Description | Letter | City | % Correct |
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Capital of the U.K. | L | London | 100%
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The Beatles come from this city on the River Mersey | L | Liverpool | 95%
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Among British cities, this one gets the second-most overseas visitors | E | Edinburgh | 91%
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City once called "Cottonopolis" due to its many textile mills | M | Manchester | 84%
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Robin Hood lived near here | N | Nottingham | 81%
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Isaac Newton was a faculty member of this city's university | C | Cambridge | 80%
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City whose name is also spelled Caerdydd | C | Cardiff | 79%
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James Watt invented his steam engine in this city also known for the "Peaky Blinders" gang | B | Birmingham | 76%
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Some people blame deep-fried Mars bars for this city's low life expectancy | G | Glasgow | 75%
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City where you might see a don punting down the River Cherwell | O | Oxford | 74%
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Its team won the 2016 Premier League despite 5000-1 odds | L | Leicester | 73%
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The Archbishop of this city is the senior bishop of the Church of England | C | Canterbury | 72%
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Last port of call for the Mayflower on its voyage to America | P | Plymouth | 71%
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Where the RMS Titanic was built | B | Belfast | 70%
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Known as "Steel City" | S | Sheffield | 64%
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The Angel of the North sits just a couple miles south of this city where Lucozade was invented | N | Newcastle | 63%
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Where the HMS Victory can be seen | P | Portsmouth | 61%
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Often called the "Granite City" | A | Aberdeen | 59%
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Known as the birthplace of Marks and Spencer, this city is also home to the Royal Armouries Museum | L | Leeds | 57%
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The county town of Norfolk, it was England's second largest city in 1500 | N | Norwich | 54%
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