England County Quiz - Devon

Can you guess these facts about the English ceremonial county of Devon?

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County town	Exeter
Sea captain, privateer, naval officer, and explorer from Tavistock, best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition	Sir Francis Drake
National Park in southern Devon which includes the largest area of granite in Britain	Dartmoor
Devon village, and the only place in Britain with an exclamation mark in its name	Westward Ho!
Name given to the area comprising the resort towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham	English Riviera
A water-powered funicular cliff railway joins Lynmouth with this twin town	Lynton
Island off the north coast of Devon which is known for its rich bird life,	Lundy
Brunel's iconic railway bridge which spans the River Tamar	Royal Albert Bridge
Port city known for its maritime heritage and historic Barbican district	Plymouth
Royal Navy dockyard near the above city, one of three such bases in the UK	Devonport
Best-selling author novelist from Devon, well known for her detective novels	Agatha Christie
Devon born world champion and Olympic diver	Tom Daley
England's longest waymarked long-distance footpath which passes through Devon	South West Coast Path
Town which is home to the Britannia Royal Naval College for training the Navy's officers	Dartmouth
'Romantic' poet born in Ottery St. Mary, who wrote 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'	Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Level 78

May 6, 2021

One of the most beautiful places I've seen and I'm disappointed not to have learned more about it there, 5/15.

Level 58

Nov 18, 2023

I am very disappointed to only get seven despite living there.

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