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England County Quiz - Cambridgeshire

Can you guess these facts about the English ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire?
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Last updated: March 27, 2024
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First submittedDecember 18, 2020
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County town
Cambridge
Motorway which connects the above city to London
M11
Name given to Cambridge and its locality, due to the large number of high tech
businesses in the area
Silicon Fen
Popular with tourists in Cambridge, this flat-bottomed boat is propelled with a pole
Punt
Cambridgeshire town with the same name as a very popular seaside resort in Cornwall
St. Ives
Popular name of a wooden footbridge in Cambridge which appears to be an arch, but is composed of straight timbers with an unusually sophisticated design
Mathematical Bridge
Award winning theoretical physicist, cosmologist and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge who wrote 'A Brief History of Time'
Stephen Hawking
Cambridgeshire airfield which is home to Europe’s largest air museum
Duxford
District of Cambridgeshire which was once a historic county in its own right
Huntingdonshire
Born in the above historic county, this general went on to be Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
Specialist heart and lung hospital and world leading cardiothoracic transplant facility
Royal Papworth
Hospital
Cathedral city in the north of the county which was once in Northamptonshire
Peterborough
River which flows through the above city
Nene
Cambridge University theatrical club whose past members have included Hugh
Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese, Emma Thompson and many other future stars
Footlights
Cambridgeshire cathedral known as the 'Ship of the Fens'
Ely
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Level 20
Mar 27, 2024
For question #7 unfortunately you may need to add 'Was'
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Level 80
Mar 27, 2024
Changed the wording slightly