Question: What police force covers the ceremonial county 
Answer: Somerset is covered by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary, a police force which also covers Bristol and South Gloucestershire

Question: What fire / rescue squad was formed in 2007 
Answer: The Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service was formed in 2007 upon the merger of the Somerset Fire and Rescue Service with its neighbouring Devon service

Question: What area does South western Ambulance  Service cover 
Answer: covers the entire South West of England, including all of Somerset

Question: What is the name of the charitable air ambulance service 
Answer: The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance

Question: Where does the Glastonbury Music festival take place 
Answer: takes place most years in Pilton, near Shepton Mallet

Question: who holds a literature festival each summer 
Answer: The annual Bath Literature Festival is one of several local festivals in the county

Question: The annual Carnival is held when and where 
Answer: The annual circuit of West Country Carnivals is held in a variety of Somerset towns during the autumn

Question: What does Artharian legend claim about Glastonbury
Answer: Avalon became associated with Glastonbury Tor when monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered the bones of King Arthur and his queen

Question: What is built in Avalon 
Answer: the oldest above-ground Christian church in the World" situated "in the mystical land of Avalon

Question: The Episcopal seat of the Bishop is now where 
Answer: The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is now in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the city of Wells, having previously been at Bath Abbey

Question: Where is St Greggorys abbey
Answer: is at Stratton-on-the-Fosse, and the ruins of the former Cistercian Cleeve Abbey are near the village of Washford

Question: What some of the Museums in Bath
Answer: American Museum in Britain, the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, the Jane Austen Centre, and the Roman Baths

Question: What are some other attractions 
Answer: Claverton Pumping Station, Dunster Working Watermill, the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Nunney Castle, The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare

Question: Where is the Museum of Somerset 
Answer: in Taunton

Question: What is the name of the museum in Glastonbury 
Answer: the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury

Question: How many listed buildings in Somerset 
Answer: Somerset has 11,500 listed buildings

Question: How many monuments on Somerset 
Answer: 523 scheduled monuments

Question: What is a key type of Architecture in Somerset 
Answer: its medieval church towers

Question: Name some historic private houses in the county 
Answer: Halswell House and Marston Bigot.

Question: Where does the rugby team play 
Answer: Bath Rugby play at the Recreation Ground in Bath

Question: The county's first football team is 
Answer: Yeovil Town won promotion to Division Three as Football Conference champions

Question: When did yeovil achieve promotion to the champion league 
Answer: Yeovil achieved promotion to the Championship in 2013 after beating Brentford in the playoff final

Question: Where are the horse races held 
Answer: Horse racing courses are at Taunton and Wincanton

Question: Why was the Somerset county Canal built 
Answer: to reduce the cost of transportation of coal and other heavy produce

Question: What was in use along the canal 
Answer: several tramways

Question: What was never built 
Answer: A planned 11.7 km (7.3 mi) branch to Midford was never built

Question: What was laid on the path to Midford 
Answer: in 1815 a tramway was laid along its towing path

Question: Who purchased the tramway in 1871
Answer: In 1871 the tramway was purchased by the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR), and operated until the 1950s

Question: How long were canals used 
Answer: usefulness of the canals was short-lived, though some have now been restored for recreation

Question: What was built int the 19th century 
Answer: 19th century also saw the construction of railways to and through Somerset

Question: How many railways served the county 
Answer: The county was served by five pre-1923 Grouping railway companies

Question: Were any of the railways  electrified 
Answer: None of these lines, in Somerset, are electrified.

Question: What railways lines are still in use today 
Answer: The former main lines of the GWR are still in use today, although many of its branch lines were scrapped under the notorious Beeching Axe

Question: What  did paddle streamers serve until the 1960's 
Answer: the piers at Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Portishead and Minehead were served by the paddle steamers of P and A Campbell

Question: What was the pier on Burnham -on-sea used for 
Answer: The pier at Burnham-on-Sea was used for commercial goods

Question: What is the shortest pier in the UK 
Answer: The pier at Burnham-on-Sea is the shortest pier in the UK

Question: What was constructed in the 1970's 
Answer: In the 1970s the Royal Portbury Dock was constructed to provide extra capacity for the Port of Bristol

Question: What are the  state schools in somerset 
Answer: Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and the larger Somerset County Council

Question: What are the 3 tiers of school 
Answer: a three-tier system of first, middle and upper schools in the Cheddar Valley, and in West Somerset

Question: How many state and independent secondary  schools in Somerset 
Answer: Somerset has 30 state and 17 independent secondary schools

Question: What schools can trace their origins back 
Answer: Several schools can trace their origins back many years, such as The Blue School in Wells and Richard Huish College in Taunton

Question: What was the original name of the Beechen Cliff School
Answer: started in 1905 as the City of Bath Boys' School

Question: In 2006 Somerset students performed how well compared to England as a whole 
Answer: In 2006, 5,900 pupils in Somerset sat GCSE examinations, with 44.5% achieving 5 grades A-C including English and Maths (compared to 45.8% for England).

Question: What school in Bruton was given royal  foundation status 
Answer: King's School, Bruton, was founded in 1519 and received royal foundation status around 30 years later

Question: What are some prepatory schools for younger students 
Answer: such as All Hallows, and Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Question: What is one of the Musical schools 
Answer: Wells Cathedral School which is one of the five established musical schools for school-age children in Britain

Question: What is a roman catholic school 
Answer: Downside School which is a Roman Catholic public school in Stratton-on-the-Fosse

Question: Bath school of pharmacy founded in 
Answer: Bath School of Pharmacy (founded 1907

Question: When did Bath Spa Gain University status
Answer: achieved university status in 2005

Question: When did the university of Bath gain royal charter 
Answer: The University of Bath gained its Royal Charter in 1966, although its origins go back to the Bristol Trade School

Question: What University are in Bath 
Answer: The University of Bath and Bath Spa University are higher education establishments in the north-east of the county

Question: When was the Collegiate School of Saybrook Colony founded?
Answer: 1701

Question: When was the Collegiate School renamed to Yale College?
Answer: 1718

Question: Why was the school named Yale College?
Answer: recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale

Question: When did Yale first incorporate humanities and sciences?
Answer: by 1777

Question: When did Yale issue the first Ph.D in the United States?
Answer: 1861

Question: How many schools is Yale composed of?
Answer: fourteen

Question: How much is Yale's endowment worth?
Answer: $25.6 billion

Question: How many books are in the Yale University Library?
Answer: 15 million

Question: Who runs Yale College?
Answer: Yale Corporation