Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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National Park that occupies much of the southern part of Powys | {Brecon} Beacons | 91%
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Small market town and location of an annual festival, described as 'the town of books' | Hay-on-Wye | 82%
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Developed as a spa town in the 19th century, this place is now a centre of local government | Llandrindod {Wells} | 82%
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The source of these two major UK rivers lie very close to each other on the slopes of the Cambrian Mountains in the west of Powys | Severn | 77%
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Wye | 77%
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Attractive rural railway that passes through Powys, linking Swansea and Shrewsbury | {Heart} of Wales Line | 64%
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A building in Machynlleth houses an exhibition dedicated to this Welsh leader who instigated a long-running yet ultimately unsuccessful war of independence | Owain Glyndŵr | 59%
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Popular attraction near Machynlleth dedicated to promoting sustainable development | Centre for {Alternative} Technology | 50%
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Known as the 'Welsh Lake District' this area covers 70 square miles of unspoilt countryside | {Elan} Valley | 41%
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Monty Python star who once had a house near Llanidloes | Terry Jones | 36%
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Author Salmon Rushdie went into hiding on a remote farm in Powys after receiving death threats over this novel | The Satanic Verses | 36%
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Leighton born Captain Stephen Beattie received this award for gallantry for the part he played in the raid on St. Nazaire during WW2 while in command of HMS Campbeltown | Victoria Cross | 36%
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Market town in the north of Powys whose Welsh name means 'marshy or sinking land' | Welshpool | 36%
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The above town is home to a national collection of this method of transportation | Cycling | 32%
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Actor Adam Woodyatt went to school in Llanidloes before going on play this character in the popular BBC soap opera, Eastenders, later becoming its longest-serving actor | Ian Beale | 32%
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