It’s Quiz-mas Time

Want to know how well (or badly!) you scored in our quiz…

Answers in Red 

Round 1: Local Trivia Round

10 Questions about our hood.

1 Forget Santa’s sleigh – in what year did Epsom first send horses thundering round the Downs for the very first Derby?

a) 1765
b) 1779
c) 1780

2 Bourne Hall may look like a giant UFO has landed in Ewell but which decade saw it officially take off and open?

a) Sixties
b) Seventies 
c) Eighties

3. Epsom salts turned this little town into a global spa hotspot. What ingredient was found in the water?

a) Magnesium sulphate 
b) Iron oxide
c) Sulphur

4. Local lad Joe Wicks sweated his way through PE at which primary school?

a) St Martin’s
b) St Clement’s
c) St Joseph’s

5. Name that famous shop from yesteryear Epsom famous for its ‘Del Boy style’ goods?

a) Gary’s
b) Roger’s
c) Dave’s

6. Could the glitter ball trophy be won by this Strictly 2025 contestant who was born in Epsom and went to Rosebery school?

a) Alex Kingston
b) Balvinder Sopal
c) Amber Davies

7. Thinking caps on! Which legendary comedian once worked locally in Epsom as a boy?

a) Ricky Gervais
b) Norman Wisdom
c) Lee Evans

8. The Ashley Centre – soon home to Primark (let’s end the relentless rumours now!) – was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in what year?

a) 1982
b) 1983
c) 1984

9. The Hogsmill River in Ewell is famous for inspiring which legendary artwork?

a) Monet’s Water Lilies
b) Millais’ Ophelia 
c) Banksy’s Girl with Balloon

10. What noun is likely to whip up a flurry of comments on local Facebook groups?

a) A pyramid
b) A helicopter
c) A shark

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Round 2: Picture Round

Think you know where you live? How many of these six places around Epsom & Ewell can you call out?

Hobbledown

Christ Church

Epsom Race Course

Bourne Hall Dome

Horton Country Park

The Watch House, Ewell

 

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Round 3: Search the Word

Grab your bifocals and brace yourselves for a different kind of pub crawl. Find all 14 local drinking spots. CHEERS!

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Round 4: Family Fun Round

Unscramble these anagrams to reveal local places and landmarks

1. cowl rocket
clocktower

2. anchor treatment
tattenham corner

3. brokers repay
rosebery park

4. down steps
stew ponds

5. Erroll sigh vim
hogsmill river

6. Acton kronur trophy
horton country park

7. Crusoe camporees
epsom racecourse

Try decoding these tasty festive treats

1. mice snipe
mince pies 

2. Leo ugly
yule log

3. tyre UK
turkey

4. soaper tattoos
roast potatoes

5. sorbets surplus
brussel sprouts 

6. blankest piing
pigs in blanket 

7. big gardener
gingerbread

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Round 5: Look Out

How many stars can you find on our Christmas Covers?

16 (did you see Santa’s tattoo’s)