Britain 000531

Britain 000531 is a selection of 10 questions. Britain 000531 is the filename to differentiate it from other Geography quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   In which English county are Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Abbey?
A   Bedfordshire

2   In which English City is the famous Goose Fair held annually?
A   Nottingham – no one knows for sure exactly how it got its name.

3   On which island off Britain would you find Beaumaris Castle?
A   Anglesey, famous as the greatest castle never built, under Edward I.

4   The county town of Buckinghamshire isn’t Buckingham – what is it?
A   Aylesbury

5   How many Welsh counties have Glamorgan in their name?
A   3. Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, and West Glamorgan, in 1974 the administrative county of Glamorgan was divided

6   Where is Leeds Castle?
A   Kent, the site was owned by a Saxon chief called Led or Leed who built a wooden structure on two islands in the middle of the River Len 7 miles east of Maidstone.

7   In which county is the cathedral city of Wells?
A   Somerset, in the Mendip district

8   Which large marsh, once a notorious smuggling area of the 18th century, lies between Hythe and Rye on the south coast?
A   Romney Marsh

9   The longest hyphenated name in England is Sutton-Under-Whitestonecliffe. Which county is it in?
A   North Yorkshire (just outside Thirsk, on the edge of the North York Moors national park.)

10   Fort William is at one end of which canal?
A   Caledonian, runs from Fort William in the west to Inverness in the east. Scotland’s longest inland waterway