Today, we've reached the end of the Rhuthun/Ruthin Bog Christmas Quiz 2008. Here's the complete list of all 24 questions, including today's. Answers appear tomorrow at 5 a.m. on Christmas Day.
December 1. Which building won this year’s Quayle Award?
A. Canolfan Grefftau Rhuthun Craft Centre
B. Nantclwyd y Dre
C. The Picture House
D. Ysgol Brynhyfryd’s new canteen
December 2. The current Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre cost £4.4mil. Approximately how much was its 1981 predecessor?
A. £350,000
B. £700,000
C. £950,000
D. £1,250,000
December 3. What was the original name by which Rhuthun’s main roundabout at the foot of Market Street was generally known?
A. Briec Roundabout
B. Station Yard Roundabout
C. Tesco Roundabout
D. Craft Centre Roundabout
December 4. Which business still displays the telephone area phone code “0824” rather than “01824” above its premises?
A. L E Jones, Lôn Cae Bricks/Brickfield Lane
B. Pine Direct, Lôn Parcwr
C. Co-op, Station Road
D. Till Wise, Mwrog Street
December 5. Where is Cromwell’s Yard?
A. Back of Castle Mews, Well Street
B. Back of Clwyd Bank, Clwyd Street
C. Back of the Wine Vaults, off Upper Clwyd Street
D. Back of the Wynnstay Arms, Well Street
December 6. Who is the Warden of Rhuthun?
A. The town’s vicar
B. The clerk to the town council
C. The honorary title given to the deputy mayor
D. The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charitable Company of the Burgesses of Rhuthun
December 7. Approximately when was Exemewe House (Barclays Bank) built?
A. 14th century
B. 16th century
C. 18th century
D. 20th century
December 8. Which road was nearly named Lôn Newydd?
A. Market Street
B. The Northern Relief Road
C. Wynnstay Road
D. Lôn Parcwr
December 9. Where was Northcott Garage?
A. Back of the Farmers Arms, Mwrog Street
B. Opposite the Griffin, Llanbedr DC
C. Bargeinion B ac M/B&M Bargains, Station Road
D. Maes Fynnon, Mwrog Street
December 10. From which year was the original and once notorious Maes Hafod estate demolished?
A. 1964
B. 1969
C. 1974
D. 1979
December 11. Who had the telephone number “Ruthin 1”?
A. Gayla House, St Peter’s Square
B. The Manor House, Well Street
C. Wynnstay Arms, Well Street
D. Clough & Co Surveyors, Market Street
December 12. When did Carchar Rhuthun Gaol close as a penitentiary?
A. 1679
B. 1903
C. 1916
D. 1946
December 13. Which business did John Lennon’s ex-wife Cynthia open?
A. Lucinda Fashions
B. The Manor House
C. Saddle Up
D. Siop Nain
December 14. When was the first sod cut on the Denigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway?
A.1854
B. 1860
C. 1864
D. 1869
December 15. Where were the former Rhuthun Rural District Council offices?
A. The Naylor Leyland Centre
B. The Town Hall
C. Castle Mews
D. The Library
December 16. In which year did Rhuthun secure its status as County Town of (the old) Denbighshire?
A. 1855
B. 1907
C. 1914
D. 1921
December 17. When was the last person hanged in Rhuthun?
A. 1679
B. 1903
C. 1916
D. 1946
December 18. In which current property were the first ever copies of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau said to be printed?
A. Siop Nain
B. The Nat West Bank
C. Bathafarn Hall
D. Fineline
December 19. In which year was the twinning charter signed with Briec de l’Odet?
A. 1990
B. 1991
C. 1992
D. 1993
December 20. Where was once known as Llansaeran?
A. Llanfair DC
B. Llanynys
C. Llanbedr DC
D. Llanfwrog
December 21. In which year were the environmental improvements made on Well Street (paving, street columns, etc)?
A. 1987
B. 1992
C. 1997
D. 2002
December 22. The new Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre received over 45,000 visitors in about four months. About how many did the old one receive per annum?
A. 50,000
B. 65,000
C. 80,000
D. 95,000
December 23. When was Ysbyty Rhuthun Hospital’s League of Friends formed?
A. 1946
B. 1952
C. 1963
D. 1969
December 24. Where is or was Capel Cwrw (lit. Beer Chapel)?
A. Capel y Rhos, Mold Road
B. Tabernacl, Well Street
C. English Presbyterian, Wynnstay Road
E. Eglwys y Bedyddwyr (Baptists), Park Road
December 1. Which building won this year’s Quayle Award?
A. Canolfan Grefftau Rhuthun Craft Centre
B. Nantclwyd y Dre
C. The Picture House
D. Ysgol Brynhyfryd’s new canteen
December 2. The current Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre cost £4.4mil. Approximately how much was its 1981 predecessor?
A. £350,000
B. £700,000
C. £950,000
D. £1,250,000
December 3. What was the original name by which Rhuthun’s main roundabout at the foot of Market Street was generally known?
A. Briec Roundabout
B. Station Yard Roundabout
C. Tesco Roundabout
D. Craft Centre Roundabout
December 4. Which business still displays the telephone area phone code “0824” rather than “01824” above its premises?
A. L E Jones, Lôn Cae Bricks/Brickfield Lane
B. Pine Direct, Lôn Parcwr
C. Co-op, Station Road
D. Till Wise, Mwrog Street
December 5. Where is Cromwell’s Yard?
A. Back of Castle Mews, Well Street
B. Back of Clwyd Bank, Clwyd Street
C. Back of the Wine Vaults, off Upper Clwyd Street
D. Back of the Wynnstay Arms, Well Street
December 6. Who is the Warden of Rhuthun?
A. The town’s vicar
B. The clerk to the town council
C. The honorary title given to the deputy mayor
D. The chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charitable Company of the Burgesses of Rhuthun
December 7. Approximately when was Exemewe House (Barclays Bank) built?
A. 14th century
B. 16th century
C. 18th century
D. 20th century
December 8. Which road was nearly named Lôn Newydd?
A. Market Street
B. The Northern Relief Road
C. Wynnstay Road
D. Lôn Parcwr
December 9. Where was Northcott Garage?
A. Back of the Farmers Arms, Mwrog Street
B. Opposite the Griffin, Llanbedr DC
C. Bargeinion B ac M/B&M Bargains, Station Road
D. Maes Fynnon, Mwrog Street
December 10. From which year was the original and once notorious Maes Hafod estate demolished?
A. 1964
B. 1969
C. 1974
D. 1979
December 11. Who had the telephone number “Ruthin 1”?
A. Gayla House, St Peter’s Square
B. The Manor House, Well Street
C. Wynnstay Arms, Well Street
D. Clough & Co Surveyors, Market Street
December 12. When did Carchar Rhuthun Gaol close as a penitentiary?
A. 1679
B. 1903
C. 1916
D. 1946
December 13. Which business did John Lennon’s ex-wife Cynthia open?
A. Lucinda Fashions
B. The Manor House
C. Saddle Up
D. Siop Nain
December 14. When was the first sod cut on the Denigh, Ruthin & Corwen Railway?
A.1854
B. 1860
C. 1864
D. 1869
December 15. Where were the former Rhuthun Rural District Council offices?
A. The Naylor Leyland Centre
B. The Town Hall
C. Castle Mews
D. The Library
December 16. In which year did Rhuthun secure its status as County Town of (the old) Denbighshire?
A. 1855
B. 1907
C. 1914
D. 1921
December 17. When was the last person hanged in Rhuthun?
A. 1679
B. 1903
C. 1916
D. 1946
December 18. In which current property were the first ever copies of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau said to be printed?
A. Siop Nain
B. The Nat West Bank
C. Bathafarn Hall
D. Fineline
December 19. In which year was the twinning charter signed with Briec de l’Odet?
A. 1990
B. 1991
C. 1992
D. 1993
December 20. Where was once known as Llansaeran?
A. Llanfair DC
B. Llanynys
C. Llanbedr DC
D. Llanfwrog
December 21. In which year were the environmental improvements made on Well Street (paving, street columns, etc)?
A. 1987
B. 1992
C. 1997
D. 2002
December 22. The new Canolfan Grefft/Craft Centre received over 45,000 visitors in about four months. About how many did the old one receive per annum?
A. 50,000
B. 65,000
C. 80,000
D. 95,000
December 23. When was Ysbyty Rhuthun Hospital’s League of Friends formed?
A. 1946
B. 1952
C. 1963
D. 1969
December 24. Where is or was Capel Cwrw (lit. Beer Chapel)?
A. Capel y Rhos, Mold Road
B. Tabernacl, Well Street
C. English Presbyterian, Wynnstay Road
E. Eglwys y Bedyddwyr (Baptists), Park Road
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