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1. Which Scottish town was the site of a bloody battle between Covenanters and Roundheads in 1650, but is nowadays better known as the home of the Belhaven Brewery?
2. Which port in south west England is home to the Britannia Royal Naval College?
3. Which northern English town or city has an 11th century cathedral and castle, as well as a University founded in 1832?
4. Which town on the River Clwyd was county town of a historical county of the same name until 1974?
5. Which city on the River Derwent is home to the Rolls-Royce company?
6. Which Kent port is famous for its white cliffs and its 12th century castle?
7. Opened in 1825, the world's first permanent steam locomotive public railway ran from Stockton to which town?
8. Which British city is nicknamed the City of Discovery, and was famed for the three Js of jam, jute and journalism?
9. Which Scottish town is nicknamed the "Queen of the South", and contains a statue of the poet Robert Burns who lived there from 1791 until his death in 1796?
10. Which county town was the home of the novelist Thomas Hardy, and was the site of a "bloody assize" conducted by Judge Jeffreys in 1685?
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