Statistics for British Rivers

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Flows through the capital	Thames	99%
Longest river in Britain	Severn	92%
Newcastle Upon...	Tyne	91%
Located between Liverpool and The Wirral	Mersey	83%
Out of its peers it is known as the 'Great'	Great Ouse	64%
Celtic word for River	Avon	62%
6th longest river and sister of the above	Wye	56%
Located between Wales and The Wirral/Cheshire	Dee	51%
Unusual River that flows north	Trent	51%
Longest river in Scotland	Tay	46%
A crime boss in the early 1900's	Don	28%
Passes through Lough Neagh	Bann	17%
These Rivers flooded boscastle in 2004*	Valency/Jordan/Paradise	4%
In 2007 the villages of Scisset and Clayton west were flooded by this river	Dearne	3%