Statistics for England County Quiz - Leicestershire

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
County town	Leicester	96%
King whose long lost remains were rediscovered in 2012 under a Leicestershire car park	Richard III	93%
This phrase comes from a legendary night of drunkenness in Melton Mowbray in 1837	Painting the town {red}	91%
Red Leicester is a crumbly variety of this foodstuff	Cheese	90%
Leicestershire museum housing a collection of rockets and satellites	National {Space} Centre	85%
Nickname of Leicester City football club	The Foxes	74%
War of the Roses battle at which the above monarch met his untimely end	{Bosworth} Field	66%
Star striker of Leicester City who won the 'Golden Boot' in the 1986 FIFA World Cup	Gary Lineker	66%
Leicestershire town associated with Stilton cheese and pork pies	Melton Mowbray	65%
Sir Alec John Jeffreys developed this major contribution to forensic science while a professor at the University of Leicester,	{DNA} profiling	62%
13th century Earl of Leicester who has given his name to one of Leicester's universities	Simon de Montfort	56%
Motorsport circuit which has hosted the British Superbike Championship	{Donington} Park	38%
Popular zoo near Norton in the west of the county	Twycross	38%
Born in the county, and best known as the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen	John Deacon	37%
Leicestershire's principal river; a tributary of the River Trent	Soar	35%
Leicester born comedian and one of the six members of the Monty Python team	Graham Chapman	29%