Quiz: How well do you know the UK’s market towns?

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Quiz: How well do you know the UK’s market towns?

Post by tiger76 » Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:58 pm

Usual weekly offering I got 5, and somehow I manged to get all the Scottish questions wrong.https://www.wanderlust.co.uk/content/qu ... 741f9df7e
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Post by CleggHall » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:02 pm

A pathetic 4

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Post by Bosscat » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:06 pm

10 for me
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Post by SalisburyClaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:15 pm

7 - not so good

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Post by JohnMac » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:24 pm

5 courtesy of question 14 :lol:
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Post by Buxtonclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:27 pm

9
Ashamed to say I got the Macc one wrong!

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Post by beddie » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:33 pm

Same as JohnMac.

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:28 pm

Buxtonclaret wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:27 pm
9
Ashamed to say I got the Macc one wrong!
But I think I know one you might have got correct 😀

Poor effort from me - just 4
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Post by spadesclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:47 pm

8

Should have done better.

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:48 pm

spadesclaret wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:47 pm
8

Should have done better.
8? Show off. 😂😂
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Post by bobinho » Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:55 pm

10. Few guesses tho… got the macc one wrong tho, I went with silk.

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Post by Aclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:00 pm

8 for me, I also went with silk for the Macc question. Arnt they called the Silkmen ?

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Post by tiger76 » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:03 pm

Aclaret wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:00 pm
8 for me, I also went with silk for the Macc question. Arnt they called the Silkmen ?
Yes they are, and that one caught me out as well. :)

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Post by Buxtonclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:10 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:03 pm
Yes they are, and that one caught me out as well. :)
That's what I thought!
Obviously not. Never knew they were known for the other stuff.

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Post by FCBurnley » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:19 pm

8 with some calculated guesses

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Post by The Enclosure » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:26 pm

10 for me,surprised.myself there.

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Post by minnieclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:31 pm

9,inc 1 guess. Annoyed at getting Faversham's county wrong.

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Post by longhair » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:31 pm

5 for me

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Post by Fazz » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:44 pm

11

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Post by Shaggy » Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:46 pm

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Not too bad. A couple of logical guesses. I like stuff like this.

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Post by yTib » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:00 pm

8 with a few lucky guesses.

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Post by Vino blanco » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:12 pm

9. Also got Macclesfield wrong....I have never heard that name being used for Macc.

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Post by timshorts » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:16 pm

The name of the church next door to the market in Hitchin? Is that a question anybody that doesn't live there would ever know?

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Post by yTib » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:35 pm

the town hall in wootton bassett looks a lot like that market house in ledbury.

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Post by tarkys_ears » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:56 pm

7

That LEDBURY one had me stuck for a while though!!!

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Post by maccclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:01 pm

I don’t like to boast, but I got 13.

Obviously benefitting from local knowledge and the Buxton answer being much more “general knowledge” than Treacle.

It is the name of our monthly market, but it’s a local myth appropriated for an event started 10 or so years ago.

There’s very little in the older local history books, but the received wisdom is that a cart carrying a barrel of treacle overturned in the umpteen exties somewhere in the town and created a minor diversion for the locals. So, whilst Macc traces its market charter back to 1261, it’s been Treacle Market for as much time than Burnley has been in the Premier League.
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Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:02 pm

yTib wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:35 pm
the town hall in wootton bassett looks a lot like that market house in ledbury.
I was disappointed not to see Wootton Bassett as an option :lol:

I only got 3 overall.
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Post by dsr » Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:59 pm

According to Wikipedia, Macclesfield's preferred nickname is Silk city but it's also known as Treacle Town. So it's a extremely trick question.

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Post by maccclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:28 pm

dsr wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:59 pm
According to Wikipedia, Macclesfield's preferred nickname is Silk city but it's also known as Treacle Town. So it's a extremely trick question.
It’s correct that there is a market called Treacle Market.

It’s not correct to imply that Treacle Market is historic.

It is a pleasant Sunday in town when Treacle is on though - last Sunday in the month.

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Post by yTib » Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:32 pm

maccclaret wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:28 pm
It’s not correct to imply that Treacle Market is historic.
all traditions start somewhere.

and i love treacle. my gran used to do ace treacle toffee.

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Post by maccclaret » Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:35 pm

yTib wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:32 pm
all traditions start somewhere.
Indeed. And it’s never a good idea to let facts get in the way of a good story, as Leeds, Newcastle and Tottenham fans know well.
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Post by GordonvaleClaret » Sun Jun 20, 2021 12:51 am

5 for me, 4 of them uneducated guesses

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Post by Suratclaret » Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:26 am

8 for me and that included a couple of lucky guesses.

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Post by RammyClaret61 » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:26 am

5. Also went with Silk on the Macc question.

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Post by Vegas Claret » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:51 am

5 and guessed at every single one of them

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Post by IanMcL » Mon Jun 21, 2021 10:37 pm

Pleasantly surprised with 9, although a couple I went against my gut and went wrong.

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Post by Somethingfishy » Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:53 pm

9 for me

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Post by Goobs » Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:04 am

5 with the sake thoughts on Macc and question 14 as everyone else.

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Post by Tribesmen » Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:45 pm

RammyClaret61 wrote:
Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:26 am
5. Also went with Silk on the Macc question.
Yep same as me with the silk one but somehow managed to get 6

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Post by AfloatinClaret » Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:01 pm

I might risk a lottery ticket this week - 13, with five of my six best/blind guesses proving correct.

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