Statistics for England County Quiz - Berkshire

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Oldest and largest occupied castle in the world	Windsor	94%
Motorway which passes through the county, connecting London with the west of England	M4	90%
County town	Reading	88%
Independent boarding school for boys and alma-mater of several Prime Ministers	Eton College	86%
Large town, subject of a poem by John Betjeman and the setting for the TV show 'The Office'	Slough	82%
Prestigious racecourse founded by Queen Anne in 1711, home of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes	Ascot	72%
Once a safari park but now converted into this 'brick-based' family theme park.	Legoland	72%
Academy Award winner and star of 'Titanic', born in the county in 1975	Kate Winslet	71%
The Maidenhead Railway Bridge, completed in 1838, was designed by this eminent mechanical and civil engineer	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	68%
Future Monarch born in 1421 into the House of Lancaster in the above castle	Henry VI	67%
Originally a village but officially designated a 'New Town' in 1949 after which it experienced huge growth	Bracknell	43%
RAF and USAF station in Berkshire which was the site of a long running protest against nuclear weapons	Greenham Common	39%
The above bridge features in a painting called 'Rain, Steam and Speed' by this famous artist	J.M.W. Turner	39%
Berkshire born British-American actress and comedian, whose namesake US sketch show was the first to feature appearances of 'The Simpsons'	Tracey Ullman	38%
Man-made, navigable waterway linking Newbury in Berkshire to the city of Bath	{Kennet} & {Avon} Canal	32%

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