1. Micklegate
Bar is...? a)
A Theme Pub on the Micklegate Run
b) The Great Street's Gate
c) Chocolate
2. What is
a Barbican? a)
A Leisure Centre
b) Something you can cook on outdoors
c) A Fortified Corridor attached to the City gate
3. Which
Duke had his head displayed above Micklegate Bar in 1460? a)
Duke Ellington
b) The Duke of York
c) The Duke of Edinburgh
4. Why was
his head displayed looking towards the City, rather than facing
the London Road? a)
Someone made a mistake
b) He didn't like looking South
c) So that he could look upon York
5. What is
a Portcullis? a)
A drop gate
b) A cocktail made with Port
c) A Viking dagger
6. Believed
destroyed in the 1800's, the Portcullis was re-discovered in 1952.
What had it been used for? a)
Growing runner-beans up
b) A bookshelf
c) A room divider
7. Who was
prepared to walk from Edinburgh to York to save Micklegate's Barbican? a)
Sir Jimmy Saville
b) Sir Walter Scott
c) Sir Ivanhoe
8. Name one
of the last two men to have their heads displayed on Micklegate
Bar? a)
James Mayne
b) James Last
c) James Mason
9. Why was
there a Policeman at Micklegate Bar at the turn of the century? a)
To arrest the gate keeper
b) Because he lived there
c) Drinks were being served after hours
10. What
was the name of the last family to occupy Micklegate Bar in 1914? a)
Wallace
b) Butterfield
c) Burgess