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Great Britain Alphabetically - part D

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : United Kingdom : Great Britain Alphabetically - part D

Introduction:
"The latest leg of my alphabetical tour of Britain takes us to places beginning with D."


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?
    Dunbar
    Dumbarton
    Dingwall
    Dumfries


2. Which port in south west England is home to the Britannia Royal Naval College?
    Dawlish
    Dartmouth
    Dorchester
    Devonport


3. Which northern English town has an 11th century cathedral and castle, as well as a University founded in 1832?
    Dewsbury
    Darlington
    Durham
    Doncaster


4. Which town on the River Clwyd was county town of a historical county of the same name until 1974?
    Dolgellau
    Denbigh
    Dunvant
    Dinas


5. Which city on the River Derwent is home to the Rolls-Royce company?
    Daventry
    Derby
    Dunstable
    Dudley


6. Which Kent port is famous for its white cliffs and its 12th century castle?
    Answer: (One Word - 5 letters, begins with D)


7. Opened in 1825, the world's first permanent steam locomotive public railway ran from Stockton to which town?
    Darlington
    Durham
    Doncaster
    Dewsbury


8. Which British city is nicknamed the City of Discovery, and was famed for the three Js of jam, jute and journalism?
    Answer: (One Word - 6 letters, begins with D.)


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?
    Dumfries
    Dunblane
    Duns
    Dunfermline


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?
    Devizes
    Dorchester
    Dorking
    Didcot


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