Cheshire - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

Bentley cars are manufactured in this county’s town of Crewe, where hundreds still work at the Crewe Works rail facility despite a decline in industry. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this ceremonial county, whose Golden Triangle of Prestbury, Wilmslow, and Alderley Edge is known as the Footballers’ Belt due to the high number of Premier League players living there.

ANSWER: Cheshire

[10m] The traditional northern boundary of Cheshire was marked by this river, which widens dramatically west of Warrington. The Wirral Peninsula east of Wales is bordered by both the River Dee and this river.

ANSWER: River Mersey

[10e] The Mersey enters the Irish Sea at this port city, which lies across the river from Birkenhead. The historic Lime Street station is in this city, which is home to Penny Lane.

ANSWER: Liverpool

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	3.33	33%	0%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	10	11.00	80%	20%	10%
Florida	Main Site	Y	2	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	7	12.86	100%	29%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	Y	4	17.50	75%	50%	50%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	6	6.67	50%	17%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	6	25.00	100%	67%	83%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	11.25	88%	25%	0%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	75%	50%	25%

Data


Berkeley B	Stanford A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley A	Berkeley C	0	0	0	0
McMaster A	McGill B	0	0	10	10
McGill A	McMaster B	0	0	10	10
Simon Fraser	Toronto Metropolitan	0	0	10	10
Toronto G	Toronto B	0	0	10	10
Waterloo A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Carleton University	Toronto E	0	0	10	10
Western C	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
Guelph	UBC A	10	10	10	30
UBC B	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Waterloo B	Western A	0	0	0	0
Stanford B	Berkeley D	0	0	0	0
Central Florida A	Central Florida C	0	0	0	0
Florida C	Florida A	0	0	0	0
Michigan A	Michigan State	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	Michigan B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	CWRU B	0	0	10	10
Pittsburgh	Ohio State B	10	0	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan C	0	10	10	20
North Carolina C	Duke	0	0	10	10
North Carolina B	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
NC State B	Virginia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Virginia	South Carolina A	0	0	10	10
James Madison A	Wake Forest	0	0	0	0
William and Mary	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
North Carolina A	VCU	0	0	10	10
Chicago B	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Chicago D	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Chicago E	Northwestern B	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Northwestern C	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Northwestern D	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	0	0	10	10
Brandeis A	Bowdoin B	10	10	10	30
Brown	Bowdoin A	0	0	0	0
Claremont	Carleton College	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	Washington A	0	0	0	0
Missouri A	Washington B	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	MIT	0	0	10	10
Harvard A	Yale	10	10	10	30
Alabama A	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Bruin	Georgia Tech B	0	0	0	0
Warwick A	Cardiff	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Birmingham	10	0	10	20
Manchester	Cambridge A	10	10	10	30
Montpellier	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Oxford C	Southampton A	10	10	10	30
Imperial B	Warwick B	10	10	10	30
WashU A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Tennessee B	0	0	0	0
WashU B	Mississipi State	0	0	0	0
Tennessee A	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Catholic	Georgetown	0	10	10	20
Columbia C	Rutgers A	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	John Jay	0	0	10	10
Maryland A	Maryland B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Rutgers B	0	0	0	0
Maryland C	Vassar	0	0	10	10
Penn State	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
Cornell B	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
RIT	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	NYU A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Swarthmore	0	0	10	10