| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In what county is the town situated? | Gloucestershire | 98%
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| What animals run round in circles at the Racecourse? | Horses | 88%
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| Which UK government agency has its doughnut-shaped HQ in Cheltenham? | GCHQ | 81%
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| Cheltenham is on the edge of which officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty? | The Cotswolds | 70%
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| Which Japanese-style clothing brand is actually the product of a Cheltenham-based company? | SuperDry | 65%
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| Which part of Cheltenham is named after a city in the Hérault department of France? | Montpellier | 59%
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| Cheltenham hosts four major annual cultural festivals: literature, music, science, and which other? | Jazz | 53%
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| In which part of Cheltenham is there a large park containing a boating lake and a pump room now used as a venue for cultural events? | Pittville | 53%
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| Which prominent US politician spoke at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2017? | Hillary Clinton | 52%
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| Which composer, best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, was born and grew up in Cheltenham? | Gustav Holst | 51%
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| Which university has two campuses in the town? | University of Gloucestershire | 51%
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| What is the town's art gallery and museum now called? | The Wilson | 33%
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| Which novelist, more often associated with Bath, visited Cheltenham in 1816 in search of a cure for her failing health? | Jane Austen | 26%
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| In what period did the town achieve prominence as a spa town? | Regency | 26%
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| Which rock guitarist played the Blue Moon club in 1967? | Jimi Hendrix | 17%
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| Which founding member of the Rolling Stones was from Cheltenham? | Brian Jones | 13%
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| Which Carla Lane sitcom of the late 70s and early 80s was set in Cheltenham? | Butterflies | 9%
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