Can you name the English ceremonial counties, which will also cause all of their bordering counties to appear?

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English Counties Border Blitz Quiz

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Created Mar 21, 2011 in Geography
Featured Jul 13, 2012
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	BamaRainbow:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 04:21 GMT		3 points
	Okay, I'll say it. Too UK-centric.

	jonesjeffum:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 04:21 GMT		26 points
	Despite only knowing 1 (west midlands) I was able to get 43! I'm American

	Zak6009:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 04:55 GMT		15 points
	Myself as well, I only knew ONE (Worcestershire, thanks to the sauce), but managed to get 47, without the Isle of Wight, just typing random ones I saw. But also I noticed that a lot of these are also the same as counties in my state (Massachusetts), so guessing names of counties from there that sounded like they'd "fit the group" (Suffolk, Norfolk, Hampshire, etc) paid off as well!!

	Zak6009:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 04:57 GMT		8 points
	Also, one other thing... not too big a deal, but in border-blitz quizzes it's customary to mark "stand-alone" places with an asterisk (Isle of Wight).

	steel03:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 05:03 GMT		0 points
	How is Greater London so high and City of London so low? I suppose City of London is only bordered by Greater London, but still, you'd think more people would guess Greater London toward the beginning.

	_the_doctor_:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 05:55 GMT		9 points
	Started with Cornwall and just re-entered answers from there. Only missed the island. I guess speedy typing does make up a lot for lack of knowledge.

	Toby123:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 08:12 GMT		5 points
	Nice to see something like this, after all the American states quizzes!

	buJ:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 08:50 GMT		2 points
	@steel03 - I would imagine that most people start with just 'London' and then move on, particularly if they're not familiar with British geography.

	Supernuke:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 09:25 GMT		2 points
	I got 45 after only knowing 1 of them!

	AlexMagd:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 09:32 GMT		4 points
	It would be good if East Riding gave you East Riding of Yorkshire - I always hear the former and rarely the latter

	mrmalaki:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 09:48 GMT		1 point
	damn you isle of wight

	mrmalaki:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 09:52 GMT		2 points
	though technically it borders Hampshire due to laws surrounding the owning of seas and channels...

	biziclop:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 09:55 GMT		3 points
	I got all of them, even the Isle of Wight (smallest England county at high tide, second smallest at low tide)...except the City of London. Grrrr.

	Statto2:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 11:23 GMT		1 point
	Where does what used to be Cleveland fit into the above list?

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	James:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 12:00 GMT		6 points
	@beany101: the Isle of Wight became a ceremonial county in 1974.

	Cryptus:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 12:02 GMT		2 points
	@Statto2 The area that was Cleveland is now divided between County Durham and North Yorkshire.

	WiseOwl2012:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 13:10 GMT		3 points
	@AlexMagd You obviously don't live in East Yorkshire.

	camly:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 13:45 GMT		1 point
	Managed to get 18 as a Yank by knowing two.

	ElixirOfRivalry:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 19:30 GMT		2 points
	got all but city of london and isle of wight just by starting with my home county (wiltshire)

	triviafanpatriot:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 21:44 GMT		1 point
	For someone who has never been to England (although Britain is the top on my list), I only knew about a dozen on my own. Unfortunately for me, that dozen did not include Isle of Wight...

	Qwerty3000:	Jul 13th, 2012 at 23:36 GMT		0 points
	This quiz is too UK-centric. gets voted down by hypocrites

	samcash13593:	Jul 14th, 2012 at 03:12 GMT		3 points
	I have lived in England for 3 months now, so I am going to write home saying proudly that I completed this quiz on the first try.

	tehblooguy:	Jul 14th, 2012 at 10:42 GMT		1 point
	With two left I sat staring at the screen trying to think what they were, but at least I got the Isle of Wight!

	Mariam:	Jul 14th, 2012 at 20:48 GMT		5 points
	@Qwerty3000 It's ridiculous to call this quiz too UK-centric for the same reason it would be stupid to call the US states quiz too US-centric. Each quiz is about an aspect of the UK/US and that is what the quiz tests. However, when a quiz claims to be a grab bag of different topics and yet only looks at American/British sports/politics/history etc. then the comment is justified (which it often is).

	Kalimantan:	Jul 18th, 2012 at 16:09 GMT		3 points
	city of london is a ceremonial county? I always imagined Middlesex was the ceremonial county, largely replaced by greater london these days

	jacana:	Jul 19th, 2012 at 13:35 GMT		1 point
	Middlesex is the historic county

	Qwerty3000:	Aug 9th, 2012 at 18:36 GMT		0 points
	@Mariam I have seen people comment on a quiz about the Big Four saying it's US-centric. I have also seen people comment on a quiz saying it's US-centric even when Europe outnumbers the Americas 2:1. I know it's stupid. I'm not serious. I'm just trying to make an example of the hypocricy exhibited by some people.

	johnnyforeigner:	Oct 4th, 2012 at 21:31 GMT		-2 points
	Good quiz, but these are NOT the ceremonial counties. Greater London has only existed as an entity since the early 1960s! Likewise Merseyside, Tyne & Wear and Isle of Wight...

	jacana:	Oct 5th, 2012 at 14:24 GMT		3 points
	@Johnnyforeigner: they are as defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England

	camerongeorge96:	Dec 8th, 2012 at 18:26 GMT		1 point
	47/48. Got most by going through all the big universities, and the only one I missed was Oxfordshire. facepalm.

	Mimbleton:	Dec 11th, 2012 at 19:26 GMT		-2 points
	So there's an East Sussex and a West Sussex, but no plain ol' Sussex? - Got to love England!