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1. There is a suburb of Derby named after an American state. Which one?
2. What was the original name of the area now known as Allenton?
3. According to the 1931 census one suburb particularly suffered terribly from overcrowding, poverty and unemployment. Which one?
4. What was the site of Derby's first airfield and later the site of a foreign car manufacturer?
5. Manufacturing has played an important part of Derby's history ever since the early years of the industrial revolution, but one industry that ceased in the 20th century was the Alabaster Pits. Where were they located?
6. One suburb that no longer exists is also the name a type of material.
7. The original abbey in Derby was situated here.
8. In the suburb of Litchurch, Joseph Strutt donated land which in the 1830s became England's first public park. What is the name of the park?
9. This suburb was occupied by the Romans in the 1st century and there is evidence of a Roman fort.
10. This suburb is named after a farm that grew a lot of this fruit.
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