| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| County town | Nottingham | 98%
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| Legendary outlaw associated with the county | Robin Hood | 97%
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| The area in which the legendary outlaw lived | {Sherwood} Forest | 97%
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| Major river which flows through the county | Trent | 92%
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| Major Nottingham based health and pharmacy company, founded in 1849 | Boots | 73%
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| In 1216 this king and Magna Carta signatory died of dysentery in Nottinghamshire | John | 70%
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| Nottingham was once the heart of an industry making this delicate fabric | Lace | 66%
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| Earlier name for the A1 trunk road which passes through Nottinghamshire | {Great} North Road | 59%
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| Nottingham pub which claims to be the oldest in Britain, possibly dating from 1189 | Ye Olde Trip to {Jerusalem} | 59%
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| Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire is the ancestral home of this 'Romantic' poet | Lord Byron | 54%
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| Born in Sneinton in 1829, preacher William Booth went on to form this charity | Salvation Army | 50%
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| Painkiller drug discovered by the above company and marketed as Nurofen and Advil | Ibuprofen | 49%
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| Market town in the east of the county, once linked with the wool and cloth trade | Newark | 46%
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| Mansfield born swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics | Rebecca Adlington | 44%
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| Daughter of the above poet and a pioneer in the field of computer programming | Ada Lovelace | 38%
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