The Shape I'm In Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mendips

Wookey Hole Caves can be found near the city of Wells, in Somerset. They are limestone caves, and were carved out by the River Axe. The name is a corruption of the Welsh word for cave, which is 'ogof'. The Mendips are also the site of Cheddar Gorge and Caves.

The Cotswold hills are located mainly in Gloucestershire and the Chilterns are in south east England. The Pennines divide northeast and northwest England.

Answer: Isle of Wight

The rocks, which are mainly chalk, stretch from the western point of the Isle of Wight, near Alum Bay. They are known as The Needles, after a tall, thin, needle shaped column called Lot's Wife, although this disappeared following a storm in the eighteenth century.

The name remained in use, and the area is a popular tourist destination. Brownsea Island is located in Poole Harbour, and Ramsay Island lies off the coast of Wales. The Isle of Man is in the Irish Sea, and neither it nor Ramsay Island fitted the clue.

Answer: Durdle Door

Durdle Door is located on Dorset's Jurassic Coast about half a mile from Lulworth Cove, to the west. References to the archway can be found in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and it is named as 'Dirdale Door' in an early Ordnance Survey map.

The other places can also be found in Dorset. Old Harry Rocks are located near Swanage. Pulpit Rock is all that is left of a former archway on the Isle of Portland while Portland Bill, a promontory, is located on the southern side of the Isle of Portland.

Answer: Marazion

The island is St. Michael's Mount, one of Cornwall's main attractions. It is situated around four hundred yards from the mainland and is accessible via the causeway at low tide. When the tide is in, there are regular boats to carry visitors to and from the island. Marazion itself is situated about two miles from Penzance, one of Cornwall's largest towns, with a population greater than the county town of Truro. Mousehole, which is not pronounced at it looks but something like 'mouzul', lies south of Penzance and Bude is on the northern coast of Cornwall.

Answer: Old Man of Hoy

The island of Hoy borders Scapa Flow, a large, natural harbour which was used by the Royal Navy during both world wars. The sea stack itself is made of sandstone and was formed by erosion from the sea. It is a magnet for climbers although the first ascent, somewhat surprisingly, wasn't made until 1966 when Chris Bonington, Rusty Baillie and Tom Patey reached the top.

The other names are also real places in the UK. Foy is in Herefordshire, while Moy is in the Highland region of Scotland and there is a Coy Burn in Aberdeenshire, also in Scotland.

Answer: English Channel

I hope the reference to chalk pointed you towards the southern coast of England, and then on to the English Channel. The Seven Sisters cliffs are part of the South Downs, the chalk hills which run across the southern part of England. In case you were wondering, the White Cliffs of Dover are part of the North Downs.

The South Downs end at Beachy Head, not far from Eastbourne. The Irish Sea lies between the north of England and Wales and (unsurprisingly) Ireland, and the North Sea is located off the eastern coast.

The Celtic Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean, and borders the western regions of the United Kingdom.

Answer: Glastonbury

The site is Glastonbury Tor, in Somerset, with the tower on the summit being the only remaining part of St. Michael's Church. The tor overlooks the Somerset Levels, which were originally marshlands, with Glastonbury Tor being proposed at the site of the Isle of Avalon, where King Arthur was taken after his final battle. Tintagel also has Arthurian connections as his place of birth, but it is located on the coast, in Cornwall. Avebury is in Wiltshire, and is well known for its stone circle while Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is located off the coast of Northumbria.

Answer: Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis is located in Scotland, in the Grampians and near the town of Fort William. It is 4,409 feet in height and was a volcano in its distant past. Its name in Gaelic is Beinn Nibheis, which is most commonly translated into English as 'mountain of heaven'. Mount Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at 3,560 feet and Scafell Pike, in Cumbria, is the highest in England, measuring 3,209 feet. Snaefell is located on the Isle of Man, and measures 2,034 feet.

Answer: Staffa

The cave is called Fingal's Cave, and the 'Hebrides Overture' is frequently referred to by the name of the cave. The cave is unique as it is the only one which has been discovered with hexagonal columns of basalt. Mendelssohn visited the cave in 1829 and wrote the music when he was aged only twenty.

The cave was also described by Sir Walter Scott as 'one of the most extraordinary places I ever beheld' and it also inspired a painting by J. M. W. Turner. The other options are Scottish islands, although Skye is certainly not uninhabited.

Answer: Cumbria

The circle is called Castlerigg and can be found near Keswick. It was acquired by the co-founder of the National Trust in 1913, and remained in their ownership a hundred years later. It consists of thirty-eight stones in a circle, with another ten standing stones in a rectangular shape inside the circle.

It is believed to date from 3000 B.C. and is among the oldest stone circles in the UK. Cumbria also contains The Lake District, which includes Windermere, the largest lake in England as well as the highest mountain of England.