Update: Think you know Hitchin? Why not take our Nub News quiz on our town
By Layth Yousif
26th Oct 2021 | Local News
Update: Think you know your town of Hitchin?
Then take our quick quiz on our town and find out.
We've even added further questions for you!
[I]Are they easy-peasy questions or ones that will stump your knowledge of Hitchin? Read on to find out![.L]
Answers at the bottom - and no cheating!
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Seven questions
1) Hitchin is made up of eight districts. Name them. .................... 2) Hitchin (and the nearby village of Offley) were subject to what is thought to have been the most severe hailstorm in recorded British history. Hailstones more than four inches in diameter were reported. But what year did this happen? .................... 3) Hitchin is twinned with two towns, one in France, one in Germany. Name them .................... 4) In 1960 Hitchin Urban District Council was the first in Britain to introduce what? .................. 5) Which Hollywood actor and comedian claimed to have "inherited his sense of humour from his paternal grandfather from Hitchin" ................. 6) What is the name of the ghastly 1970s architectural monstrosity that blights our town centre? a) Churchgate b) Poorgate c) Dreadfulgate d) Watergate ............. 7 Name three Hitchin businesses that have opened in our town centre recently ............... 8) Name the place in the centre of Hitchin where a record 103 objections to a planning application were lodged by the Hitchin public ................. 9) Name the long-lost concert venue that recently appeared on a screening of The Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC recently? ............... 10) An extra bonus point for naming the band that played in Hitchin on the show in question, and what is the site now? ............... Answers:Further down....
Keep going.....Nearly there....
No cheating....Here you go!
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1) Hitchin is made up of eight districts. Name them.Bearton
Benslow
Poets Estate
Purwell
Sunnyside
Walsworth
West Hitchin
Westmill
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2) Hitchin (and the nearby village of Offley) were subject to what is thought to have been the most severe hailstorm in recorded British history. Hailstones more than four inches in diameter were reported. But what year did this happen? 1697....................
3) Hitchin is twinned with two towns, one in France, one in Germany. Name them Nuits-St-Georges, France Bingen am Rhein, Germany..................
4) In 1960 Hitchin Urban District Council was the first in Britain to introduce what? Black bags for refuse collection..................
5) Which Hollywood actor and comedian claimed to have "inherited his sense of humour from his paternal grandfather from Hitchin" Bob Hope ................. 6) What is the name of the ghastly 1970s architectural monstrosity that blights our town centre? a) Churchgate - although to be fair Dreadfulgate would be equally applicable ................. 7 Name three Hitchin businesses that have opened in our town centre recently and been featured in our First Glimpse series Next Page Books Cafe 77 Fabio's Gelato ............. 8) Name the place in the centre of Hitchin where a record 103 objections to a planning application were lodged by the Hitchin public Garrison Court ........... 9) Name the long-lost concert venue that recently appeared on a screening of The Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC recently? The Regal ............. 10) An extra bonus point for naming the band that played in Hitchin on the show in question, and what is the site now? Fun Boy Three. Regal Chambers surgery ....................How did you get on?
10/10 - You're a true Hitchinite
9/10 - You know your A505 from the A602
8/10 - You know your Bancroft from your Bedford Road
7/10 - Not bad but could do better. Try reading Hitchin Nub News more
6/10 - You probably think Market Place is called Market Square
5/10 - Bet you've only lived here for 20 years
4/10 - Moved up from London recently have we?
3/10 - Can you even point to where Hitchin is on the map?
2/10 - Are you sure you're not from Stevenage?
1/10 - Have you even been to Hitchin?
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