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24/04/2017 Counties

Each of the 15 questions focuses on an English county presenting 4 things supposedly associated with that county; for three of these the association is true, but for one the association is with another of the 15 counties shown.  In each quartet one of the items is a 15 second clip of music; press the music symbol to hear the music.

Using the letter label identify the misplaced member of each quartet and the other county to which the odd one out belongs.

Each 'Odd One Out' is highlighted in red.

Questions without Answers

Format index

 

1.

Surrey

The tower at the summit of Leith Hill; highest point in the North Downs

Golden Brown by The Stranglers (once The Guildford Stranglers)

A

B

C

D

The Derby at Epsom 1821 by Géricault

The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

Cookham = BERKSHIRE

2.

Cornwall

Memorial to 19C farm workers, Tolpuddle Martyrs

Tolpuddle = DORSET

Cornish Rhapsody by Hubert Bath (theme from 1944 film Love Story)

A

B

C

D

Hitchcock's 1939 film Jamaica Inn set on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

Engine house ruins from Cornish tin and copper mine in Botallack, Cornwall

3.

Norfolk

Steve Coogan playing Alan Partridge, fictional Radio Norwich DJ

Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy by Norfolk's 'Singing Postman' Allan Smethurst

A

B

C

D

Grantham's Roberts family (inc. Margaret Thatcher)

Grantham = LINCOLNSHIRE

Sandringham House in NW  Norfolk where King George VI died

4.

Cumbria

Melvyn Bragg, presenter of Radio 4's In Our Time & 'professional Cumbrian'

Butterworth's The Lads in Their 100s from Housman's A SHROPSHIRE Lad

A

B

C

D

Cumberland & Westmorland-style wrestling at Grasmere

The 'bad step' on Striding Edge on Helvellyn

5.

West Yorkshire

Bradford-born David Hockney's Portrait of an Artist (Pool with 2 Figures)

Yellow Submarine played by Black Dyke Mills Band from Queensbury, W Yorks

A

B

C

D

LANCASHIRE cheese

Huddersfield FC's John Smith Stadium; Huddersfield is in W Yorks

6.

Lincolnshire

David Cornwell (a.k.a. John Le Carré) who lives in CORNWALL

The Lincolnshire Poacher

A

B

C

D

1920s railway poster advertising Skegness;

Skegness = Lincolnshire

Danny & Nicky Cowley, managers of Lincoln City FC

7.

West Sussex

West Sussex's coat of arms (6 legless martlet birds)

Lonnie Donnegan hit Cumberland Gap

Cumberland = CUMBRIA

A

B

C

D

Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace, near Chichester, West Sussex

Goodwood Racecourse, West Sussex

8.

Cheshire

Alan Garner, the author lives near Congleton, Cheshire

UK No. 1 21 Seconds by So Solid Crew;

Crewe is in Cheshire

A

B

C

D

Tudor period Little Moreton Hall, near Congleton, Cheshire

New Road, the county ground of WORCESTERSHIRE CCC

9.

Worcestershire

Stephen Fry, director of Norwich City FC, is from NORFOLK

Sospiri by Sir Edward Elgar who lived much of his life in Worcestershire

A

B

C

D

Mineral water pump rooms in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire

Missing ingredient from Bloody Mary recipe is Worcestershire sauce

10.

Dorset

Ted Hughes, the poet, was born in WEST YORKSHIRE

Silence is Golden by Brian Poole & The Tremeloes;

Poole is in Dorset

A

B

C

D

Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Dorset

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, location for famous Hovis TV advert

11.

Lancashire

Accrington Stanley's Wham Stadium in Accrington, Lancashire

With You I'm Born Again by Billy Preston  and Syreeta (Preston is in Lancashire)

A

B

C

D

Rag pudding invented in 19th century Oldham, Lancashire

Anderton boat lift in Northwich

Northwich = CHESHIRE

12.

Somerset

Author W Somerset Maugham

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square performed by Somerset-born Acker Bilk

A

B

C

D

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway in KENT

 

West front of cathedral, Wells, Somerset

 

13.

Shropshire

Ironbridge, Shropshire

The SUSSEX Carol

 

 

A

B

C

D

Josiah Wedgwood's grandson, Charles Darwin, was born in Shrewsbury

New Meadow Stadium, home of Shrewsbury FC

 

14.

Berkshire

Fictional paper business featured in TV's The Office, based in Slough, Berkshire

I've Been Loving You Too Long by Otis Redding; Reading is in Berkshire

A

B

C

D

Runnymede is in SURREY

 

Old Etonian tie; Eton is in Berkshire

 

15.

Kent

Glastonbury Tor in SOMERSET

Theme from TV version of Darling Buds of May set in Kent

A

B

C

D

TV Wrestling commentator, Kent Walton

 

Leeds Castle in Kent