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City 1: Founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis
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Bath
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City 2: Largest city in Scotland
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Glasgow
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City 3: This city is best known for the Beatles.
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Liverpool
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City 4: This Welsh city rose to prominence after actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought its football team.
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Wrexham
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Artificial Landmark 1: Fortress built under William the Conqueror that was the site of execution for people like Sir Walter Raleigh and Anne Boleyn
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Tower of London
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Artificial Landmark 2: Megalithic stone structure probably used in druidic rituals
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Stonehenge
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Artificial Landmark 3: Scottish royal residence located in Edinburgh.
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Holyroodhouse
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Artificial Landmark 4: Region of medieval villages that were major wool exporters in the Middle Ages.
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Cotswolds
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Natural Landmark 1: Eric Johnson made a song about this famous locale on England's southern coast.
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White Cliffs of Dover
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Natural Landmark 2: Basalt sea stacks located in Northern Ireland, said to have been the result of a fight between two giants in Irish folklore.
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Giant's Causeway
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Natural Landmark 3: While reports of a monster in this lake have existed since the time of Saint Columba, sightings would only become frequent by the 1930s.
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Loch Ness
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Natural Landmark 4: According to Welsh folklore, this mountain, the highest in Britain outside of Scotland, is said to be the tomb of the giant Rhitta Gawr; the nearby Y Lliwedd is said to be the resting place of King Arthur's men.
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Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
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People 1: Queen of the Iceni who opposed Roman incursion into Britain.
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Boudicca
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People 2: King of Scotland who won the First Scottish War of Independence.
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Robert the Bruce
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People 3: Mathematician who led the Bletchley Park team in WWII; he would later be castrated for his homosexuality.
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Alan Turing
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People 4: Major Enlightenment scientist who was the first to unify the theories of physics.
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Isaac Newton
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Events 1: Battle that established Norman rule over England upon the death of Harold Godwinson; it's depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Battle of Hastings
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Events 2: The UK was the first country to undergo this transformation in the 1760s.
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Industrial Revolution
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Events 3: Site of a massacre of a Scottish clan ordered by William III.
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Glencoe
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Events 4: Period of Nazi bombing of many English cities.
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The Blitz
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Culture 1: Possibly one of Shakespeare's last plays, following the magician Prospero.
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The Tempest
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Culture 2: Jane Austen's famous novel featuring Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy.
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Pride and Prejudice
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Culture 3: This book by Charles Dickens begins "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
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A Tale of Two Cities
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Culture 4: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous series that NEVER featured the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson."
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Sherlock Holmes
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Bands 1: "Sympathy for the Devil," "Paint it Black."
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The Rolling Stones
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Bands 2: "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Under Pressure."
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Queen
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Bands 3: "Should I Stay or Should I Go," "London Calling"
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The Clash
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Bands 4: "Pour Some Sugar On Me," "Photograph."
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Def Leppard
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Paleontology 1: Dolphin-like marine reptile discovered by Mary Anning.
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Ichthyosaur
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Paleontology 2: These long-necked marine reptiles likely could not raise their heads out of the water.
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Plesiosaurs
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Paleontology 3: First dinosaur to be described.
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Megalosaurus
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Paleontology 4: This smaller relative of the more famous Spinosaurus was discovered in the Smokejack Clay Pits and was named after its gigantic claw.
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Baryonyx
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Should be White Cliffs of Dover
Cotswolds
The name is Ichthyosaur - ichthyosaurus is the scientific genus
Snowdon isn't anywhere near the second highest; dozens of Scottish mountains are higher.