| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| County town | Northampton | 96%
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| Motor racing circuit which is the usual home of the British Grand Prix | Silverstone | 91%
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| Nickname of Northampton Town Football Club which references the town's shoe-making industry | The Cobblers | 75%
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| Major river which flows through the above place | Nene | 74%
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| Althorp is the ancestral family home of the Spencer family and burial place of this princess | Diana | 71%
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| Town in the north of the county which was once home to a thriving steelworks | Corby | 62%
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| Sulgrave Manor was the ancestral home of this other 'Founding Father' | George Washington | 59%
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| Large industrial town on the above road, situated to the northeast of the county town | Kettering | 57%
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| US 'Founding Father' whose father was born in Ecton in Northamptonshire | Benjamin Franklin | 41%
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| Village which gave its name to a decisive battle in the First English Civil War | Naseby | 39%
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| DNA double-helix pioneer, born in the county | Francis Crick | 38%
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| Major east-west trunk road which passes through the county, linking Felixstowe to the M1 | A14 | 32%
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| Major Roman highway which passes through Towcester | Watling Street | 32%
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| Born in Rothwell, this regular of the 'Carry On' films went on to star on Broadway and narrated all seven Harry Potter audiobooks for the American market | Jim Dale | 15%
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| Born in Grafton Regis in 1437, this woman married Edward IV and became queen of England | Elizabeth Woodville | 12%
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