Statistics for Lancashire Trivia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Lancashire seaside resort famous for its tower	Blackpool	92%
County town	Lancaster	92%
In the 1830s, Lancashire processed 85% of this fabric worldwide	Cotton	88%
Largest cities	Manchester	88%
Football league champions NOT currently in Premier League	Preston North End	87%
Largest cities	Liverpool	86%
Region to the north of Lancashire famous for its landscape	Lake District	77%
Football league champions NOT currently in Premier League	Blackburn Rovers	73%
Contests 'The War of the Roses' match against Yorkshire in this sport	Cricket	73%
Liverpool was a centre for this trade, outlawed in 1807	Slave trade	73%
Lancastrian King who ended the War of the Roses	Henry VII	70%
Traditional British flaky pastry filled with raisins	Eccles cake	60%
Liverpool and Manchester were the first cities to be linked by this	Railway	52%
Lancashire's most famous musical act	The Beatles	49%
Lancastrian artist notable for his urban paintings	LS Lowry	46%
Leading computer scientist who taught at the University of Manchester	Alan Turing	41%
Manchester was home to this prominent Communist	Freidrich Engels	24%
Great philosopher who studied in Manchester	Ludwig Wittgenstein	1%