UK Counties General Knowledge: Kent

General knowledge questions on the people and places of Kent.
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The County Town and most populous town in Kent.
Maidstone
Kent is known as 'The ______ of England'.
Garden
Town and major ferry port that faces France across the English Channel.
Dover
A town in north Kent, where Charles Dickens lived as a boy.
Chatham
Situated on the North Downs, this is the highest point in Kent.
Betsom's Hill
In 1909 this Kent spa town received a 'Royal' Status.
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Which football club is the county's highest ranked professional team?
Gillingham FC
The second larget river in southern England, after the Thames.
River Medway
A seaside town on the north Kent coast, famous for its Native Oysters.
Whitstable
Born in Kent, this person introduced the Printing Press to England in 1476.
William Caxton
Britain's most successful Winter Olympian, Lizzie Yarnold was born in this town, whose name is derived from the Old English word "Seouenaca".
Sevenoaks
A motor racing circuit that's hosted 12 runnings of the Formula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986.
Brands Hatch
Consisting of two bored tunnels and a cable stayed bridge, this estuarial crossing of the Thames in to Kent is the busiest in the UK.
Dartford Crossing
Which World War II battle took place in the sky mainly over the county?
Battle of Britain
This headland is home to a nuclear power station and is one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe.
Dungeness
There will be blue birds flying over these, according to Dame Vera Lynn.
White Cliffs of Dover
The Channel Tunnel, a rail link between England and France opened in this year.
1994
This castle hosted peace talks between Isreal and Eygpt in 1978.
Leeds Castle
A series of medieval misadventures written by Geoffrey Chaucer, that sees Pilgrims competing to tell the best story on their way to the shrine of St Thomas Beckett.
The Canterbury Tales
Sheerness is a town on which Isle at the northern tip of the county?
Isle of Sheppey
2 Comments
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Level 77
Oct 29, 2018
Nice quiz. Been to Betsom's Hill but still managed to forget it!
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Level 77
Jan 12, 2020
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