| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Born in Shropshire, this naturalist is best known for his theory of evolution | Charles Darwin | 97%
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| County town | Shrewsbury | 88%
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| River which flows through the above city | Severn | 80%
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| 1960s new town which has since grown to be the largest in the county | Telford | 79%
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| Village which takes its name from a cast iron river crossing which first opened in 1781 | Ironbridge | 78%
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| Old name for the county of Shropshire | Salop | 72%
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| Collection of poems by A.E. Housman which portrays the life of youth in the countryside | A Shropshire {Lad} | 59%
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| Shropshire was once a key part of this group of English counties which border Wales | {Welsh} Marches | 57%
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| Shropshire town described by Sir John Betjeman as "probably the loveliest town in England" | Ludlow | 54%
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| Prominent and well-known landmark hill in East Shropshire, that has an iron age fort and offers good views of the county | The Wrekin | 46%
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| Market town and northern terminus of a heritage railway | Bridgnorth | 37%
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| Born in Dawley in 1848 this was the first person to swim the English Channel unaided | Matthew Webb | 30%
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| Large 'Victorian Town' open-air museum in Madeley | Blists Hill | 28%
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| Computer pioneer who lived for a time at Dudmaston Hall in Shropshire | Charles Babbage | 28%
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| Coming from a Quaker family, this person played a big role in the Industrial Revolution with his method of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fuelled by coke | Abraham Darby | 19%
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