Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Name given to this stretch of Dorset coastline due to its numerous fossilised remains | {Jurassic} Coast | 93%
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One of the UK's most popular seaside resorts, and the largest settlement in Dorset | Bournemouth | 89%
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Natural limestone arch on the coast near Lulworth | {Durdle} Door | 89%
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County town | Dorchester | 76%
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Isle of Purbeck fortress damaged by Parliamentarian forces in the English Civil War | {Corfe} Castle | 73%
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Peninsula near the entrance to Poole Harbour which is known for its high property prices | Sandbanks | 73%
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Southernmost tip of the Isle of Portland which is the location of three lighthouses | Portland {Bill} | 69%
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Brownsea Island was the location of an experimental camp in 1907 that led to the formation of this non-political movement for young people | Scouting | 68%
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Dorset novelist who wrote 'Far from the Madding Crowd' | Thomas Hardy | 67%
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18 mile long shingle barrier, part of which is separated from the mainland by the 'Fleet' | {Chesil} Beach | 66%
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Annual Dorset show, reputedly featuring the largest collection of vintage equipment of this type to be seen anywhere in the world | The Great Dorset {Steam} Fair | 66%
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The village of Tolpuddle was home to this group of six men who were sentenced to transportation to Australia | Tolpuddle {Martyrs} | 64%
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Notable figure of the Elizabethan era who retired to the Sherborne estate in Dorset. | Sir Walter Raleigh | 38%
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Sherborne School pupil and actor who is best known as the 'Third Doctor' in Dr Who | Jon Pertwee | 37%
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River which flows through Blandford Forum before reaching the sea at Christchurch | Stour | 31%
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