England County Quiz - Berkshire

Can you guess these facts about the English ceremonial county of Berkshire?

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County town	Reading
Academy Award winner and star of 'Titanic', born in the county in 1975	Kate Winslet
Oldest and largest occupied castle in the world	Windsor
Future Monarch born in 1421 into the House of Lancaster in the above castle	Henry VI
Originally a village but officially designated a 'New Town' in 1949 after which it experienced huge growth	Bracknell
Once a safari park but now converted into this 'brick-based' family theme park.	Legoland
Man-made, navigable waterway linking Newbury in Berkshire to the city of Bath	Kennet & Avon Canal
Prestigious racecourse founded by Queen Anne in 1711, home of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Ascot
Large town, subject of a poem by John Betjeman and the setting for the TV show 'The Office'	Slough
The Maidenhead Railway Bridge, completed in 1838, was designed by this eminent mechanical and civil engineer	Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The above bridge features in a painting called 'Rain, Steam and Speed' by this famous artist	J.M.W. Turner
Motorway which passes through the county, connecting London with the west of England	M4
Berkshire born British-American actress and comedian, whose namesake US sketch show was the first to feature appearances of 'The Simpsons'	Tracey Ullman
Independent boarding school for boys and alma-mater of several Prime Ministers	Eton College
RAF and USAF station in Berkshire which was the site of a long running protest against nuclear weapons	Greenham Common

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