| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Once the tallest building on Earth | Lincoln {Cathedral} | 94%
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| B | Town with an American namesake | Boston | 84%
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| G | Second-largest settlement; on the Humber | Grimsby | 80%
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| S | Popular seaside resort town | Skegness | 80%
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| T | Prime minister born in Grantham | Margaret Thatcher | 78%
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| W | Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | Lincolnshire {Wolds} | 76%
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| I | Mascot of Lincoln City F.C. | Lincoln {Imp} | 74%
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| F | Area of marshy land long-since drained | Fens | 72%
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| D | Village; the ancestral home of one Walt | Norton {Disney} | 70%
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| O | Month of the Lincolnshire Rising; now of Lincolnshire Day | October | 70%
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| N | Inventor of calculus born at Woolsthorpe Manor | Isaac Newton | 68%
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| M | Small seaside town with a highly-rated beach and donkey rides | Mablethorpe | 60%
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| Y | Nickname for someone from the county | Yellowbelly | 52%
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| R | Aerobatics team based in the county | Red Arrows | 50%
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| U | The county is home to only one _______ | University | 50%
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| K | Southwestern P | Kesteven | 44%
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| E | Roman road that linked Lincoln to London and York | Ermine Street | 42%
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| V | The county produces 30% of the UK's _________ | Vegetables | 38%
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| Q | Village in H (hint: four-sided + piece of jewellery) | Quadring | 32%
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| A | Town near W; home to one of the county's four remaining windmills | Alford | 30%
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| L | Northern P | Lindsey | 30%
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| H | Southeastern P | Holland | 26%
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| P | Term for the county's three subdivisions | Parts | 20%
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| J | Mascot of S; originally from a railway advertisement | Jolly Fisherman | 14%
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