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Warwickshire A-Z

Name these places, people, and things from A-Z that are associated with the English county of Warwickshire.
When the answer is a person, the letter refers to their surname (except for G and Z).
This quiz is about the historic county, which encompasses territory now part of the ceremonial county of West Midlands.
* In 1944, this city began with the letter S
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A
Ancient forest that once covered the west of the county
Forest of Arden
B
England's second city
Birmingham
C
City heavily bombed during WWII
Coventry
D
Reclusive musician from Tanworth; Northern Sky
Nick Drake
E
Middlemarch author from N
George Eliot
F
Roman road connecting Exeter and Lincoln that crosses the county
Fosse Way
G
Noblewoman who rode naked through C
Lady Godiva
H
Theatre opened in B in 1899
Hippodrome
I
Cotswolds village in the southwest
Ilmington
J
Car company headquartered in C
Jaguar
K
Partially ruined castle in the centre of the county
Kenilworth Castle
L
"Royal" Victorian resort town
Leamington Spa
M
Rural area separating B and C
Meriden Gap
N
Town near the Leicestershire border
Nuneaton
O
Murdered Elizabethan poet from I
Thomas Overbury
P
Northern village where leading cultural figures mixed in Elizabethan times
Polesworth
Q
Village known for a witchcraft-linked murder in 1945
Quinton
R
Town where a sport of the same name was invented
Rugby
S
Bard from Stratford-upon-Avon
William Shakespeare
T
Play by S featuring Prospero
The Tempest
U
Word similar to canine that describes the animal featured on the county's flag
Ursine
V
C began the concept of "twinned cities", twinning with this war-torn city in 1944*
Volgograd
W
Jet engine inventor from C
Frank Whittle
X
John Hall-Edwards was the first to put this technology into practice in 1896
X-ray
Y
The Specials, from C, recorded this Number 1 single
Too Much Too Young
Z
Labour MP for C South
Zarah Sultana
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