Statistics for England County Quiz - Cumbria

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
National Park situated completely within the county of Cumbria	Lake District	94%
Town in the south of the county, known for its military shipbuilding industry	{Barrow} in Furness	93%
Motorway which passes through the county in a north-south direction	M6	90%
Town in Cumbria which is associated with 'Mint Cake'	Kendal	87%
County town	Carlisle	85%
Lakeland children's author, who created Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and others	Beatrix Potter	83%
Largest lake in the National Park	Windermere	82%
Poet, born in the county in 1770, who wrote the famous line "I wander’d lonely as a cloud...”	William Wordsworth	75%
England's highest mountain, located within the above National Park	Scafell Pike	74%
Large expanse of inter-tidal mudflats and sand between Cumbria and Lancashire	{Morecambe} Bay	69%
Historic county which comprised most of what is now in north and west Cumbria	Cumberland	67%
One half of a silent movie comedy duo, born in Ulverston in 1890	Stan Laurel	64%
Historic county which comprised most of what is now in south east Cumbria	Westmorland	61%
Name given to the coastal complex which includes the nuclear power generation and waste processing facilities at Windscale and Calder Hall	Sellafield	57%
Name of the jet engined hydroplane in which Donald Campbell attempted to break the water speed record for the 8th time on Coniston Water in 1967, which led to his untimely death	{Bluebird} K7	47%