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Shipping Forecast areas

Name the UK shipping forecast areas. You can score highly by being a salty old sea dog, or by listening to "This Is A Low" by Blur before attempting the quiz.
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Last updated: August 6, 2021
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First submittedApril 18, 2017
Times taken1,675
Average score48.4%
Rating4.63
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Answer
Bailey
Biscay
Cromarty
Dogger
Dover
Faeroes
Fair Isle
Fastnet
Fisher
Fitzroy
Forth
Forties
German Bight
Hebrides
Humber
Irish Sea
Answer
Lundy
Malin
North Utsire
Plymouth
Portland
Rockall
Shannon
Sole
South East Iceland
South Utsire
Thames
Trafalgar
Tyne
Viking
Wight
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Level 78
Feb 17, 2019
good quiz ..different enough to be featured
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Level 49
Aug 5, 2020
Great quiz! But do you think you could incorporate slight deviations/misspellings like other quizzes, such as "SE Iceland", "N Utsire", or "Faroes"?
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Level 87
Aug 25, 2021
Love this quiz, reminds me of the radio!

Nominated

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Level 77
Mar 23, 2022
Got the lot - almost all in order. Too many times coming home late from work and listening to radio 4 well after midnight.
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Level 58
Jan 18, 2023
I got Sole by attempting Solent :)
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Level 64
Jan 18, 2023
12/31 isn't bad for a non-Brit. Then again, got three for free because "Fisher, Dogger, German Bight" is a phrase that everyone with even a mild interest in niche pop culture knows.
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Level 71
Jan 18, 2023
Quiz. Good becoming excellent. Nomination imminent.