Question | Answer | % Correct |
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Subjected to significant boundary reforms in 1974, parts of the county where divided to form which two additional metropolitan areas | Greater Manchester | 91%
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Largest city, receiving the status in 2002 | Preston | 91%
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Victorian era seaside landmark inspired by the Eiffel Tower | Blackpool Tower | 89%
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In addition to the answers above, Lancashire currently borders which three other counties | Cumbria | 82%
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Merseyside | 80%
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West Yorkshire | 78%
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Blackburn Rovers | 68%
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As a major industrial region, by the 1830s Lancashire processed 85% of this commodity | Cotton | 63%
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North Yorkshire | 63%
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Bolton Wanderers | 58%
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Burnley | 57%
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Preston North End | 48%
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Town most often associated with Black Pudding also known as 'blood sausage' | Bury | 43%
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Prominent in the formation of the English Football League in 1888, six of the twelve founding members where from the county. Name them | Accrington | 37%
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Current Duke of Lancaster, one of the two remaining royal duchies in England | King Charles III | 37%
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Parliamentary constituency of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP | Chorley | 34%
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Everton | 26%
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First English Monarch from the House of Lancaster, reigning from 1399 - 1413 | Henry IV | 26%
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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that contains the geographical centre of Great Britain | Forest of Bowland | 25%
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