COUNTRY PUZZLES
RACK YOUR COUNTRYFILE BRAIN WITH THESE WILD AND WONDERFUL GAMES
Our countryside quiz and crossword.
1. BBC drama Poldark is set on the rugged coast of Cornwall. In which village is 18th-century Truro filmed? a) Pentewan b) Charlestown c) Gorran Haven d) Polperro 2. The Cleveland Way follows the coastline of which national park? a) North York Moors b) Exmoor c) Pembrokeshire Coast d) Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 3. JMW Turner’s Fishermen at Sea (1796) depicts rough seas near which British island? a) Sark b) Anglesey c) Isle of Wight d) Isle of Man 4. Which shark commonly found in British waters is also known as the elephant shark? a) Porbeagle b) Catshark c) Blue shark d) Basking shark 5. Thousands of puffins (left) return to the Farne Islands in Northumberland each year to breed. What are they known as locally? a) Clown face b) Tommy noddy c) Water pirate d) Drunk butler 6. Hope Gap is a stretch of coast located in which county? a) Kent b) Northumberland c) East Sussex d) Cornwall 7. Which coastal castle is a UNESCO world heritage site? a) Bamburgh Castle b) Dover Castle c) Caernarfon Castle d) Lindisfarne Castle 8. Author Peter James’ crime-series about Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is set in which British coastal city? a) Belfast b) Plymouth c) Cardiff d) Brighton 9. Britain’s oldest complete lighthouse is a chalk tower located in which county? a) Yorkshire b) Devon c) County Down d) Suffolk 10. Up Helly Aa is a fire festival held annually on which series of islands? a) Shetland b) Orkney c) St Kilda d) Outer Hebrides 11. Commonly found in rockpools, what is the creature pictured below? a) Periwinkle b) Cockle c) Sea urchin d) Bladderwrack 12. The Lizard Peninsula is in which British county? a) Dorset b) Devon c) Cornwall d) Sussex 13. What is the length of Scotland’s coastline in miles, at high water mark? a) 3,500 miles (5,631km) b) 5,881 miles (8,982km) c) 11,602 miles (18,672 km) d) 15,330 miles (24,671 km)