Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Hugo]

It's a toughie Hollins   and my first thoughts were that it was a business park so I'll have to think again.     

Is it in N Wales?

[hollins]

There could be some learning done on a business park and yes it is in North Wales.

[Hugo]

First wild guess of the day -   North Wales Police Driving School at St Asaph Business Park

[Hugo]

A second wild guess at the Op TIC Center which is in Ffordd William Morgan opposite my first guess.     

[hollins]

Well done Hugo with your second guess. It is part of Glyndwr University at St Asaph.

[Hugo]

Location wise, my first wild guess wasn't far away but when I checked to see where it was I saw that Op TIC building.   It's unusual but impressive in a certain way.   

[DaveR]

The Optic building was one of the 10 Technium Centres built by the Welsh Government a few years back at massive expense. Collectively, they cost over £100,000,000 to build and run, yet were a unmitigated disaster.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11790468

[Hugo]

An easy question for the weekend.                    What is it and where is it in N Wales?     

[Hugo]

It's not part of a castle  but it is very near one somewhere in N Wales       

[Hugo]

If the clue about the Norman Castle hasn't led you to this building perhaps the photo will lead you there?     

[Hugo]

Does this help?     What is it and where is it in N Wales?     

[Cambrian]

Is it the old winding house just off the Prestatyn - Rhuddlan road ?

[Hugo]

Well done Cambrian, it is the Clive engine house, Dyserth           
The towering empty stone building adjacent to the Dyserth Falls Resort was built c.1860 to house a large Cornish pumping engine for the Talargoch mine. The mine produced lead, zinc and other metals.

 About 1245 a new castle was begun by Henry III at Dyserth at the northern end of the Clwyd range, in a position of considerable natural strength. Dyserth was intended to supplement or replace the first castle at Rhuddlan (Twthill), long in dispute between the Earl of Chester and the princes of Gwynedd. Both Dyserth and Deganwy were however, destroyed by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in 1263 and appear never to have been reoccupied

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCMQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dyserth.com%2Fclive-engine-house.html&ei=0qpYVeOoDInwUPe2gYAB&usg=AFQjCNFnms80OmGMeTsCm5NktuT1XZw3iQ&bvm=bv.93564037,d.d24

[Merddin Emrys]

We are away on holiday at the moment, can anyone guess where we are?

[Hugo]

First wild guess of the day-   model village at Bourton on the water.