Mary Kirkland, who spent most of her life in the area in Hampton Hill, is the secret queen of quizzes.

The eagle-eyed quiz fan, whether you are a fan of Mastermind or Who Wants to be Millionaire, may not catch Mary's name in the fast-moving credits at the end of big TV shows.

She began her quizzing career in 1987 and at one stage she and her team were researching 23,000 questions a year for five years.

She has also worked on Tipping Point, The Hit List, Al Murray's Big Pub Quiz and Five Minutes to a Fortune.

Mary remains tight-lipped about an exciting new quiz-based project which will be broadcast in the New Year.

Here, she steps up to her biggest challenge yet – testing your knowledge of Teddington.

See below for Mary's five-part quiz all about Teddington. Be warned: the answers are in the second half of the article, so don't scroll to the end until you're done guessing!

Mary's Teddington Trivia Quiz

1. BUILDINGS

1) Teddington Memorial Library opened in 1906. It was originally called, and still bears the name of which Scottish-born iron and steel magnate, whose organisation paid for the construction of over 2000 libraries worldwide?

2) Now the Teddington Cheese, 42, Station Road was originally the premises of H Comfort and Son, who appropriately sold what?

3) Where in Teddington is there a Grade II listed theatre, completed in 1879?

4) The headquarters of the Teddington branch of which large UK charity – one of only 4 to be run entirely by volunteers, is at Fairmile House, Twickenham Road?

5) What replaced The Elmfield at the top of Teddington Bridge in 1937 until it was demolished in 1962 to make way for the AA building?

6) The name of which conference centre and leisure club was coined in 1920 from the names of two London Offices of a large petroleum company located at St Helen's Court and at 16 Finsbury Circus.

1. SHOWBUSINESS:

1) Which famous Monty Python sketch, originally recorded in 1971, was filmed at Teddington Lock?

2) Which actor, famous for his role in a long-running sitcom/OR in 'Dad's Army', berthed his boat, 'The Amazon' at Tough Brothers Yard in Teddington?

3) The house at Number 1 Trowlock Avenue was used for the exterior shots and opening credits of which Thames TV sitcom, starring Wendy Craig?

4) Which famous English playwright, actor and composer was born in 1899 at 131 Waldegrave Road?

5) Which much-loved pre-school children's programme, featuring a large bear, a camp hippopotamus and a puppet with a zipped mouth, was made at Teddington Studios from 1972-1992?

6) Scenes from the first ever episode of the hit comedy series 'Spaced' starring Simon Pegg were filmed at which daytime café and evening Turkish restaurant in Church Street?

1. FLORA AND FAUNA

1) A path in the Woodland Gardens in Bushy Park is named Taxodium Way – taxodium distichum is the botanical name for which tree, usually associated with the mangrove swamps of the Everglades?

2) In February 2021, a seal was rescued from Teddington Lock with a fish lure caught in its mouth. What name was the 9 month old pup given by locals?

3) Psittacula krameria is the zoological name for which invasive species of birds now prevalent in the borough of Richmond, but more at home in Africa or the Indian sub-continent?

4) What are the 2 species of deer in Bushy Park?

5) Who designed Chestnut Avenue as a grand entrance to Hampton Court Palace?

6) All three native species of woodpecker can be found in Bushy Park; what are the 3 species?

1. HISTORY

1) Which US General moved with his staff to temporary headquarters in Bushy Park on March 5th 1944, where for the next 3 months, the D-Day landings were planned?

2) The Diana Fountain sculpture was originally designed in 1637 as a gift for Charles I to give to his wife; what was her name?

3) On the memorial to a US general in Bushy Park, a quotation that reads 'It is through fraternity that liberty is saved' is inscribed on the plaque. Which 19th century French novelist and poet wrote those words?

4) What name was given to the famous murder case of 1953, which, when solved was described as 'one of Scotland Yard's most notable triumphs in a century'?

5) What was the name of the camp established in the northeast of Bushy Park that became the headquarters of the US 8th Airforce – it was named after the first US casualty of the war?

6) The NPL was built on which 19th century Queen Consort's vegetable patch?

1. MIXED BAG

1) Which sporting club, established in 1866 and the oldest of its type in the world, has its clubhouse on Trowlock Island

2) Which Teddington street is named after the author of the classic novel 'Lorna Doone'?

3) Teddington Studios' production of the 1934 film, 'Murder at Monte Carlo' starred which famous swashbuckler in his first major film role?

4) The gold post box on the corner of Broad Street and North Street commemorates specifically the gold medal won by Mo Farah at London 2012 in which event?

5) Which metallic element with the symbol Cs was used in the development of the first atomic clock at NPL in the 1950s?

6) Which famous boxer, known as the Brown Bomber, was on active service during the Second World War and gave exhibition bouts at the US base in Bushy Park?

7) Which scientist/inventor used the NPL in the early days of the development of the bouncing bomb, which proved to be so devastating to German industrial heartland in the Second World War?

1. Buildings

2) Coal/Fuel

4) RNLI/Teddington Lifeboat Station

6) The Lensbury

1. Showbusiness

2) Arthur Lowe

4) Noel Coward

6) Diner's Delight

1. Flora and Fauna

1) Swamp Cypress

3) Parakeet (Ring-necked/rose-ringed parakeet)

5) Sir Christopher Wren

1. History

1) General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3) Victor Hugo

5) Camp Griffiss (after Colonel Townsend Griffiss)

1. Mixed Bag

2) Blackmores Grove (R.D.Blackmore)

4) 5000 metres

6) Joe Louis