| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) 18:30 - Aug 8 with 4683 views | Miaow |
I’ve just put together this three-minute quiz if anybody would like a go.
There are nine cities in Britain with names that end in a vowel (excluding ‘Y’). It may be helpful to think of the full names of some cities.
https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1696326/uk-cities-ending-in-vowels
Thanks again for having a look.
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:35 - Aug 8 with 4640 views | bluefunk |
Is Stoke not a city? |  | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:42 - Aug 8 with 4620 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
'Y' isn't a vowel anyway.
Edit 7/9 [Post edited 8 Aug 2023 18:47]
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:44 - Aug 8 with 4608 views | Wacko |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:35 - Aug 8 by bluefunk |
Is Stoke not a city? |
Stoke on Trent |  |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:47 - Aug 8 with 4598 views | J2BLUE |
I had no idea the the official name of the city for the first one was that.
As for the one currently on 6% I can see why hardly anyone is getting that |  |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:49 - Aug 8 with 4576 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:35 - Aug 8 by bluefunk |
Is Stoke not a city? |
Only full names are counted, so Stoke-on-Trent doesn’t get in there.
On the flip side, there is one place on the list that has a suffix which ends with a vowel but which is usually referred to by its shorter name that doesn’t end in a vowel. | |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:57 - Aug 8 with 4522 views | MattinLondon |
Why on earth is Southend a city? |  | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 19:00 - Aug 8 with 4519 views | EastTownBlue |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:57 - Aug 8 by MattinLondon |
Why on earth is Southend a city? |
As a tribute to the long campaign to make it a city by the late David Amess. [Post edited 8 Aug 2023 19:01]
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 19:07 - Aug 8 with 4499 views | NthQldITFC |
Do Magnus Magnusson rules apply. I was half way through typing in a correct answer as the bell went.
6/9 (or 5/9 if you're being mean!) |  |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:44 - Aug 9 with 4186 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:57 - Aug 8 by MattinLondon |
Why on earth is Southend a city? |
Essex didn’t have any cities at all until 2012 but it is now one of five ceremonial counties of England that have three each, alongside Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
And Ipswich still isn’t a city. If Colchester and Chelmsford are, then I think Ipswich should be too. And there’s no risk of the club changing its name if that did happen, especially seeing as they’ve gone for the name “TownTV”. | |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:44 - Aug 9 with 4182 views | bluefunk |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:44 - Aug 8 by Wacko |
Stoke on Trent |
Doh! | | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 19:44 - Aug 10 with 3901 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:44 - Aug 9 by bluefunk |
Doh! |
The city of Stoke-on-Trent, which contains the town of Stoke-upon-Trent! | |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 22:18 - Aug 12 with 3672 views | Sharkey |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:44 - Aug 9 by Miaow |
Essex didn’t have any cities at all until 2012 but it is now one of five ceremonial counties of England that have three each, alongside Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
And Ipswich still isn’t a city. If Colchester and Chelmsford are, then I think Ipswich should be too. And there’s no risk of the club changing its name if that did happen, especially seeing as they’ve gone for the name “TownTV”. |
Colchester Town railway station isn't changing its name either. |  | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 09:33 - Aug 13 with 3539 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 22:18 - Aug 12 by Sharkey |
Colchester Town railway station isn't changing its name either. |
On that note, another station that doesn’t seem to be changing its name is Braintree Freeport despite the fact it now serves “Braintree Village”. | |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:27 - Aug 13 with 3500 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
Truro | | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:51 - Aug 13 with 3478 views | Plums |
6/9 so not too shabby really. Might have got one more with more time but that was harder than I thought it would be. Thanks! |  |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 12:19 - Aug 14 with 3341 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:51 - Aug 13 by Plums |
6/9 so not too shabby really. Might have got one more with more time but that was harder than I thought it would be. Thanks! |
Cheers again!
That’s a good score - the average is 4/9.
I did wonder if I’d allowed for enough time but I suppose it makes it a bit of a challenge. | |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 15:42 - Aug 14 with 3250 views | Tractor_Buck |
7/9.
I can't believe I missed the 4th English one as my family hails from there. I'd never have got the second Scottish one - I didn't even know it was a city. [Post edited 14 Aug 2023 15:44]
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 16:25 - Aug 14 with 3231 views | Tractor_Buck |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 18:42 - Aug 8 by Cheltenham_Blue |
'Y' isn't a vowel anyway.
Edit 7/9 [Post edited 8 Aug 2023 18:47]
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Officiallly no, but unofically if you're going to cry I'll try to see if anyone can fly to your help. | | | |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 22:23 - Aug 14 with 3157 views | Radlett_blue |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 10:44 - Aug 9 by Miaow |
Essex didn’t have any cities at all until 2012 but it is now one of five ceremonial counties of England that have three each, alongside Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, the West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
And Ipswich still isn’t a city. If Colchester and Chelmsford are, then I think Ipswich should be too. And there’s no risk of the club changing its name if that did happen, especially seeing as they’ve gone for the name “TownTV”. |
While Chelmsford was only given City status in 2012, the local football club had been called "Chelmsford City" since 1938, when they turned professional & joined the Southern League. |  |
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| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 17:22 - Aug 15 with 3014 views | Miaow |
| U.K. Cities Ending in Vowels (Quiz) on 22:23 - Aug 14 by Radlett_blue |
While Chelmsford was only given City status in 2012, the local football club had been called "Chelmsford City" since 1938, when they turned professional & joined the Southern League. |
Yes, that seemed a bit odd to me when I was younger, and it has had its cathedral for a number of years - it seems like there aren’t any truly defined rules for being a city. Cambridge has no cathedral and gained city status in the early ‘50s, Colchester has no cathedral but is now also a city, and Bury has a cathedral but is not a city. Those places with cathedrals that were established centuries ago tend to all be cities.
And it seems like Chelmsford copied us in turning professional! Just two years later. I know that our decision to do that led to the demise of Colchester Town and the formation of United.
I think there may be one or two other clubs in England that have ’City’ in their name but that aren’t located in cities. There is definitely one in Scotland - Elgin City in the town of Elgin (a quick look at Wikipedia has just told me that it used to be a cathedral city). | |
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