{"id":468,"date":"2019-04-29T12:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T12:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/?p=468"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T06:37:33","slug":"so-you-think-you-know-darlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/DailyQuizzes\/so-you-think-you-know-darlington\/travel\/england\/town-city\/","title":{"rendered":"So you think you know Darlington?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"riddle_target\" data-rid-id=\"193000\" data-fg=\"#1486cd\" data-bg=\"#ffffff\" style=\"margin:0 auto;max-width:100%;width:640px;\" data-auto-scroll=\"true\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"5\">\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/files\/js\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/files\/css\/embed.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<iframe style=\"width:100%;height:300px;border:1px solid #cfcfcf;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/a\/193000?\" title=\"Pop Quiz - So you think you know Darlington?\"><\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<p>So you think you know Darlington?<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<p>&nbsp;In Norman times, Darlington was known by what name?<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>&nbsp;Which is the oldest surviving building in Darlington?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Which renowned 18<sup>th<\/sup> century author, on a visiting Darlington, notably recorded there was \u2018\u2018nothing remarkable but dirt\u2019\u2019?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>In 1896, Backhouse&#8217;s Bank of Darlington, merger with other banks, eventually led to the creation of which modern day banking conglomerate?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>The famed inaugural journey of George Stephenson\u2019s Locomotive No. 1 from Shildon to Stockton, via Darlington, was made in what year?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Darlington&#8217;s most famous landmark, the clock tower, was gifted to the town by the which 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century local industrialist?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>The population of Darlington at the UK 2011 Census was how many?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Darlington is twinned with which French town?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>In 1868, who became Darlington&#8217;s first elected MP?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Feethams, Darlington&#8217;s F.C.&#8217;s original ground, was home to what sport before football? <\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>\n<p>Average!<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p><p>No worries &#8211; that&#8217;s average!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Very good!<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p><p>A great score for a diffcult quiz!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h3>\n<p>Excellent!<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p><p>A mastermind contender?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"link-riddle\" style=\"width: 640px; margin: 0px auto; padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riddle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"blank\">Quiz Maker<\/a> &#8211; powered by Riddle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you think you know Darlington? &nbsp;In Norman times, Darlington was known by what name? &nbsp;Which is the oldest surviving building in Darlington? 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