Hint* | Answer | % Correct |
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County town | Guildford | 83%
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King who signed the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215 | John | 72%
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Grade 1 racecourse which is home to 'The Derby', the UK's most prestigious flat race | Epsom Downs | 65%
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Author of the 'Alice' stories who is buried in the Mount Cemetery in the above town | Lewis Carroll | 61%
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'Mary Poppins' actress born in Walton-on-Thames | Julie Andrews | 58%
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Large amusement park, close to the M25 and the town of Chertsey | {Thorpe} {Park} Resort | 58%
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H.G. Wells lived in Woking for a while and used the town and surrounding area as a setting for this apocalyptic novel | The War of the Worlds | 55%
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Motorway which connects the M25 London orbital motorway with Gatwick Airport | M23 | 51%
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Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest situated near the village of Hindhead | Devil's {Punchbowl} | 50%
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Guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born in Ripley, maybe with a slow hand? | Eric Clapton | 49%
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Located near Weybridge, this was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit and later the site of an airfield and important aircraft manufacturing plant | Brooklands | 38%
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Town which changed its name to include the suffix 'upon-Thames' in 2012 | Staines | 36%
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Prestigious golf club and home of the PGA Championship | Wentworth | 29%
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Born in Reigate this person went on to be prima ballerina with the Royal Ballet and formed a great artistic partnership with Rudolf Nureyev | Margot Fonteyn | 26%
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Manufacturer of specialist lightweight sports cars established in a village of the same name | Caterham | 24%
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Surrey born actor and star of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' | Bill Nighy | 18%
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