Can you name the Ceremonial or Geographic Counties of England?

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Ceremonial Counties of England Quiz

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Created Apr 15, 2008 in Geography
Featured Apr 15, 2008
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	Laly:	Oct 13th, 2008 at 19:04 GMT	6 points
	damn all those "shires"!!!

	iurewhiuerw:	Nov 10th, 2008 at 09:46 GMT	16 points
	well there are a lot of hobbits in England ;-)

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	chrispaz:	Dec 9th, 2008 at 21:59 GMT	-1 points
	Bloody middlesex.

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	Catherine_F:	Dec 21st, 2008 at 20:33 GMT	-1 points
	Bedfordshire, come on, who lives in Bedfordshire...well three of my friends but that's not the point. I seem to remember holding the speed record on this quiz for a while when it came out...I guess not any more.

	jessbowen:	Jan 7th, 2009 at 23:03 GMT	16 points
	I did pretty well for an American - 14. I would have gotten quite a few more if "almost" counted. Now I know why Sussex, Yorkshire and Manchester wouldn't work.

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	OscilatingGibbon:	Jan 16th, 2009 at 11:17 GMT	5 points
	When you type 'Hampshire', the isle of wight highlights beige as if it is part of the county, then when you type in 'isle of wight' it highlights blue. @Tom Benedict: Middlesex is a historic county, not a ceremonial county. If you head to the 'historic counties of England' quiz it should accept it.

	LeeC:	Jan 22nd, 2009 at 11:36 GMT	22 points
	Typing Tyne & Wear should be accepted for Tyne and Wear

	HarryHop:	Feb 4th, 2009 at 12:15 GMT	2 points
	Wahey... all done in 3 minutes 7 seconds. And I never want to type 'shire' again.

	county4life:	Feb 20th, 2009 at 16:45 GMT	2 points
	Bloody Bristol. Since when has that become a county?

	Ann:	Feb 28th, 2009 at 16:45 GMT	1 point
	Whoooo :D.

	davidr:	Mar 5th, 2009 at 20:11 GMT	13 points
	@county4life.com: Since the passage of the Lieutenancies Act (1997).

	Caesar:	Mar 20th, 2009 at 01:05 GMT	7 points
	I didn't do as well as hoped, 35 not too bad. I see my county (west midlands) is one of the hardest to get, needless to say it was one of my first!! great game

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	Moose:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 00:16 GMT	11 points
	How did I not think of greater manchester? I LIVE in greater manchester. I feel very silly, but 33 is not bad for me. It was all those midlands counties that got me...

	TheArbiter:	Apr 19th, 2009 at 16:37 GMT	1 point
	Missed Merseyside and West Midlands, which county did west midlands use to be in??

	Sparky:	Apr 22nd, 2009 at 21:11 GMT	0 points
	Curses Cheshire =P Great quiz though!

	lavraiemusicienne:	Apr 23rd, 2009 at 21:25 GMT	-1 points
	14. not bad for a scot :P

	WCRoentgen:	Apr 25th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	23 points
	As a Yank, thought I ought to know these counties if Brits can learn the fifty states. Studied a map of England and now got all 48. Don't ask me anything about Wales or Scotland, though!

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	Kitnaz:	Apr 28th, 2009 at 20:06 GMT	3 points
	Ah, I gave up, now i see about Wessex & Sussex... This is soo embarrasing, im British and I can get 48 States and only 18 Counties :(

	Dangermouse:	Apr 30th, 2009 at 21:15 GMT	1 point
	keep forgetting cumbria dammit.

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	Fish1987:	May 18th, 2009 at 20:34 GMT	3 points
	West Midlands used to be part of Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire. Birmingham in Warwks, Wolverhampton area in Stafford and the area around Halesowen in Worcs.

	manxman:	May 20th, 2009 at 22:52 GMT	-4 points
	Yes I agree with 'Whole lotta sporcle ' Isle of Wight is an island and is part of Hampshire. I didn't find all the counties in the allotted time but I can name the 50 States of the US and I am now learning the State Capitals

	what_is_a_handle:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 12:27 GMT	4 points
	You can't dispute the Bristol! It rules and is so it's own county! I missed 3 - merseyside, greater manchester and tyne and wear! Will continue til i get them all! I have one question though - Which is the correct counties quiz to do? Are these the new counties or just different..?!?!?

	Peanut:	Jun 11th, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	5 points
	@Whole Lotta Sporcle - Wessex is long gone.

	TF100:	Jun 12th, 2009 at 23:40 GMT	3 points
	Makes me sad that Wiltshire is one of the most forgotten when we are one of the oldest :( I got 38/48 which isn't too bad I suppose, and I'd at least heard of the ones I didn't get!

	GeoExpert:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 16:57 GMT	7 points
	Question: are people from the UK taught these?

	Kitnaz:	Jun 17th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT	5 points
	No we aren't... We should be really :( We're taught most states, which is stupid considering we aren't even taught are own counties! I find this really confusing, I know half the old counties and half the new ones...

	chrismet:	Jun 18th, 2009 at 10:27 GMT	-3 points
	Where is Cleveland which was formed in 1974 along with Merseyside, West Midlands, Tyne & Wear, Greater London and Greater Manchester?

	planetmutty:	Jul 2nd, 2009 at 06:59 GMT	2 points
	Hmm, some toughies at the end. I got 43 out of 48, not bad for an Aussie I spose. But I lived in kent for 2 years so I thought I might have been a bit closer to 100%. Missed West Yorks, East Riding ot Yorks, Greater Manchester, City of London and Rutland.

	GeordieGuitarist:	Jul 9th, 2009 at 23:59 GMT	-1 points
	@planetmutty: How can you miss West Yorkshire if you got North and South Yorks? I can understand missing East. But i suppose you are an Aussie. An Ashes summer! 5-0 England is my bet!

	Psyk:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 22:25 GMT	8 points
	No we're not taught them at school and that's probably because unlike the states of the USA, they're not really that important. These days counties are just ceremonial, as the title of the quiz suggests. Some counties are not a single administrative area any more. I know Berkshire is split into Wokingham borough, Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire and some others I think.

	fridge_magnet:	Jul 20th, 2009 at 23:07 GMT	3 points
	The title of this game is misleading - this is the ceremonial map (in terms of which areas have a Lord Lieutenant, like anyone knows/cares!) but it is not a "geographical" map in any meaningful sense.

	Go_For_It:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 03:16 GMT	1 point
	I got 18 the first time, I'm shocked! This is fun though (in a cruel kind of way)!

	Davroche:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	0 points
	I got them all correct first time - not a bad time either - but only England can have counties that mean little or nothing. I understand that the ceremonial county of Cheshire in now split into four real counties: Haltanshire; Warringtonshire; East Cheshire; and, West Cheshire. Now for a list of highway authorities or education authorites - that would get the blood coursing.