Statistics for The Lake District

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
County in which the Lake District is situated	Cumbria	90%
Name of the largest lake	Windermere	88%
Famous poet who lived in Grasmere	William Wordsworth	73%
Name of the highest mountain	Scafell Pike	67%
Market town just north of Derwentwater	Keswick	58%
Popular guidebook author whose books documented the lakeland fells	Alfred Wainwright	49%
Village watched over by the 'Old Man'	Coniston	47%
Helvellyn's most famous ridge	Striding Edge	38%
Famous baked goods produced in Grasmere	Gingerbread	33%
A breed of sheep native to the Lake District	Herdwick	29%
3,054 ft mountain overlooking this town	Skiddaw	29%
70 ft waterfall close to Ullswater	Aira Force	16%
The name of Beatrix Potter's home in Near Sawrey	Hill Top Farm	11%
Highest pub	Kirkstone Inn	10%
Legendary fell runner from Wasdale Head	Joss Naylor	7%