| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Popular seaside resort with the longest pleasure pier in the world | Southend-on-Sea | 89%
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| One of London's major airports located in the county, just off the above motorway | Stansted | 84%
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| Ancient town known as Camulodunum to the Romans | Colchester | 83%
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| Popular reality TV show linked to the county | The Only Way Is Essex | 83%
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| County town | Chelmsford | 82%
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| Inspirational leader who led her tribe to capture and destroy the above town in AD60/61 | Boudica | 69%
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| Motorway which passes through the county, linking London to Cambridge | M11 | 67%
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| Ancient woodland area in the south-west of the county | Epping Forest | 58%
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| Coastal town in which Billy Butlin opened the second of his holiday camps in 1937 | Clacton-on-Sea | 56%
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| Mersea Island is particularly associated with the harvesting of this shellfish | Oyster | 55%
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| Essex resident, Captain Christopher Jones, commanded this ship on its journey to the 'New World' in 1620 | MayFlower | 52%
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| Town near the border with Hertfordshire, designated as a New Town in 1947 | Harlow | 47%
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| Essex born Sandie Shaw was the first British winner of the Eurovision Song Contest with this song in 1967 | Puppet on a String | 40%
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| One of the Haven Ports, now called 'International', but once known as Parkeston Quay | Harwich | 37%
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| Near Saffron Walden, this is one of the finest Jacobean country houses in England | Audley End House | 27%
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