A Fit of Peak Trivia Quiz

Answer: Munros

The Munros are named after Sir Hugh Munro who first attempted to classify them. The original list was of those mountains believed at the time to be over 3,000 feet in height. This was further sub-divided into stand alone mountains (which have become known as Munros) and summits(or Munro tops). Although the height of a summit can be decided and clarified by resurveying it falls to the 'Scottish Mountaineering Club' (SMC) to decide if a peak is a Munro or a Munro top. When Sir Hugh first produced his list there were 283 Munros and a further 255 tops. As of 2008 there are 284 Munros and 277 Munro Tops. By the summer of 2003 the SMC had recorded over 3,000 people s having climbed all the Munros, or 'compleated'. More may have done so without being recorded by the SMC. The use of compleated is used by the "as a nod both to Izaak Walton's book 'The Compleat Angler', and a compliment to another noteworthy sport - Munro-bagging. " , at least so it says on the SMC's website. The southernmost Munro (and at time of writing, the only one I have climbed) is Ben Lomond on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond.
There are also 'Furth Munros', this is a term used for hills in England, Wales and Ireland that would qualify as Munros if they were in Scotland.
To the best of my knowledge there are no classifications of hills entitled McDonalds, Murdochs or Mackenzies.

Answer: Wainwrights

Alfred Wainwright, spent his working life as employed by borough councils in Lancashire. He was also skilled in drawing and wrote his guides in the 1950s and 60s with highly detailed but clear sketches.
The simple definition of a Wainwright (as a hill), is whether or not it has a chapter written about it by Alfred Wainwright. If it has, it is a Wainwright, if not it isn't. At the beginning of the 21st century the books were being revised by Trevor Jesty to incorporate up to date information about paths and routes, plus parking, which wasn't an issue for the original author. (He used buses in the main.) In August 2008, a six year old was recorded as being the youngest person (to date) to have completed all 214 Wainwrights.

Answer: Mam Tor

The challenge is to climb all three in 12 hours walking between them, starting and finishing at Horton-in-Ribblesdale. The route is approximately 25 miles with lots of uphill walking. For those who would prefer to view them from a distance instead, excellent views of all three of the hills may be had from the vicinity of Ribblehead viaduct, which is worth visiting in its own right.

This may be done by the simple method of getting of the train at Ribblehead station, walking a short distance and then retiring to the pub conveniently situated opposite the turning to the station whilst awaiting your return train.

The spurious answer, Mam Tor, is a hill in the Peak District in Derbyshire.

Answer: Donalds

This list was originally constructed by Percy Donald. There is also a more complex requirement concerning how much of a drop on all sides there needs to be depending on how near the next high point is. There are 89 of these, of which 2 are in England! To be more precise the summits are in England but a significant portion of the mountain is in Scotland.

There are also Donald Tops (51 of them) which are summits where the height qualification is achieved but fail the formula concerning how much of a drop is required, "but are considered significantly important enough for inclusion" to quote the UK Mountain Database website.

Answer: Marilyns

Marilyns are named as a contrast to the Scottish Munroes, (Marilyn Munroe). There is a further category of sub-Marilyns of hills which just fail (by no more than 10 meters) to qualify as Marilyns. There 335 Marilyns in England and Wales and a further 5 on the Isle of Man.

Not forgetting over 1,200 in Scotland and 455 in Ireland (north and south). Bridgets are hills worth climbing but not appearing on any other list. Clements and Yeamans are still further named lists of hills.

Answer: Corbetts

The Corbetts are named after John Rooke Corbett who compiled the original list in the first half of the 20th century. The current list is largely unchanged as it is very specific about the qualifications required for a summit to be a Corbett. The only amendments are due to more accurate modern surveying results.

The 'Scottish Mountaineering Club' official list has a total of 219 Corbetts as of October 2008. There are also Corbett Tops to consider.

Answer: Hewitts

The name is an acronym, "Hills in England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet". In addition there are Sub-hewitts which fail one or other measurement by no more than 10 meters. As of October 2008 there are 528 Hewitts, 178 in England, 138 in Wales and 212 in Ireland. The Birketts are all Lake District hills over 1,000 feet in height, as listed by Bill Birkett.

Answer: Deweys

A typical mixture of imperial and metric measurements. Probably because the traditional distinction between a mountain and hill in the UK has been a height of over 2,000 feet. The hills were originally compiled as a list by Micheal Dewey, and had no upper bound on height, however since those over 2,000 feet and complying with the height difference are all Hewitts, the convention is to consider only those under this height as Deweys.

The other options are names snatched from the ether.

Answer: Grahams

The Grahams were first listed by Fiona Graham and there are 224 of them.The Grahams are also known as lesser Corbetts. There is a list of Murdos, these are Scottish mountains over 3,000 feet high with a drop of 100 feet. I have never heard of a list of Frasers or Keiths.

Answer: Nuttalls

John and Anne Nuttall listed these in their two volumes 'The Mountains of England and Wales". Over 400 summits are listed in these volumes. One of the most notable summits included on this list is Pillar Rock, which requires a rock climb to ascend and may hence be inaccessible for some hill walkers. (Myself for instance.)