| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | City; county town | Exeter | 100%
|
| F | Explorer born in Tavistock | {Francis} Drake | 100%
|
| I | North coast resort town | Ilfracombe | 100%
|
| L | Island in the Bristol Channel; once controlled by African pirates | Lundy | 100%
|
| P | Largest city | Plymouth | 100%
|
| U | Football club | Torquay {United} | 100%
|
| C | Writer of detective fiction who grew up in Torquay | Agatha Christie | 86%
|
| D | National park | Dartmoor | 86%
|
| N | Market town; a railway boom-town in the Victorian era | {Newton} {Abbot} | 86%
|
| T | River that constitutes the border with Cornwall | Tamar | 86%
|
| R | Torquay, Paignton, Brixham | The English {Riviera} | 86%
|
| W | Village named after a novel with an exclamation mark in its name | Westward Ho! | 86%
|
| Z | Village with a Latin name (hint: enthusiasm, fervour) | {Zeal} Monachorum | 86%
|
| A | Custard company based in Lifton | Ambrosia | 71%
|
| B | Large bay on the north coast | Bideford Bay | 71%
|
| G | F's famous ship, a replica of which can be found in Brixham | Golden Hind | 71%
|
| Q | D was the setting of a fictional World Cup of this fictional sport | Quidditch | 71%
|
| H | District that contains Dartmouth, Salcombe, and Totnes | South {Hams} | 71%
|
| M | Ship that left P for the New World in 1620 | Mayflower | 57%
|
| V | Meaning of the 'combe' suffix found in many Devon place-names | Valley | 57%
|
| X | University radio station based in E (hint: facial e_______) | Xpression FM | 57%
|
| Y | The county's agreeably-named second-highest peak | {Yes} Tor | 57%
|
| O | Town with a name derived from an aquatic mammal | Ottery St Mary | 43%
|
| K | Caves where 40,000-year-old human remains have been found | Kents Cavern | 29%
|
| S | Seaside town on the Jurassic Coast | Seaton | Sidmouth | 29%
|
| J | Dog breed named after a vicar | Jack Russell | 14%
|