But how about you? Here are nine questions to test you. Answers are at the end. No cheating mind.
9. It all started here for this great Shakespearean actor
Which actor spent much of his childhood in Jarrow? A. Ian McKellen B. Derek Jacobi C. Tom Courtenay D. Patrick Stewart Photo: Shields Gazette
10. Answers: give yourself a BAFTA if you got 7 or more
1C Eric Idle, 2C Cannonball, 3A Hovis, 4C 437 seats, 5D Gina McKee, 6C McIntyre, 7B Jacqueline Wilson, 8 B. Joe won in 2009, 9D Patrick Stewart. Photo: Shields Gazette