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Wales County Quiz - Powys - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 47 times
- The average score is 8 of 15
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| National Park that occupies much of the southern part of Powys | {Brecon} Beacons | 93%
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| Developed as a spa town in the 19th century, this place is now a centre of local government | Llandrindod {Wells} | 90%
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| The source of these two major UK rivers lie very close to each other on the slopes of the Cambrian Mountains in the west of Powys | Severn | 83%
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| Small market town and location of an annual festival, described as 'the town of books' | Hay-on-Wye | 79%
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| Wye | 76%
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| Attractive rural railway that passes through Powys, linking Swansea and Shrewsbury | {Heart} of Wales Line | 71%
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| A building in Machynlleth houses an exhibition dedicated to this Welsh leader who instigated a long-running yet ultimately unsuccessful war of independence | Owain Glyndŵr | 52%
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| Known as the 'Welsh Lake District' this area covers 70 square miles of unspoilt countryside | {Elan} Valley | 50%
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| Market town in the north of Powys whose Welsh name means 'marshy or sinking land' | Welshpool | 48%
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| Popular attraction near Machynlleth dedicated to promoting sustainable development | Centre for {Alternative} Technology | 43%
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| Author Salmon Rushdie went into hiding on a remote farm in Powys after receiving death threats over this novel | The Satanic Verses | 36%
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| Actor Adam Woodyatt went to school in Llanidloes before going on play this character in the popular BBC soap opera, Eastenders, later becoming its longest-serving actor | Ian Beale | 29%
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| Monty Python star who once had a house near Llanidloes | Terry Jones | 29%
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| Leighton born Captain Stephen Beattie received this award for gallantry for the part he played in the raid on St. Nazaire during WW2 while in command of HMS Campbeltown | Victoria Cross | 29%
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| The above town is home to a national collection of this method of transportation | Cycling | 26%
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