QUIZ & CROSSWORD
Test your countryside knowledge.
1. What is the name of the full moon that will fall on 2 September this year?
a) Hunter’s Moon b) Full Corn Moon c) Sturgeon Moon d) Pink Moon
2. Which annual competition is held at the Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria in September?
a) Britain’s Biggest Crustacean
b) International Apple Bobbing Contest
c) The World Gurning Championship
d) The British Pie Awards
3. How many vineyards were recorded in England in 1509?
a) 11 b) 53 c) 139 d) 503
4. What happens to the flow of a river when it goes from wide or deep to narrow or shallow?
a) It slows down b) It speeds up c) It stays the same d) It reverses direction
5. In which county would you find Robin Hood’s Picking Rods?
a) Derbyshire b) Nottinghamshire c) South Yorkshire d) Lincolnshire
6. Which was the first site to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1956?
a) Cornwall b) Cannock Chase c) Northumberland Coast d) Gower Peninsula
7. The Black Mountain is a mountain range in which national park?
a) North York Moors b) Brecon Beacons c) Snowdonia d) Dartmoor
8. What percentage of the North York Moors (pictured) is covered by forest?
a) 5% b) 12% c) 23% d) 43% 9. Which long-distance footpath is thought to be Britain’s oldest trackway? a) The Pennine Way b) The Great Glen Way c) The Ridgeway d) The South-West Coast Path
10. Which is the most common dairy cow breed in Britain?
a) Holstein-Friesian b) Jersey c) Guernsey d) Ayrshire
11. How often does Saturn’s autumn equinox occur?
a) Every five Earth years b) Every 15 Earth years c) Every 25 Earth years d) Every 50 Earth Years
12. Who wrote The Peregrine (1967)?
a) Rachel Carson b) Nan Shepherd c) TH White d) JA Baker
13. The leaves, buds and flowers of which plant can be eaten as ‘bread and cheese’?
a) Elder b) Blackthorn c) Hawthorn d) Crab apple
14. Which newt is pictured?
a) Smooth newt b) Great crested newt c) Palmate newt d) Alpine newt