Whether you’ve been part of the YHA family for a little or a long time, here’s an opportunity for a little fun as we split fact from fiction, tackle some trivia and take a spin around 90 years of hostelling adventures. Best of luck! And if you like this one, we’ll follow up with new quizzes on a variety of subjects over the coming weeks.

A quiz like this is only possible thanks to the wealth of research made available by the amazing work and dedication of John Martin, honorary archivist, and Duncan Simpson, writer of a definitive history of YHA, Open to all: how youth hostels changed the world. (Any typos or misquotes are entirely the fault of the quiz author – sorry if you spot any.)

For more information about our archive, held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, please visit our dedicated YHA history page.

If you’d like a truly brilliant read, you can purchase Duncan Simpson’s Open to all (and other works) for Kindle and in hard copy here.

Until next time quiz fans!