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A Walk in the Country Trivia Quiz

How well do you know the scenic parts of Britain? This quiz will cover things and places you might see in some of Britain's classic walking regions.

A multiple-choice quiz by rof. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rof

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
142,787

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1516

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. You are on a high mountain peak, looking east. Below you, you can see two knife-edged ridges which nevertheless have paths on them and a small lake called Red Tarn. What is the mountain called? Hint

Ingleborough

Snowdon

Helvellyn

Ben Nevis

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Question 2 of 10

2. You have just climbed up from Eastbourne, and are looking down from a high cliff to a red and white striped lighthouse on rocks just a few yards offshore. What is the name of this eminence, which sadly often attracts suicides? Hint

Golden Cap

Great Orme

Beachy Head

The Needles

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Question 3 of 10

3. Walking near Eastbourne, carved into the South Downs, you might see a great chalk figure, known as "The Long Man of..."? Hint

Wilmington

Cerne Abbas

Willingdon

Avebury

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Question 4 of 10

4. You are walking down a dale in Derbyshire. You pass Lion Rock, Reynard's Cave, Tissington Spires and Lover's Leap. What is the dale called?

Answer: (One Word - "Oh, for the wings of...")

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Question 5 of 10

5. Salisbury Plain is a great expanse of little-walked land in Wiltshire. Which of the following are you NOT likely to see on it? Hint

Army tanks

Burial mounds

Mountain goats

Standing stones

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Question 6 of 10

6. Another mountain-top view. This time, you can see a number of paths, including the Watkin path, PYG track and Ranger path. What summit are you on? Hint

Ben Nevis

Snowdon

Scafell Pike

Snaefell

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Question 7 of 10

7. You are on an island with many romantic, historical associations. You are in a region known as the Quiraing, where you see such rock formations as the Pinnacle, the Table and the Old Man of Storr. What is the island? Hint

Harris

Mull

Eigg

Skye

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Question 8 of 10

8. You set off from Edale in Derbyshire. A while (!) later, you are drinking a well-earned half in a pub in Kirk Yetholm. What famous long-distance footpath have you just completed?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What 100-mile footpath skirts three sides of the North York Moors National Park? Hint

The Cleveland Way

The Pennine Way

The Lyke Wake Walk

The Dales Way

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Question 10 of 10

10. In one strenuous day's walking, you pass Loch Morlich, climb the second and sixth highest mountains in Britain, and descend past an under-construction funicular railway. What area or range of hills are you in? Hint

The Grampians

The Cairngorms

The Pennines

The Cuillins

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Helvellyn

Really, the word "tarn" is a give-away, as it is a Cumbrian word, and the only one of these that's in Cumbria is Helvellyn. The two ridges are Striding Edge and Swirral Edge.

Answer: Beachy Head

So great is the fatal attraction of Beachy Head that until recently, there was a telephone box at the top with the number of the Samaritans prominently displayed inside. Great Orme is near Llandudno, the Needles are on the Isle of Wight and Golden Cap is in Dorset.

3. Walking near Eastbourne, carved into the South Downs, you might see a great chalk figure, known as "The Long Man of..."?

Answer: Wilmington

This figure, of unknown date, is unusual in that it is deliberately lengthened, so that, when seen from the correct, fairly low perspective, it appears to be correctly proportioned. Cerne Abbas has its Giant, Avebury its ring of stones and Willingdon is another village near Eastbourne.

4. You are walking down a dale in Derbyshire. You pass Lion Rock, Reynard's Cave, Tissington Spires and Lover's Leap. What is the dale called?

Answer: Dovedale

Dovedale is a beautiful place to be - out of season. In season, this tourist honeypot is more like Oxford Street in London!

5. Salisbury Plain is a great expanse of little-walked land in Wiltshire. Which of the following are you NOT likely to see on it?

Answer: Mountain goats

The army tanks are the reason it's not much walked - much of it is used by the Army for training, and hence has very restricted access.

6. Another mountain-top view. This time, you can see a number of paths, including the Watkin path, PYG track and Ranger path. What summit are you on?

Answer: Snowdon

Snowdon, or Yr Wyddfa, is, at 1085m (3560 ft), the highest mountain in Britain outside Scotland. The 11km Snowdon Horseshoe is a spectacular walk, taking in the summits of Y Lliwedd, Crib Goch and Gallt y Wenallt as well as Yr Wyddfa.

Answer: Skye

The others are all Scottish islands, but only the Trotternish region of Skye has the Quiraing, with a simply stunning collection of weird and wonderful rock formations.

8. You set off from Edale in Derbyshire. A while (!) later, you are drinking a well-earned half in a pub in Kirk Yetholm. What famous long-distance footpath have you just completed?

Answer: Pennine Way

The first official long-distance path, suggested by Tom Stephenson in 1935, was not opened until 1965.

9. What 100-mile footpath skirts three sides of the North York Moors National Park?

Answer: The Cleveland Way

The 42-mile long Lyke Wake walk crosses the Moors in an East-West direction (but does share some of the Cleveland Way). The Pennine Way goes North up the Pennines, and the Dales Way goes from Ilkley to Windermere.

Answer: The Cairngorms

The second highest mountain is Ben MacDhui, the sixth (recently demoted as another peak was declared to be a separate summit) is Cairngorm itself. And yes, with the possible exception of the walk past Loch Morlich, the walk is possible - you can easily do the two peaks in the same day.

Source: Author rof

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