Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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A | Landmark in L built by a lord for his wife; the "Taj Mahal of the North" | Ashton Memorial | 100%
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B | Seaside resort town; home to a famous tower | Blackpool | 100%
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C | The current Duke of L | Charles III | 100%
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D | Former mill town just south of Blackburn | Darwen | 100%
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E | Town known for a famous cake | Eccles | 100%
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O | Author who travelled to Wigan Pier | George Orwell | 100%
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Y | Rival of the House of L in the Wars of the Roses | House of York | 100%
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I | Historical process kickstarted by Lancashire cotton mills | Industrial Revolution | 100%
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K | Town equidistant between B and Preston | Kirkham | 100%
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H | Dish consisting of lamb, onions, and sliced potatoes | Lancashire {hotpot} | 100%
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L | County town; gave the county its name | Lancaster | 100%
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M | River that serves as the county's southern boundary | Mersey | 100%
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N | Town named (indirectly) after the hero of Trafalgar | Nelson | 100%
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P | Area famous for its 1612 witch trials | Pendle Hill | 100%
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R | River that runs through Preston | Ribble | 100%
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S | New town near Wigan known as "Skem" to locals | Skelmersdale | 100%
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U | Town on F; birthplace of Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy | Ulverston | 100%
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W | Island off F; opposite the town of Barrow | Walney | 100%
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F | The county has non-contiguous territory on this peninsula | Furness | 0%
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G | Elizabethan stately home near Burnley | Gawthorpe Hall | 0%
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J | Soft, dusty, gummy sweets invented by an Austrian immigrant in N | Jelly Babies | 0%
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Q | Former cotton mill near Burnley; now a museum | Queen Street Mill | 0%
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T | Stomach-lining dish popular in the postwar period; "Lancashire Calamari" | Tripe | 0%
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V | Main settlement on W; named for a shipbuilding / armaments company | Vickerstown | 0%
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