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Quiz about Great Britain Alphabetically Part I

Great Britain Alphabetically - Part I Quiz

My geographical tour of Britain has reached places beginning with the letter I.

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

Author
Dizart

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,880

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which Yorkshire town is best known for the folk-song concerning the nearby moor? Hint

Ilkeston

Ingleby

Immingham

Ilkley

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which town, in 1966, was the fifth (and last) "new town" to be designated in Scotland? Hint

Inverurie

Insch

Innerleithen

Irvine

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which town, on the River Orwell, is the county town of Suffolk?

Answer: (One Word - Begins with I.)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Port Ellen is the largest settlement on which Scottish island, famous for its malt whisky? Hint

Iona

Inchkeith

Insh

Islay

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Question 5 of 10

5. From which Devon seaside resort can you catch a ferry to the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel? Hint

Isleworth

Ilfracombe

Ickenham

Ilmer

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Scottish city is the "Capital of the Highlands", and one of the fastest growing cities in Europe?

Answer: (One Word - begins with I.)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which island has an abbey established by St Columba in AD 563, and is the burial place of 60 kings? Hint

Isle of Wight

Islay

Iona

Isle of Man

8. Which town in the English Midlands is the market centre for the Erewash Valley, and is considered to be part of the Nottingham metropolitan area, despite lying over the county border in Derbyshire? Hint

Ilkley

Ilkeston

Ilchester

Ilminster

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which town, on the shores of Loch Fyne, features an 18th century castle, seat of the Dukes of Argyll, and a former Georgian jail, now converted into a tourist attraction? Hint

Inverness

Inverkeithing

Inverewe

Inveraray

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which town on the banks of the River Severn takes its name from the iron bridge built there in 1779?

Answer: (One Word - begins with I.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Yorkshire town is best known for the folk-song concerning the nearby moor?

Answer: Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire. The moor, to the south of the town, is celebrated in the song "On Ilkla Moor Baht'at" - the gentleman at the centre of the song is chided for venturing on to the moor "without a hat".

2. Which town, in 1966, was the fifth (and last) "new town" to be designated in Scotland?

Answer: Irvine

Irvine is located in Ayrshire, on the shores of the Firth Of Clyde. Jack McConnell, First Minister of the Scottish Parliament (in April 2007) was born there.

3. Which town, on the River Orwell, is the county town of Suffolk?

Answer: Ipswich

Ipswich was the birthplace, in 1475, of Cardinal Wolsey, a close political ally of King Henry VIII. The artists John Constable and Thomas Gainsborough both lived and worked in the town.

4. Port Ellen is the largest settlement on which Scottish island, famous for its malt whisky?

Answer: Islay

There are eight distilleries on Islay, which is nicknamed the "Queen of the Hebrides".

5. From which Devon seaside resort can you catch a ferry to the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel?

Answer: Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe is situated on the north coast of Devon. A medieval chapel to St Nicholas, patron saint of sailors, stands on a rock at the entrance to the town's harbour. Lundy is a marine nature reserve, and the best way to reach it is by ferry from Ilfracombe or Bideford.

6. Which Scottish city is the "Capital of the Highlands", and one of the fastest growing cities in Europe?

Answer: Inverness

Inverness stands on the banks of the River Ness; it is the administrative centre of the Highland council area, and was one of three British towns to have "City" status conferred on it as part of the Millennium celebrations in 2000.

7. Which island has an abbey established by St Columba in AD 563, and is the burial place of 60 kings?

Answer: Iona

Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides. The kings buried there include 48 from Scotland, eight from Norway and four from Ireland. The former leader of the Labour Party, John Smith, was also buried there, in 1994.

Answer: Ilkeston

Ilkeston was a major coal-mining centre until the 1960s. The town's parish church of St Mary dates from around 1150.

9. Which town, on the shores of Loch Fyne, features an 18th century castle, seat of the Dukes of Argyll, and a former Georgian jail, now converted into a tourist attraction?

Answer: Inveraray

Inveraray, in the historic county of Argyllshire, was a Royal Burgh until 1975. The Duke of Argyll is Chief of the southern branch of the Clan Campbell, and his castle is open to visitors at certain times of the year.

10. Which town on the banks of the River Severn takes its name from the iron bridge built there in 1779?

Answer: Ironbridge

Abraham Darby built the Iron Bridge, the largest of its kind to be built of cast iron at the time. The area around the town was nicknamed the "Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution".

Source: Author Dizart

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