England County Quiz - Oxfordshire - Statistics

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County town Oxford
97%
Merton Professor of English Language and Literature who created the fantasy world and tales of Middle Earth J.R.R. Tolkien
81%
Hertford Bridge is known by this name due to its similarity to another one in Venice Bridge of {Sighs}
70%
Town in north east Oxfordshire, home to a very popular designer outlet shopping 'Village' Bicester
68%
Prestigious rowing event which has been held annually on the River Thames since 1839 {Henley} Royal Regatta
68%
First person to run a mile in less than four minutes, achieved at the Iffley Road track Roger Bannister
67%
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author, born in the county. He achieved his first degree at this 'Oxbridge' university and went on to achieve greatness at the other one Stephen Hawking
65%
Located at Carterton, near Witney, this is the largest RAF Station in the UK {Brize} Norton
64%
Bronze age hill carving, formed from deep trenches filled with white chalk Uffington {White} {Horse}
64%
The market town of Wallingford was home to this famous crime writer Agatha Christie
63%
This monumental country house in Woodstock, was the birthplace and ancestral home of this wartime leader Winston Churchill
63%
The Culham Science Centre is the location of the UK's national laboratory for research into this futuristic means of energy generation Nuclear {Fusion}
59%
The place you need to go 'to see a fine lady ride on a white horse, with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, she shall have music wherever she goes' {Banbury} Cross
56%
A poem by Matthew Arnold gave the above place this nickname due to the stunning architecture of its university buildings City of {Dreaming} Spires
53%
Alternative name for the River Thames, used for its course through Oxfordshire Isis
49%
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