was notorious for his multiple prison breaks?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>History wrongly credits Dick Turpin with the long-distance non-stop ride between London and York but which highwayman actually carried out the marathon feat?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>What was the name of Dick Turpin&#8217;s fictional black horse?<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2>What was the name given to the cheap popular serialised comic-book style magazines that often featured stories of highwayman, which were first issued in 1836?<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>Which highwayman famously carried out a spate of robberies while he was AWOL from the Royal Navy?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>What is the name of the famed comic opera written by John Gay in 1728 that features a number of highwaymen characters?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<h2><strong>What was the name of the Slovak highwaymen who is still a much celebrated national hero?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"link-riddle\" style=\"width: 640px; margin: 0px auto; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Quiz Maker<\/a> &#8211; powered by Riddle<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve enjoyed this quiz, why not try more of the awesome\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/\">quizzes<\/a> at Five Minutes Spare. 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