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A road in this region’s Steeple Brink is named for legendary smuggler Cruel Coppinger. In 1839, 47,000 pounds worth of Brazilian gold dust was stolen from this (20[1])region’s port of Falmouth. In this region, (20[1])Stanhope Forbes pioneered British plein-air painting at an artist’s colony in St. Ives. Words still used in the mining industry such as “gunnies” originate from this region’s namesake Celtic language. (20[1])This (20[1])region’s 3,000-year-old (20[1])(*) tin mine (10[1])was granted UNESCO World (10[1])Heritage status (10[2])in (10[1])2006 (10[1])along with one in bordering Devon. A town in this (10[1])county (10[1])on the English Channel (10[1])titles Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance. (10[1])Truro is the largest city (10[1])in, for 10 (10[1])points, what peninsular county (10[1])on the southwest end of England? (10[1])■END■ (10[10])

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