Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Scottish engineer who significantly improved the efficiency of the steam engine | James Watt | 68%
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Mining and burning of this fossil fuel helped to drive the industrial revolution | Coal | 65%
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Two places connected in 1830 by the world's first inter-city railway | Liverpool | 60%
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Manchester | 60%
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Engineer of the Great Western Railway and the SS Great Britain | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | 37%
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Widely considered as the 'Father of Railways' | George Stephenson | 32%
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County in which the world's first iron bridge was constructed in 1781 | Shropshire | 29%
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Cornish chemist and inventor of a miner's safety lamp | Humphry Davy | 25%
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Nickname given to Manchester dues to its importance in the textile industry | Cottonopolis | 21%
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Textile for which the town of Macclesfield became well known | Silk | 19%
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Inventor and namesake of a steel making process | Henry Bessemer | 17%
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Winner of the 1829 Rainhill trials, held to choose a locomotive for the above railway | Rocket | 17%
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Britain's first major canal, opened to transport the above mineral to Manchester | {Bridgewater} Canal | 14%
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Legal bodies established to improve and maintain roads though toll collection | {Turnpike} Trusts | 11%
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Pioneering canal engineer, who worked on more than 300 canals | James Brindley | 6%
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