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Great Britain Alphabetically - Part O

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : United Kingdom : Great Britain Alphabetically - Part O

Introduction:
"My 50th quiz on FunTrivia is all about places in Britain beginning with the letter O."


1. Which town is the county town of England's smallest county, Rutland?
    Oakham
    Oundle
    Okehampton
    Osmaston


2. Which market town between Liverpool and Preston is the site of Edge Hill University?
    Otley
    Ormskirk
    Orrell
    Oldham


3. Which town, on the banks of the River Otter, was the birthplace of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
    Otterburn
    Ottery St Mary
    Otterham
    Otter Ferry


4. Which tourist resort in Argyll and Bute is known as the 'Gateway to the Isles'?
    Oldmeldrum
    Onich
    Oban
    Oakley


5. Which town in Greater Manchester was, during the Industrial Revolution, the single most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world?
    Orrell
    Oldham
    Ormskirk
    Oulton


6. Which Northumberland village was the site of a battle in 1388 between the Scots and English, led respectively by the 2nd Earl of Douglas and Harry Hotspur?
    Ogle
    Otterburn
    Outhgill
    Oughterby


7. Which town, on the banks of the River Okement, lies just outside the northern border of Dartmoor National Park?
    Overleigh
    Okehampton
    Ottery St Mary
    Oakham


8. Which city is nicknamed the 'City of Dreaming Spires', and is home to the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
    Answer: (One Word - begins with O.)


9. Which Shropshire town lies very close to the Welsh border, with many of its street names being in the Welsh language?
    Overton
    Oswestry
    Old Radnor
    Osbaston


10. Which Northamptonshire market town, surrounded on three sides by the River Nene, is a holiday yachting centre, and has a public house called the Talbot Inn, built with stone from the ruins of nearby Fotheringay Castle?
    Old Warden
    Olney
    Oundle
    Oakham


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