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Question 1: Nowadays, the nearest ________ station is Castle Cary, some eight miles south of Shepton Mallet.
Network RailLondon, Tilbury and Southend RailwayEast Coast Main LineHigh Speed 1

Question 2: Many rebels joined the cause, but Monmouth had to return to Shepton after failing to take Bath or ________.
BristolPlymouthPeterboroughCornwall

Question 3: The town, which is also home to Babycham, is still an important centre for ________ production.
AbsintheWineCiderAlcoholic beverage

Question 4: The ________ of 1086 lists a settlement known as Sceaptun, meaning 'the sheep enclosure' from the Old English scoep and tun.
Domesday BookEnglandSurreyYorkshire

Question 5: The line was extended to Wells in 1862 and later connected to the Cheddar Valley line branch of the ________ from Yatton to Wells via Cheddar.
River ParrettBristol and Exeter RailwayBristol Temple Meads railway stationDisused railway stations (Bristol to Exeter Line)

Question 6: A study by the ________ identified that the current standard of flood protection in those parts of the town was insufficient, being of a 5-10 year event standard; current guidelines require protection of a 50-200 year standard.
Water Services Regulation AuthorityNorthern Ireland WaterEnvironment AgencyScottish Water

Question 7: The town's weekly ________, part of the Mid Somerset Series, is called the Shepton Mallet Journal.
Media biasDefamationNews mediaNewspaper

Question 8: The timber roof includes 350 panels of different designs and 36 carved angels along the sides, which was described by ________ as "the finest 15th century carved oak wagon-roof in England".
Penguin BooksGermanyArchitectureNikolaus Pevsner

Question 9: When Glastonbury Abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII, the land reverted to the Crown and was granted to the ________.
History of CornwallCornish Foreshore CaseDuchy of CornwallConstitutional status of Cornwall

Question 10: The line was absorbed into the ________ in the 1870s.
Great Western RailwayLondon, Brighton and South Coast RailwayBristol Temple Meads railway stationSouthern Railway (Great Britain)
















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