Statistics for England County Quiz - Buckinghamshire

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Children's author, responsible for the BFG, who lived in Great Missenden	Roald Dahl	92%
Major river which forms a large part of the county's southern border with Berkshire	Thames	83%
New town, created since the 1960s, and once well known for its concrete cows	Milton Keynes	77%
Official country residence of the UK Prime Minister	Chequers	74%
County town	Aylesbury	66%
Top secret WW2 code-breaking site where Alan Turing and others did their work	Bletchley Park	64%
The origins of this international sporting event began at Stoke Mandeville in 1948	Paralympic Games	60%
A major part of this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is located in the county	Chiltern Hills	57%
London Underground 'tube' line which extends into Buckinghamshire	Metropolitan	55%
Marlow born rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games	Steve Redgrave	55%
19th century Prime Minister who served two terms in office. His country house was at Hughendon Manor near High Wycombe	Benjamin Disraeli	48%
Type of domesticated white bird named after the above town	Duck	46%
Prominent Quaker, buried in Chalfont St Giles, who has a US State named after him	William Penn	44%
Important canal which cuts through the county on its route from London to Birmingham	Grand Union	43%
Large, Neo-Renaissance style country house, now owned by the National Trust, but built for the Rothschild family	Waddesdon Manor	25%