QUIZ AND CROSSWORD
Test your countryside knowledge.
1. The chalk formations called Old Harry Rocks are located in which county?
a) Devon b) Dorset c) Cornwall d) South Glamorgan
2. What was the first play performed at Cornwall’s outdoor Minack Theatre in 1932?
a) Moby Dick
b) The Tempest c) Romeo and Juliet d) Private Lives
3. Which British island was invaded and briefly declared a pirate kingdom in the 17th century?
a) Lundy Island b) Tresco c) Skomer Island d) Isle of Wight
4. What is maerl?
a) A deep-sea shark b) A rare shellfish c) A coralline algae d) A sea worm
5. What is the largest bay in Wales?
a) Cardigan Bay b) Bull Bay c) Swansea Bay d) Carmarthen Bay
6. To the Lighthouse is the work of which modernist writer?
a) EM Forster b) Virginia Woolf c) Samuel Beckett d) James Joyce
7. What is the northern start point of the South West Coast Path?
a) Lynton b) Croyde c) Ilfracombe d) Minehead
8. June 2020 marks 150 years since the death of Charles Dickens. In which city was he born?
a) Brighton b) Hastings c) Plymouth d) Portsmouth
9 . Which coastal bird is pictured below?
a) Rock pipit b) Guillemot c) Cormorant d) Fulmar
10. Which is the largest lake by area in the UK?
a) Lough Neagh b) Loch Lomond c) Windermere d) Bala Lake
11. Opened in 1920, The Scenic Railway is Britain’s oldest rollercoaster. In which seaside town is it found?
a) Skegness b) Margate c) Scarborough d) Blackpool
12. Which Welsh coastal town is otherwise known as Dinbych-y-Pysgod (‘little fort of the fish’)
a) Holyhead b) Cardigan c) Laugharne d) Tenby
13. What did pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, attach under his hat to make himself appear more terrifying?
a) Lit fuses b) Snakes c) Seaweed d) Bones
14. The Headland Hotel in Newquay appears in the 1987 film of which children’s story written by Roald Dahl?
a) James and the
Giant Peach
b) The Witches
c) Danny the Champion of the World
d) Matilda