Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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B | Often referred to as England's "second city" | Birmingham | 97%
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C | Somerset village, located just south of England's largest gorge, that gave its name to a popular cheese | Cheddar | 96%
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D | The only English county with two separate coastlines | Devon | 88%
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A | Bristol was a part of this short-lived county (1974–96) that was named after the prominent river flowing through the area | Avon | 83%
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Q | Village in Leicestershire that gives its name to a notable meat substitute brand | Quorn | 79%
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Y | The Shambles is a famous street in this historic cathedral city | York | 76%
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L | Staffordshire market town that shares its name with a vegetable of the onion family | Leek | 74%
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Z | Chester, Colchester and Regent's Park in London are all locations that are home to much-visited examples of this type of attraction | Zoo | 72%
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G | Port town on the south bank of the Humber that was once home to the world's largest fishing fleet | Grimsby | 65%
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P | Situated at the southern end of the Pennines, this was the United Kingdom’s first designated national park | Peak District | 64%
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M | Large former kingdom, covering what is now the Midlands, that existed prior to the unification of England in 927 AD | Mercia | 60%
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S | The highest mountain in England | {Scafell} Pike | 60%
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O | Major thoroughfare in South East London that is the first property on the standard British Monopoly board | Old Kent Road | 59%
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E | A national park since 1954, this area is known for its moorland, coastline and ponies | Exmoor | 55%
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F | Mineral that, as a building material, is particularly associated with East Anglia | Flint | 55%
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T | Middlesbrough lies close to the mouth of this river | Tees | 52%
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W | Large bay and estuary between Lincolnshire and Norfolk | The {Wash} | 45%
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J | Public house in Nottingham that claims to be the oldest inn in England | Ye Olde Trip to {Jerusalem} | 44%
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N | Town on the western edge of Suffolk that is considered to be the birthplace of thoroughbred horse racing | Newmarket | 42%
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H | Former mill town that was the birthplace of rugby league | Huddersfield | 35%
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I | Alternative name for the River Thames and namesake of a student publication at the University of Oxford | The {Isis} | 30%
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R | Town in Kent that lost its city status in 1998 due to an administrative error | Rochester | 29%
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K | Reservoir in Northumberland that is the largest artificial lake in the United Kingdom by capacity | {Kielder} Water | 21%
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U | One of only two towns in the small county of Rutland | Uppingham | 8%
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V | Roman name for the Isle of Wight | Vectis | 5%
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