Let's see here... I know Leeds, Manchester, uh... er... London, OxfordShire, Ireland, Wales, Southeast Pimberton, Northern Nor North Havermeyer, Fartfashfarthenfur, Spunkepossume, North Piddle, the Shire, Saruman, Helm's Deep, and uhhh... ... ... Hoboken.
Um ... Brechin. It IS a city because it has a cathedral, and also its Football team is Brechin City - however I have lost this argument before! the trouble is that Britain has never quite worked out how to define cities. So you get ancient cities (such as Brecon, with a Cathedral and a diocese) that somehow 'lose' their accreditation - awkward. But 'modern' chartered cities that do not seem to have to re-apply.
Birmingham made me think of the Peaky Blinders, Becket for Canterbury, the Beatles for Liverpool, Robin Hood for Nottingham and Badfinger for Swansea, but the most pleasant thought was of Lady Godiva and her ride through the streets of Coventry.
Hahaha hadnt even seen it. A bit overkill but I guess it is to stay one step ahead over the overzealous nitpickers? Afterall there is also the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (the historical name,), and there were some nordic unions between kingdoms
Odd how 75% got Leeds but only 38% got nearby Bradford. I mean Leeds is more relevant on a national scale but Bradford isn't THAT much smaller, is it more well known over the pond or something?
Doing this on a mobile phone I would have barely had time to write them all if they were written down in front of me. May I humbly suggest a bit of extra time?
Southend-on-Sea officially became a city today, however you may want to update the quiz in a few months (June time, maybe) when the other new cities get given city status, to prevent updating this quiz twice in the space of a few months.
Does anyone know how to make a map quiz with dots on it as I am trying to make a quiz on every city in the world. So far it has turned into a lucky guess quiz which I had to delete.
Also tbf it was something he'd campaigned for for many years. He wasn't to my political taste but this seems an entirely fitting tribute to someone who died because of his commitment to democratic openness and accessibility. I don't think it's in the least bit "strange".
Out of context, with just the minimum of information (which is what the QM was responding to) it certainly seems strange. With no additional information, "an MP was murdered, so their constituency town was granted city status" seems like a total non-sequitur.
It's only if you know the history and context (and why would you, if you're not from the UK and don't follow the political careers of its individual lawmakers) that it makes sense.
i like that you've added the new ones from the 2022 jubilee but how come two of them are missing - douglas on the isle of man and stanley on the falkland islands? they're cities in the uk so the fact that they're in dependencies rather than the main four nations shouldn't matter. or at least include a caveat saying it excludes dependencies (i think is what they would be categorised as)
I'm from Massachusetts and I was able to get a lot of them by guessing town names in Mass, Connecticut and New Hampshire. I guess it's called New England for a reason.
Anyway good fun.
\But, my spelling is the correct spelling. please change it.
yes it is
Who are the 2% who didn't think of London?
Stanley (Falkland Islands)
Bangor (Northern Ireland)
Colchester (England)
Doncaster (England)
Milton Keynes (England)
Dunfermline (Scotland)
Wrexham (Wales)
Douglas (Isle of Man)
It's only if you know the history and context (and why would you, if you're not from the UK and don't follow the political careers of its individual lawmakers) that it makes sense.
Also would be fun to include a bonus with the town in Kent that lost its city status for admin reasons!
2 St Asaph 3,355 Wales
3 City of London 7,375 England
4 Wells 10,536 England
5 Armagh 14,749 Northern Ireland
Smallest by city council area
1 City of London 1.12 sq mi (2.90 km2) England
2 Wells 2.11 sq mi (5.46 km2) England
3 St Asaph 2.49 sq mi (6.45 km2) Wales
4 Bangor 2.79 sq mi (7.23 km2) Wales
5 Ripon 3.83 sq mi (9.92 km2) England
Smallest by overall urban area
1 St Davids 0.23 sq mi (0.60 km2) Wales
2 St Asaph 0.50 sq mi (1.29 km2) Wales
3 Wells† 1.35 sq mi (3.50 km2) England
4 Bangor† 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) Wales
5 Ely 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) England
(ignore size but here are a fraction of cities in the UK