Statistics for UK Birthplaces of Famous People (with map)

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  • This quiz has been taken 157 times
  • The average score is 18 of 40

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Answers color-coded by a green-red scale on the quiz's map according to % correct below.
 

Answer Stats

Answer% Correct
Belfast (Lord Kelvin, Physicist)
67%
Portsmouth (Charles Dickens, Author)
67%
Liverpool (John Lennon, Musician)
64%
Bristol (Cary Grant, Actor)
63%
Cardiff (Geraint Thomas, Cyclist)
63%
Edinburgh (Arthur Conan Doyle, Author)
63%
Penzance (Humphry Davy, Chemist)
62%
Norwich (Philip Pullman, Writer)
61%
Kingston upon Hull) (Amy Johnson, Pilot)
57%
Oxford (Stephen Hawking, Physicist)
57%
Canterbury (Orlando Bloom, Actor)
56%
Torquay (Agatha Christie, Author)
55%
Glasgow (Andy Murray, Tennis Player)
54%
Ipswich (Ralph Fiennes, Actor)
54%
Swansea (Dylan Thomas, Poet)
54%
Greenwich (Henry VIII, Monarch)
52%
York (Guy Fawkes, Conspirator)
50%
Manchester (Davy Jones, Musician)
49%
Birmingham (Neville Chamberlain, Politician)
48%
Middlesbrough (James Cook, Explorer)
48%
Colwyn Bay (Timothy Dalton, Actor)
46%
Tavistock (Francis Drake - Explorer)
46%
Ballymena (Liam Neeson, Actor)
45%
Grantham (Margaret Thatcher, Politician)
45%
Leeds (Herbert Asquith, Politician)
43%
Shrewsbury (Charles Darwin - Naturalist)
42%
Cockermouth (William Wordsworth, Poet)
40%
Stevenage (Lewis Hamilton, Racing driver)
39%
Huntingdon (Oliver Cromwell, Statesman)
38%
Alloway (Robert Burns, Poet)
33%
Perth (Ewan McGregor, Actor)
33%
Kirkcaldy (Adam Smith, Economist)
32%
Coventry (Frank Whittle, Inventor)
31%
Tremadog (T. E. Lawrence, Army Officer)
31%
Burnham Thorpe (Horatio Nelson, Admiral)
29%
Greenock (James Watt, Inventor)
27%
Stratford-u-Avon (Wm. Shakespeare, Playwright)
27%
Brechin (Robert Watson-Watt, Inventor)
25%
Wylam (George Stephenson, Engineer)
21%
Berkeley (Edward Jenner, Physician)
13%

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