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QUIZZES

MIKE’S TRICKY QUIZ FOR SERIOUS WATERWAYS ANORAKS No.1

SECTION I : SADISTIC STATISTICS

I1. What was 491 ft in 1771, 473 ft in 1787 and 453 ft in 1829?


I2. What was 491 ft in 1771, 473 ft in 1787 and 511 ft in 1837?


I3. Ignoring Dudley tunnel (whose state of navigability has fluctuated and which isn’t a single tunnel anyway), for how long (to within 5 years) was Blisworth the system’s longest tunnel in use?


I4. Which company owned the largest fleet of day-boats on the BCN from 1967?


I5. Pair up these canals & rivers with their lengths and locks (as they are today)

A : 8½ miles, 13 locks B : 75 miles, 46 locks
C : 26¼ miles, 13 locks D : 124¾ miles, 44 locks
E : 94¾ miles, 11 locks F : 93½ miles, 76 locks

The Macclesfield Canal is letter ___

The Trent & Mersey canal is letter ___

The Oxford Canal is letter ___

The Thames (Inglesham to Teddington) is letter ___

The Tame Valley Canal is letter ___

The Trent (Shardlow to Trent Falls) is letter ___


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