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Yorkshire Quiz

Test your knowledge on the historic county of Yorkshire.
Note 1: The largest city question is based on the local government district.
Note 2: The amount of underscores does not represent how many letters are in the answer.
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Last updated: July 30, 2023
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First submittedJuly 29, 2023
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The largest city in Yorkshire by population
Leeds
Name another city in Yorkshire of over 100,000 inhabitants.
Sheffield, Bradford, Wakefield, etc...
The most powerful administrative divisions of Yorkshire were called...
Ridings
The second administrative divisions after that were called...
Wapentakes
Old Norse name for Yorkshire
Jórvík
The town where the Battle of ____ Bridge took place in 1066
Stamford
River which separated Nort___ria and Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
Humber
This Ohioan city shares it's name with a region of Yorkshire
Cleveland
The year in which the historic county of Yorkshire and it's borders ceased to exist.
1974
Richard II died here in 1400
Pontefract
Flower on the flag of Yorkshire, designed in the 1960s
White Rose
Seaside town associated with Dracula
Whitby
Most recent Prime Minister to be born in Yorkshire
Harold Wilson
Valley nicknamed Happy Valley, like the BBC Crime Drama
Calder Valley
Yorkshire's "rival" county, particuarly in sports
Lancashire
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