England County Quiz - Northumberland - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 248 times
The average score is 9 of 15

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The most northerly town in England, which has also at times been part of Scotland	{Berwick}-upon-Tweed	94%
Alnwick Castle was used as a film location for this fictional school of magic	Hogwarts	87%
Another name for Holy Island in Northumberland, accessible on foot when the tide is out	Lindisfarne	77%
Housesteads is a Roman Fort on this ancient line of defence which crosses the county	Hadrian's Wall	76%
'The Meeting of the Waters' near Hexham marks the start of the main length of this river	Tyne	71%
The 'Father of the Railways', born at Wylam in Northumberland in 1781	George Stephenson	68%
Manchester United stalwart born in the county, who was also a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup	Bobby Charlton	63%
County town	Morpeth	63%
Range of uplands within the Northumberland National Park which also straddle the Anglo-Scottish border	Cheviot Hills	54%
English landscape designer and architect born in Kirkharle; responsible for over 150 gardens surrounding the finest country houses and estates in Britain	'Capability' Brown	51%
Lighthouse keeper's daughter who participated in the rescue of survivors from a shipwreck off the Farne Islands in 1838 which brought her national fame	Grace Darling	51%
The largest man-made woodland in England which occupies part of the west of the county	Kielder Forest	51%
Technologically advanced Victorian country house and estate now owned by the National Trust; a pioneer in the use of hydro-electricity for lighting and for aiding household tasks	Cragside	39%
Nickname of Sir Henry Percy, an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots and also against the French during the Hundred Years' War	Hotspur	33%
English first-class cricketer, born in Riding Mill, who represented his country in 79 Test matches, scoring over 4,800 runs. He went on to be President of the MCC	Tom Graveney	3%

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