Statistics for England County Quiz - Essex

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Popular seaside resort with the longest pleasure pier in the world	Southend-on-Sea	89%
One of London's major airports located in the county, just off the above motorway	Stansted	87%
Popular reality TV show linked to the county	The Only Way Is Essex	87%
County town	Chelmsford	85%
Ancient town known as Camulodunum to the Romans	Colchester	84%
Inspirational leader who led her tribe to capture and destroy the above town in AD60/61	Boudica	68%
Motorway which passes through the county, linking London to Cambridge	M11	68%
Ancient woodland area in the south-west of the county	Epping Forest	61%
Coastal town in which Billy Butlin opened the second of his holiday camps in 1937	Clacton-on-Sea	57%
Mersea Island is particularly associated with the harvesting of this shellfish	Oyster	53%
Essex resident, Captain Christopher Jones, commanded this ship on its journey to the 'New World' in 1620	MayFlower	52%
Town near the border with Hertfordshire, designated as a New Town in 1947	Harlow	49%
One of the Haven Ports, now called 'International', but once known as Parkeston Quay	Harwich	38%
Essex born Sandie Shaw was the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with this song in 1967	Puppet on a String	38%
Near Saffron Walden, this is one of the finest Jacobean country houses in England	Audley End House	29%