| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| M | 991 battle in which Viking invaders defeated the Anglo-Saxons | Battle of {Maldon} | 100%
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| C | City known to the Romans as Camulodunum | Colchester | 100%
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| V | AONB on the Suffolk border | Dedham {Vale} | 100%
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| H | Postwar new town | Harlow | 100%
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| I | Town in East London | Ilford | 100%
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| D | Film and musical | Made in {Dagenham} | 100%
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| O | TV chef from Clavering | Jamie Oliver | 100%
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| J | Reality TV star made famous on The Only Way is Essex | {Joey} Essex | 100%
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| L | East London football club | {Leyton} Orient | 100%
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| N | Bordering sea | North Sea | 100%
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| R | Technology first demonstrated in Chelmsford in 1920 | Radio | 100%
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| G | Harry Potter actor from H | Rupert Grint | 100%
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| S | City home to the world's longest pleasure pier | Southend-on-Sea | 100%
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| P | 'Big Beat' band formed in Braintree in 1990 | The {Prodigy} | 100%
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| U | District that contains Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow | Uttlesford | 100%
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| X | Legion that built the fortress in C | {XX} Valeria Victrix | 100%
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| Y | Material the 400,000-year-old Clacton Spear is made from | Yew | 100%
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| Z | Place to see animals: C's _________ Society | Zoological | 100%
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| A | Jacobean stately home near Saffron Walden | Audley End House | 0%
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| B | Large estuary | Blackwater Estuary | 0%
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| E | Ancient woodland; the 'Cockney Paradise' | Epping Forest | 0%
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| F | Seaside town near Clacton | Frinton-on-Sea | 0%
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| K | Village home to a secret nuclear bunker (now a tourist attraction) | Kelvedon Hatch | 0%
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| Q | Bridge over the Thames linking Essex with Kent | Queen Elizabeth II Bridge | 0%
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| T | Port town where Elizabeth I gave a famous speech in 1588 | Tilbury | 0%
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| W | Title claimed by 17th-century vigilante (of sorts) Matthew Hopkins | {Witchfinder} General | 0%
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