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Quiz on St Ives in Cornwall

St Ives might be a little town in Cornwall, UK, but it is world-famous for many things. How many of the following clues can you answer?
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Last updated: June 4, 2020
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First submittedJune 3, 2020
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Since the nineteenth century, St Ives has been known world-wide as what kind of colony?
Artist
This world-famous art gallery is situated in St Ives
Tate St Ives
The year in which this art gallery was built
1993
This modernist sculptor had a studio in St Ives until her death in 1975
Barbara Hepworth
This abstract painter was married to the sculptor above
Ben Nicholson
This man became famous for his childlike representations of boats known as naive art
Alfred Wallis
The occupation of the above
Fisherman
The world-famous pottery studio was founded here in 1920
Leach Pottery
The name of the person who, along with Hamada Shoji, established the above pottery
Bernard Leach
There are five beaches in St Ives. True or False?
True
This island with a distinctive white lighthouse can be seen from St Ives
Godrevy Island
This author was inspired to write 'To the Lighthouse' after staying in St Ives as a child
Virginia Woolf
This world-famous UK landmark visited by about 400,000 people per year is 15 miles to the west of St Ives
Land's End
St Ives is located in which part of Cornwall?
Penwith
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Level 79
Apr 14, 2021
Hmm, it didn't allow Godrevy, which confused me. I needed to type Godrevy Island.