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1. What nickname is given to a native of Liverpool?
2. Moving from the North-West to the North-East, an area rich in regional nicknames, what nickname is given to a native of Sunderland?
3. Zooming from the North-East to Wiltshire in the West country (I had to include this question as my husband is from this area) what name is commonly given to these Westcountrymen and women?
4. Just a hop and a skip from the West Country, we move next to the Midlands - how might a native of Birmingham be nicknamed?
5. Back to the North-East for this one - what nickname is given to a native of Middlesborough?
6. Staying in the North-East, but whizzing past County Durham and on to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, choose the nickname usually applied to a native of 'The Toon'.
7. The Great North Run begins in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and ends at South Shields - not too far away, but far enough for its residents to have a nickname of their own - what is it?
8. Now that we're on the North-East coast, we may as well run all the way past Sunderland and down to Hartlepool - quite far enough for another nickname to be applied to those who hail from there. What is it?
9. It's quite a long way (for an English person) from Hartlepool to Lincolnshire - more than far enough to make its inhabitants worthy of a different nickname - which one do you think might fit?
10. And finally, we come to my birthplace, often known by its natives as 'God's own county' - I might live in County Durham now, but my heart is still in Yorkshire - what nickname am I proud to own?
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