| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | On the Origin of Species naturalist from S | Charles Darwin | 100%
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| S | County town | Shrewsbury | 100%
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| C | Shropshire Blue is a kind of this food | Cheese | 94%
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| A | Town named for an inn | Craven {Arms} | 94%
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| I | Village named after a bridge built in 1779, the first of its kind in the world | Ironbridge | 94%
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| T | New town named for a civil engineer | Telford | 88%
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| E | Town in the northwest named for the lake it sits on | Ellesmere | 63%
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| U | Waterway that crosses the county | Shropshire {Union} {Canal} | 63%
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| P | Welsh kingdom that once controlled the area | Powys | 59%
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| L | Three heads of this animal are depicted on the county's flag | Leopard | 53%
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| M | Market town on the Staffordshire border | Market Drayton | 53%
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| O | Earthwork built by a Mercian king on the Welsh border | Offa's Dyke | 53%
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| N | Market town on the Staffordshire border | Newport | 50%
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| Q | S's main park | The Quarry | 41%
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| W | Modern village on the site of V | Wroxeter | 41%
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| B | Highest point in the county | Brown Clee Hill | 34%
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| F | Annual event held in S, the longest-running of its kind | Flower Show | 31%
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| X | Unusually named village | Ruyton {XI} {Towns} | 28%
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| Z | Shropshire Council's climate initiative | {Zero} {Carbon} Shropshire Plan | 28%
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| J | Village near I; known for its early industry and ceramic production | Jackfield | 19%
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| Y | Hill with a name that sounds like it refers to a tiny year | Yearlet | 19%
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| H | Ruined monastery near S; founded by the FitzAlans | Haughmond Abbey | 16%
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| K | "Wild" highwayman who lived in a cave | Humphrey Kynaston | 6%
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| V | Fourth-largest city in Roman Britain | Viroconium | 6%
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| G | S's oldest pub | Golden Cross | 3%
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| R | American football team based in T | Shropshire {Revolution} | 3%
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