England County Quiz - Warwickshire

County town

Warwickshire playwright known as the 'Bard of Avon'

Farmhouse, and popular tourist attraction, named after the wife of the above playwright

The town in which 'The Bard' was born

Ancient Roman road which passes through the county from south-west to north-east

Castle which was the subject of a long siege in 1266 and which later became a base
for Lancastrian forces during the Wars of the Roses

Independent school and name given to a team sport 'invented' by pupil William Webb Ellis

Riverside town in the rural south of the county, located in the 'Vale of the Red Horse'

Novelist born in Nuneaton, whose works include 'Middlemarch' and 'Silas Marner'

Nickname for the flight of 21 locks on the Grand Union Canal at Hatton

Epithet given to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who was instrumental in the deposition
of two kings during the Wars of the Roses

Spa town known for its Regency architecture and broad boulevards

Town in northern Warwickshire, the largest in the county

Bedworth born showjumper who won a Gold Medal at the London 2012 Olympics

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, part of which extends into south Warwickshire