B544
Oral Round Examples
B544 - Northern Lights
• The clues which follow all refer to places in the UK, which have something in common.
1. Inner city district of London, named after a monument to King George IV which stood from 1830 to 1845 at "the king's crossroads" where New Road (later Euston Road), Gray's Inn Road, and Pentonville Road met.
2. Town designated as the UK’s first New Town, name of which may derive from “stiff oak”.
3. Cathedral city on the River Nene, which is now in Cambridgeshire, although historically was part of Northamptonshire.
4. Large market town in South Yorkshire, which was historically part of the West Riding until 1974, and sits astride the river Don.
5. Historic walled city, known to the Romans as Eboracum and later Jórvík, and home to the National Railway Museum.
6. Large market town in County Durham, terminus of the world's first steam locomotive powered, permanent passenger railway.
7. City in Tyne and Wear, home of The Great North Run since 1981.
8. Northernmost town in England historically fought over by England and Scotland, who last lost it in 1482.
9. Scotland's second most populous city, and home of football clubs Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.
10. Journey-wise, what do the previous nine answers have in common?
1. Inner city district of London, named after a monument to King George IV which stood from 1830 to 1845 at "the king's crossroads" where New Road (later Euston Road), Gray's Inn Road, and Pentonville Road met.
2. Town designated as the UK’s first New Town, name of which may derive from “stiff oak”.
3. Cathedral city on the River Nene, which is now in Cambridgeshire, although historically was part of Northamptonshire.
4. Large market town in South Yorkshire, which was historically part of the West Riding until 1974, and sits astride the river Don.
5. Historic walled city, known to the Romans as Eboracum and later Jórvík, and home to the National Railway Museum.
6. Large market town in County Durham, terminus of the world's first steam locomotive powered, permanent passenger railway.
7. City in Tyne and Wear, home of The Great North Run since 1981.
8. Northernmost town in England historically fought over by England and Scotland, who last lost it in 1482.
9. Scotland's second most populous city, and home of football clubs Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian.
10. Journey-wise, what do the previous nine answers have in common?
1. Kings Cross
2. Stevenage
3. Peterborough
4. Doncaster
5. York
6. Darlington
7. Newcastle upon Tyne
8. Berwick-upon-Tweed
9. Edinburgh
10. All railway stations served by East Coast Railways between the capitals of England and Scotland
