Northumberland General Knowledge Quiz

1. What is the alternative name for Holy Island?
2. Which was the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity?
3. What is the name of the ancient raiders and bandits around the Anglo-Scottish border?
4. Which historic estate is famous for wild white cattle?
5. What percentage of the county is covered by the Northumberland National Park?
6. What is the name of England's largest man made lake?
7. Who is the famous Northumbrian 18th century landscape gardener?
8. Who were the famous footballing brothers born in Ashington?
9. Which lighthouse keeper's daughter rescued shipwrecked sailors near the Farne Islands in 1838?
10. Born in Wylam in 1781, which engineer is celebrated as the "Father of Railways"?
11. Which castle was the location for the broomstick lessons in the Harry Potter movies? 
12. What breed of terrier dog takes its name from a historic mining town?
13. Which bellows blown instrument is played sitting down and is unique to Northumberland?
14. Which 19th century Northumbrian British Prime Minister gave his name to a tea?
15. What group of islands off the Northumberland coast are a sanctuary for puffins and grey seals?
16. Which border town changed hands between Scotland and England 13 times? 
17. Which Roman defensive fortification stretches across the width of Northumberland?
18. Which coastal fortress, restored by Victorian industrialist Lord Armstrong, overlooks Lindisfarne? 
19. Which town has a world famous second hand bookshop built inside a former Victorian railway station?
20. What is the name of the hill range that separates Northumberland from Scotland?