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Country Quiz on a Map - United Kingdom

Hello mate! Let's test your knowledge about the UK (no Overseas Territories)! In this unique quiz, all the answers to geographical, historical, and cultural questions will be somewhere on the map. Have a good one!
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First submittedJuly 1, 2021
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Bordering Country
Ireland
 
Bordering Seas and Oceans
Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
Irish Sea
North Sea
 
Rivers
Severn
Thames
 
Mount
Ben Nevis
Largest Cities by Population
8,776,535
London
1,121,408
Birmingham
631,690
Glasgow
536,321
Leeds
506,552
Liverpool
 
 
Other Cities
City renowned for its Roman thermae
Bath
City where the Titanic was built
Belfast
City whose football team achieved a surprising victory in the 2015–16 Premier League
Leicester
Last departure port to America for the Pilgrims Fathers
Plymouth
Former capital city of England
Winchester
Regions
Celtic Nation inside of England
Cornwall
Mountainous region of Northern Scotland
Highlands
Country that was incorporated into the Kingdom of England in 1536
Wales
 
 
Monuments
Former Roman defensive fortification begun in AD 122
Hadrian's Wall
Ancient megalithic formation
Stonehenge
Longest-occupied palace in Europe
Windsor Castle
 
 
Natural Wonders
Formation of approximately 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns
Giant's Causeway
Scottish freshwater lake known for its monster
Loch Ness
Famous People
Stratford-upon-Avon: This English playwright was born there
William Shakespeare
Bletchley: During WWII, this mathematician and computer scientist cracked Enigma in this town
Alan Turing
Manchester: This football player is the record goalscorer of this city's 'Red Devils'
Wayne Rooney
 
 
Pieces of Art
Yorkshire: The story of this Emily Brontë's novel is primarily set in this historical county
Wuthering Heights
Derry: This U2 song refers to the 1972 incident that happened in this city
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Edinburgh: This movie follows a group of junkies in this city
Trainspotting
 
 
Battles
1066: Decisive Norman victory over King Harold Godwinson
Battle of Hastings
1940: First major military campaign fought entirely by air forces
Battle of Britain
PeregrineFalcon
+3
Level 76
Jul 1, 2021
Great quiz! The Giant's Causeway doesn't light up when guessed. And there seems to be no path for Turing.
YungBabass
+2
Level 46
Jul 2, 2021
Thank you, I fixed it :)
Curtainstore
+1
Level 64
Jul 21, 2021
Great quiz! Typo on 'British Residences'
KilwaAfarCheese8
+2
Level 68
Oct 13, 2022
Please make more of these they are amazing!
JonOfKent
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Level 56
May 9, 2023
This is fun! Thank you!

Just a couple of minor things - in the Alan Turing one, you want an extra W in WWII, and Bletchley is a (small) town, not a city.

sssaaa
+1
Level 64
May 9, 2023
The 'City where th Titanic was built' fact has the 'e' in 'the' missing

Otherwise, amazing quiz!

Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 60
May 9, 2023
Nice quiz. Minor detail but the population number 586,889 is written with a semicolon.
Marvo7
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Level 60
Oct 11, 2023
A bit arbitrary? Hadrian's wall is a wall, should be a line? Bloody Sunday wasn't a 'battle' really.
KuduBiltong
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Level 60
Oct 11, 2023
Hmm. Mostly good. Bit random. I don't see why Sergio Aguero shouldn't be accepted as top scorer for one of Manchester's football teams, or why "Morning Glory" or a couple of other songs shouldn't be accepted as Oasis singles released in 1995. It's a bit more, "guess the answer I'm thinking of" than "enter a correct answer".
milancampion
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Level 70
Jan 26, 2024
Bletchley isn't a city
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Apr 4, 2024
It doesn't say it is?
AbiA
+1
Level 83
Feb 23, 2024
Surprise is missing an r.
boltos
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Level 72
Feb 25, 2024
I love these 'country quiz on a map' quizzes. I have just done the UK one, the USA one and the France one. Excellent use of history, the arts, people and geography all in one! Thank you :)
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Mar 4, 2024
As I was guessing cities I got gifted the English Channel as its French name ("Manche") is accepted. Cool quiz overall.
barmanitan
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Level 78
Mar 26, 2024
Typo in "this Emily Brontë's novel"

Also can I suggest not using "this historical county" as for a while I thought you meant I had to guess maybe an old name for Yorkshire or a county that used to be part of Yorkshire. Maybe just change it to "here"?

MindWax
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Level 83
Apr 1, 2024
I thought exactly the same thing. Should be clarified!
mrputter
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Level 81
Apr 2, 2024
I hear what you folks are saying, and actually I think the word "historical" should just be changed to "historic."

"Historical" to me implies that the thing no longer exists, which Ok sure: technically the county of Yorkshire no longer exists as it's been split up into four, but I don't think that's the most relevant aspect of this clue.

The fact that Yorkshire has a long and notable history is - I think? - the important bit. Which the adjective "historic" does a better job of communicating.

pafco
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Level 77
Apr 1, 2024
Enigma was cracked by Polish mathematicians. This fact is described even at English version of Wikipedia. There are British lies about this issue and many false propaganda, e.g. some well-known movies - exciting by completely false.
duckwantbread
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Level 64
Apr 1, 2024
British lies? I think you're mixing Britain up with Hollywood. Bletchley park to this day has a memorial to the Polish codebreakers you mentioned and the machine the Brits used to crack the code was named in honour of their original work (which was used as the groundwork for what Bletchley Park did).

You're also ignoring that there were multiple versions of the Enigma code, it's correct to say that the Polish cracked the Engima code but it's ALSO correct to say the British cracked it. This is because the Germans updated the Enigma code in May 1940 to fix a security flaw that the Polish codebreakers had exploited, once that flaw was fixed the Polish solution no longer worked, so it had be cracked again by the British.

mez
+1
Level 71
Apr 1, 2024
thought Manchester would be there with population
cledun2
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Level 89
Apr 2, 2024
why do I get the answer for "English Channel" when I type "manche"
AlexThirkell
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Level 75
Apr 2, 2024
It's the French name for it.
b1094
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Level 68
Apr 2, 2024
Winchester was never the recognised capital of England.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester

"The consensus among historians of Anglo-Saxon England is that the court was mobile in this period and there was no fixed capital."

PrettyTiedUp
+1
Level 68
Apr 9, 2024
Good quiz but a few niggles:

Colchester is the first recorded capital of England.

Windsor Castle is the longest occupied castle - not palace.

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