| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Setting of the TV series "Peaky Blinders" | Birmingham | 96%
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| Host to the "The Fringe", the world's largest performing arts festival | Edinburgh | 89%
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| Its university's alumni include Stephen Hawking, Rosalind Franklin, Ian McKellen, Robert Walpole, and three English Kings | Cambridge | 86%
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| Nicknamed the "oil capital of Europe", this city's namesake county is home to Balmoral Castle | Aberdeen | 82%
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| This city's Roman name was "Aquae Sulis" | Bath | 82%
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| Its football club won the 2015-2016 Premier League with odds of 5000-1, much to the nation's surprise | Leicester | 82%
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| The home of BBC North, BBC Breakfast has been filmed here since 2012 | Manchester | 79%
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| Invented in the 1960s as a "new city" | Milton Keynes | 71%
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| Cumbria's only city | Carlisle | 68%
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| Southernmost city | Truro | 68%
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| The English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada was based in this naval city | Plymouth | 64%
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| On the Gower Peninsula, this city was famous during the Industrial Revolution for its copper production | Swansea | 61%
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| Rockstar Games was founded in this Scottish city | Dundee | 57%
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| Marks & Spencer was founded here | Leeds | 57%
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| Smallest city, with a population of only 1841 (in 2011) | St Davids | 54%
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| Saint Etheldreda founded this fen city's famous cathedral in 673 | Ely | 50%
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| Connected by the Britannia and Menai bridges to the Isle of Anglesey | Bangor | 46%
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| Once home to Roman Britain's capital, then referred to as "Camulodunum" | Colchester | 46%
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| In 1839, this Welsh city was home to a large Chartist rising | Newport | 46%
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| This city on the Welsh Border is famous for its city walls and black-and-white buildings | Chester | 43%
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| Until 2022, it was home to Robin Hood Airport, formerly known as RAF Finningley | Doncaster | 32%
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| Only English city to have ever been excommunicated | Norwich | 32%
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| A city since "time immemorial", most famous for its three-spired cathedral | Lichfield | 29%
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| The River Ribble runs through here | Preston | 21%
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| Richard of York was killed in battle near this city during the War of the Roses | Wakefield | 18%
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