Statistics for Dorset A-Z

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General Stats

This quiz has been taken 21 times
(5 since last reset)
The average score is 11 of 25

Answer Stats

	Hint	Answer	% Correct
R	Seaside town	Lyme {Regis}	100%
F	Town known for its Georgian architecture	Blandford {Forum}	80%
C	Long shingle beach which makes up most of the county's western coastline	Chesil Beach	80%
E	Local newspaper founded in 1921	Dorset {Echo}	80%
J	Area of coastline and World Heritage Site	Jurassic Coast	80%
P	Island known for its limestone and its Bill	Portland	80%
W	Second-largest town	Weymouth	80%
D	County town; gave the county its name	Dorchester	60%
G	Northernmost town; shares its name with a town in Kent	Gillingham	60%
L	Perfectly circular natural cove on the J	Lulworth Cove	60%
B	Disease which first arrived in England at W in 1348	Black Death	40%
A	Famous chalk hill-figure	Cerne {Abbas} Giant	40%
Q	Tourist area of Poole	Poole {Quay}	40%
S	Market town with an abbey, a famous school, and a castle	Sherborne	40%
Z	Section of the B3081; the "bendiest road in Britain"	Zig Zag Hill	40%
K	Savoury ball-shaped biscuit	Dorset {knob}	20%
N	One of the world's hottest chili peppers	Dorset {naga}	20%
O	Famous chalk cliff formations at the eastern end of the J	Old Harry Rocks	20%
U	T were punished for this activity	Unionising	20%
V	The first attack in England by these people took place at P in 789	Vikings	20%
H	Prehistoric hill fort near F; also site of a battle between Clubmen and Cromwell	Hambledon Hill	0%
I	Ancient marine reptile; Mary Anning found a skeleton of one in R in 1811	Ichthyosaur	0%
M	Bowl-shaped valley in the west	{Marshwood} Vale	0%
T	Labourers who were transported to Australia and later pardoned	Tolpuddle Martyrs	0%
Y	Village near Somerset with 17th-century limestone architecture	Yetminster	0%