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Quiz about Great Britain Alphabetically Part T

Great Britain Alphabetically - Part T Quiz

The latest leg of my tour of Britain features places beginning with T.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dizart. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Dizart

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
264,921

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Awards
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Question 1 of 10

1. Situated on the banks of the River Tone, what is the county town of Somerset? Hint

Taunton

Tiverton

Tonbridge

Totnes

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which town on the Thames Estuary has five miles of docks, making it one of the three largest container ports in Britain? Hint

Tooting

Thurrock

Tilbury

Thamesmead

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which town, on the Pentland Firth, is the most northerly on the British mainland? Hint

Torridon

Tain

Thurso

Tobermory

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Gloucestershire town is located at the confluence of the Rivers Avon and Severn? Hint

Trowbridge

Tewkesbury

Thame

Twyning

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Question 5 of 10

5. Situated at the confluence of the Rivers Allen and Kenwyn, which is the only city in Cornwall? Hint

Torquay

Truro

Torpoint

Tintagel

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Welsh seaside resort, set on a headland fringed by four beaches, has a town centre packed tightly inside medieval walls? Hint

Tywyn

Tenby

Tredegar

Tonypandy

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which spa town in Kent is sometimes prefixed by the word "Royal"? Hint

Tenterden

Thanet

Tonbridge

Tunbridge Wells

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which Scottish resort town had a ferry link to Northern Ireland, and a championship golf course which regularly hosts the British Open? Hint

Troon

Tobermory

Turnberry

Traquair

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which English "new town" is named after a Scottish civil engineer? Hint

Tamworth

Thorpe

Thornton

Telford

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Question 10 of 10

10. The holiday resort of Torbay is made up of Brixham, Paignton and which other town? Hint

Totnes

Torquay

Tavistock

Teignmouth

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Situated on the banks of the River Tone, what is the county town of Somerset?

Answer: Taunton

The 12th century Norman castle in Taunton was the site of a "Bloody Assize" conducted by Judge Jeffreys in 1685. Today, the town is best known for its cider, and as the home of Somerset County Cricket Club.

2. Which town on the Thames Estuary has five miles of docks, making it one of the three largest container ports in Britain?

Answer: Tilbury

Tilbury,in Essex, was London's passenger liner terminal for many years, but deals mainly with cargo nowadays.

3. Which town, on the Pentland Firth, is the most northerly on the British mainland?

Answer: Thurso

Thurso, in the traditional county of Caithness, lies on the banks of the River Thurso. The largest local employer is the recently decommissioned Dounreay Nuclear Power Station. The workforce has been retained to reprocess shipments of spent nuclear fuel.

4. Which Gloucestershire town is located at the confluence of the Rivers Avon and Severn?

Answer: Tewkesbury

In 1471, during the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV of the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrian Prince of Wales at the Battle of Tewkesbury. The town's main claim to fame nowadays is the abbey church of St Mary the Virgin, which the townspeople saved from destruction during the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII.

5. Situated at the confluence of the Rivers Allen and Kenwyn, which is the only city in Cornwall?

Answer: Truro

Truro is the administrative centre of Cornwall. The city's cathedral was completed in 1910.

6. Which Welsh seaside resort, set on a headland fringed by four beaches, has a town centre packed tightly inside medieval walls?

Answer: Tenby

Lying on Carmarthen Bay in Pembrokeshire, Tenby's town walls were built in the 13th century by the Earl of Pembroke.

7. Which spa town in Kent is sometimes prefixed by the word "Royal"?

Answer: Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells had its Royal status bestowed on it by King Edward VII in 1909. The oldest street in the town is The Pantiles, a colonnaded shopping centre that derives its name from the baked tiles with which it was paved in 1700.

8. Which Scottish resort town had a ferry link to Northern Ireland, and a championship golf course which regularly hosts the British Open?

Answer: Troon

Situated in Ayrshire on the banks of the Firth of Clyde, Troon was linked to Larne in Northern Ireland by P&O Ferries before the service was withdrawn in 2016. Royal Troon Golf Club hosted the British Open nine times between 1923 and 2016.

9. Which English "new town" is named after a Scottish civil engineer?

Answer: Telford

Designated in 1963, the Shropshire town of Telford is named after Thomas Telford, the 18th century Surveyor of Public Works for the county. The town is overlooked by The Wrekin, a 1,334 ft wooded hill.

10. The holiday resort of Torbay is made up of Brixham, Paignton and which other town?

Answer: Torquay

Torbay is sometimes referred to as the English Riviera due to its beaches and mild climate. Torquay itself expanded rapidly when the Royal Navy used the bay as an anchorage and the village as a supply base during the Napoleonic Wars. Tourists began flooding to the area in the early 20th century.

Source: Author Dizart

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