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1 Which English river enters the North Sea at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk?
A River Yare, which forms part of the Broads network and meets the sea after flowing through Breydon Water, with the Rivers Bure and Waveney joining it just before the estuary.
2 From which 1961 film is the song “Moon River”?
A Breakfast at Tiffany’s, famously sung by Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. Composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer, it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
3 Who directed the 2003 Academy Award-winning film “Mystic River”?
A Clint Eastwood. Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir mystery drama film.
4 Which river tunnel did Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel build between 1825 and 1843?
A Thames Tunnel. It connects the districts of Rotherhithe and Wapping in East London, passing beneath the River Thames.
5 Which river flows through Ipswich?
A The River Orwell, but it’s actually the River Gipping upstream that joins the Orwell at Ipswich, with the combined water flowing out to the North Sea.
6 Which river flows through Shrewsbury?
A Severn. The Severn is 220 miles long, flowing from the Welsh mountains to the Severn Estuary.
7 Where do the rivers, Goyt, Tame, and Etherow, merge to join the River Mersey?
A Stockport, Greater Manchester, where the Goyt and Tame meet to form the River Mersey, with the Etherow flowing into the Goyt just before this confluence, creating the start of the Mersey.
8 Which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow character lived by the Gitche Gumee River?
A Hiawatha, from Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855).
9 Which desert lies between the Red Sea and the River Nile in Sudan?
A Nubian Desert, a rugged, rocky part of the Sahara that stretches across north-eastern Sudan and into Egypt, known for its dunes, wadis, and historical significance to ancient civilisations.
10 In which year did Enoch Powell make his famous “rivers of blood” speech?
A 1968, at a Conservative Party meeting in Birmingham.