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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:15 pm
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Default How well do you know the United Kingdom?

This is quite fun ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...d-Kingdom.html
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:19 pm
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Oh dear. 47%
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by dbd33
Oh dear. 47%
Me too, but half of that was guess work.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Aviator
Me too, but half of that was guess work.
Ditto. 53 and I was guessing on most of them.

Not many people would do well on that quiz.

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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:37 pm
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I think I'll stay schtum to save myself further embarrassment.
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40% (6) but I only knew 2 positively with a third being what seemed logical.

Never even heard of most of the places.

Why does the duke of Devonshire have a stately home in Derbyshire?
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On a separate issue....

The limit on free access to the Telegraph. Last month I apparently exceeded the limit (is it something like 30?) and I was shocked I'd hit it enough to get that far.

This link involves one click and then 15 clicks for the questions. Might it be that this counts as 16 accesses?
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If an additional choice of "I don't give a shit" was listed for each, then that's what my answer would have been for 66.7% of the questions.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 4:51 pm
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67%

I used to get around a lot, then i got married.
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73% but there were a few lucky guesses - the registration letter and the theatre location............
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Originally Posted by Simon Legree
I think I'll stay schtum to save myself further embarrassment.

I got 47% and I've never laid eyes on the place!
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Originally Posted by Aviator
Me too, but half of that was guess work.
Same here... but they didn't ask me stuff I knew.
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 5:07 pm
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Help! I'm 47% too, and that included a lot of guessing
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Old Jul 15th 2013, 5:36 pm
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67%. A bit of luck involved.
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Mrs. Castrian got 60% and is in a rather bad mood now.
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