11 May is Somerset Day and this year the theme is the biggest quiz Somerset has seen. To celebrate this we have been tweeting and posting questions about Somerset on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Here are the answers to those questions. We hope you have a great #SomersetDay!
1. Answer: A, Mary Shelley
2. Answer: C, Accommodation and Food Service - source: Somerset Trends
3. Answer: B, 1970
4. Answer: B, Cheddar Cheese was stored in the caves at Cheddar Gorge where the humidity and temperature were ideal for maturing.
5. Answer: B, Taunton. This was 12 months before the Electric Lighting Act of 1882. Somerset was also the first in the UK to install LED street lights.
6. Answer: C, 311. Source: British Listed Buildings.
7. Answer: A, Quantock Hills - they were made an Area of Outstanding National Beauty (AONB) in 1956. Source: Quantock Hills
8. Answer: C, 99.78%. Source: Somerset Trends
9. Answer: B, 9,000 Source: BBC
10. Answer: A, 48.2% Source: Somerset Trends
