Statistics for UK Cities by Wikipedia Descriptions #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Caerdydd (the Welsh name of the city) derives from the Middle Welsh Caerdyf	Cardiff	100%
Musicians from the city have produced 56 No. 1 singles, more than any other city in the world	Liverpool	100%
______ has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle (notably Raleigh bikes) and tobacco industries	Nottingham	97%
Culturally, ______ is famed for its nightlife; bakery chain Greggs; television personalities Ant & Dec	Newcastle	92%
In all, over 1,600 people were killed in political violence in the city between 1969 and 2001	Belfast	84%
Won the Premier League title in 2016, despite the odds of them winning at the start of the season being 5000/1	Leicester	84%
Meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"	Inverness	82%
Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian are known locally as "Hearts" and "Hibs", respectively	Edinburgh	79%
The graffiti artist Banksy is believed to be from ______, and many of his works are on display in the city.	Bristol	76%
In 1613, the city was granted a royal charter by King James I and gained the "London" prefix to reflect the funding of its construction by the London guilds	Derry	74%
Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal were poisoned in ______ with a Novichok nerve agent	Salisbury	74%
Scottish Gaelic: Peairt	Perth	71%
It is Cornwall's county town and only city	Truro	71%
Well known for the legendary 11th century exploits of Lady Godiva who rode through the city naked on horseback	Coventry	63%
It was one of the first universities to open in England for more than 600 years, and is claimed to be England's third oldest after the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge	Durham	63%
It is from this town that the county of Hampshire gets its name	Southampton	63%
The United Kingdom's smallest city in population (just over 1,600 in 2011)	St. Davids	61%
Lies on the coast of North Wales near the Menai Strait, which separates the island of Anglesey from Gwynedd	Bangor	55%
In 1857 a collective of cricketers formed the world's first-ever official football club	Sheffield	47%
Historically in Middlesex, it is immediately to the west of the older City of London	Westminster	45%
When completed, the central of the three spires is widely accepted to have succeeded the Great Pyramids of Egypt as the tallest man-made structure in the world	Lincoln	29%
According to tradition, Saint Patrick founded his main church there in the year 445, and it eventually became the head church of Ireland	Armagh	26%
A host city for the Rugby World Cup in 1991 and in 2015 when it hosted four matches at the Kingsholm Stadium	Gloucester	21%
The birthplace of Samuel Johnson, the writer of the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language.	Lichfield	13%