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British Sights and Sites Trivia Quiz

This quiz covers the places that a discerning visitor to Britain should make an effort to get to - in my opinion!

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

Author
rof

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
175,576

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1940

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (8/10), piet (5/10), Guest 94 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the village in Somerset, after which a cheese and a gorge are named? Hint

Cheshire

Cheddar

Stilton

Clifton

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Question 2 of 10

2. One of Britain's best-preserved castles is in North Wales, where Prince Charles was officially invested as Prince of Wales. Its name? Hint

Harlech

Glamis

Powys

Caernarfon

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Question 3 of 10

3. Scotland is almost divided in two by the Great Glen. Following this for many miles is the Caledonian Canal. Which of the following towns is NOT found on this canal? Hint

Fort Augustus

Inveraray

Fort William

Inverness

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the range of mountains that includes the second and sixth (or fifth, if you're using an out-of-date table of Munroes) highest mountains in Britain? Hint

The Trossachs

The Cuillins

The Monadhliath Mountains

The Cairngorms

5. British place names contain elements from many languages - Old English, Danish, Celtic, French and many more. This can make place name elements interesting. Which of the following names does NOT refer to somewhere in Wales? Hint

Pen-y-ghent

Cnicht

Strata Florida

Purlogue

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Question 6 of 10

6. In which National Park would you find all of the following: A famous cheese factory, limestone pavements, Gaping Ghyll and the Buttertubs? Hint

The Peak District

Exmoor

Snowdonia

The Yorkshire Dales

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following sights or sites is the odd one out (for at least two reasons)? Hint

Stonehenge

Silbury Hill

Woodhenge

The Giant's Causeway

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Question 8 of 10

8. A number of sights worth seeing in Northern England have the word "force" as part of their name. What are these sights? Hint

Caves

Monuments

Waterwheels

Waterfalls

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Question 9 of 10

9. At the oddly-named Boat of Garten, in Scotland, you will be able to stand in a hide and get superb views of...what creature? Hint

Mountain goats

Red Kites

Ospreys

Otters

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Question 10 of 10

10. Many old features of our landscape have strange, whimsical-sounding names. Names like Wayland's Smithy, Grime's Graves, Mermaid's Pool (half-way up a Derbyshire hillside - some mermaid!) and Devil's Kitchen abound. So - what exactly are Grime's Graves? Hint

A Welsh open-cast slate quarry.

A cluster of Bronze Age burial mounds on Dartmoor

Neolithic flint mines in Norfolk

An Iron Age settlement on the edge of the North York Moors

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the village in Somerset, after which a cheese and a gorge are named?

Answer: Cheddar

It is worth taking the time to walk up or down Cheddar Gorge - or get on top of its cliffs - for the full effect. And then there are the caves...

2. One of Britain's best-preserved castles is in North Wales, where Prince Charles was officially invested as Prince of Wales. Its name?

Answer: Caernarfon

Caernarfon (and not the Anglicised spelling "Caernarvon") is right at the tip of Wales, looking out to the isle of Anglesey. Powys Castle is spectacular but more ruined. Glamis Castle has very strong Royal associations, especially with the late Queen Mother, but is in Scotland, not Wales.

3. Scotland is almost divided in two by the Great Glen. Following this for many miles is the Caledonian Canal. Which of the following towns is NOT found on this canal?

Answer: Inveraray

Not all the 60 mile stretch of the Caledonian Canal is man-made, as it incorporates, among others, Loch Lochy and Loch Ness. It is a spectacular area, well worth a visit. Inverary lies on the side of Loch Fyne, in Argyll. It is also well worth seeing, especially the old jail.

4. What is the range of mountains that includes the second and sixth (or fifth, if you're using an out-of-date table of Munroes) highest mountains in Britain?

Answer: The Cairngorms

In the Cairgorms you will find Ben Macdhui and Cairgorm itself, the 2nd and 6th highest peaks in Britain respectively. Both can easily be ascended in the same day by reasonably fit people (if you want to try, make sure you are properly equipped and know how to give distress signals).

The Monadhliath hills are nearby, to the Southwest. The Trossachs are a lot further South, while the Cuillins are, of course, on the isle of Skye.

Answer: Pen-y-ghent

Surprisingly, Pen-y-ghent is in Yorkshire. Climbing it, along with Whernside and Ingleborough, is part of the 24-mile "3 peaks of Yorkshire" walk. I used to think it was in Wales. Strata Florida is an abbey in Ceredigion, Mid-Wales. Cnicht (which I always think sounds German) is a mountain in Snowdonia, and Purlogue is a tiny village near Knighton in the Welsh Marches.

6. In which National Park would you find all of the following: A famous cheese factory, limestone pavements, Gaping Ghyll and the Buttertubs?

Answer: The Yorkshire Dales

The cheese factory produces Wensleydale cheese (there is one in Derbyshire, too, that makes Stilton, but you won't find the other things there) Gaping Ghyll is a pothole on the lower slopes of Ingleborough, and the Buttertubs are spectacular holes next to the road between Muker in Swaledale and Hawes in Wensleydale, but with no major cave system connected to them, as far as I know.

7. Which of the following sights or sites is the odd one out (for at least two reasons)?

Answer: The Giant's Causeway

Stonehenge, Woodhenge and Silbury Hill are all man-made structures in England. The Giant's Causeway is a natural rock formation in Northern Ireland.

8. A number of sights worth seeing in Northern England have the word "force" as part of their name. What are these sights?

Answer: Waterfalls

From a Scandinavian word meaning "waterfall". For example, High Force, Hardraw Force, Aira Force, Scale Force, and so on. Scandinavian place name elements abound in the North, especially the Lake District and the Northeast.

9. At the oddly-named Boat of Garten, in Scotland, you will be able to stand in a hide and get superb views of...what creature?

Answer: Ospreys

The Osprey Centre, established in 1959, has seen thousands (if not millions) of visitors, who come to see these magnificent birds on the nest, fishing in nearby Loch Garten and feeding their young. Otters do live in the general area, but no river is near the hide, and I doubt you'd see any otters from it.

The Red Kite can be seen in mid-Wales, and mountain goats are in...mountain areas! - which does not describe Boat of Garten.

Answer: Neolithic flint mines in Norfolk

There are about 350 pits, dug over a period of about 500 years. This English Heritage site in Norfolk's Breckland area is well worth a visit. None of the other answers relates to any particular site, although I wouldn't be surprised if they do all exist.

Source: Author rof

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