The Home Counties Quiz

1. Which Home County is home to Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the monarch?
2. What is the traditional name for the area of Kent south of the River Medway?
3. Which comedian and actor, born in Reading, Berkshire, co-created The Office?
4. In which Home County would you find the town of Guildford?
5. The historic cathedral city of Canterbury is located in which Home County?
6. What famous children’s author lived in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire?
7. Which large forest in Essex was once a royal hunting ground and is now popular with walkers and cyclists.
8. Which Home County has a major airport located in the town of Luton?
9. Watford Football Club plays in which Home County?
10. Which Bond actor was born in Chester but currently lives in a countryside home in Oxfordshire?
11. The famous Epsom Derby takes place in which Home County?
12. The De La Warr Pavilion, an iconic piece of modernist architecture, is in which coastal Home County town?
13. Which singer, known for hits like Wuthering Heights, grew up in Welling, Kent?
14. The county of Surrey shares a boundary with how many other Home Counties?
15. Which historic town in Buckinghamshire was once the capital of the Kingdom of Mercia?
16. Which world-famous author of The Lord of the Rings series worked at Oxford University?
17. Where in the Home Counties would you find the Warner Bros. Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter?
18. Southend-on-Sea, known for having the longest pleasure pier in the world, is in which Home County?
19. Theresa May, former Prime Minister, was MP for which Home County constituency?
20. In which Home County would you find the RHS Garden Wisley?

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Answers

1. Berkshire; 2. The Weald; 3. Ricky Gervais; 4. Surrey; 5. Kent; 6. Roald Dahl; 7. Epping Forest; 8. Bedfordshire; 9. Hertfordshire; 10. Daniel Craig; 11. Surrey; 12. Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex; 13. Kate Bush; 14. Five – Berkshire, Hampshire, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex; 15. Aylesbury; 16. J.R.R. Tolkien; 17. Hertfordshire (Leavesden); 18. Essex; 19. Maidenhead (Berkshire); 20. Surrey