Great british outdoor quiz

Published on May 4, 2020

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Test your outdoor knowledge with The Great British Outdoor Quiz, in collaboration with Go Outdoors and Blacks.Set up a virtual campfire with a mug of hot chocolate and watch the sun go down. Whether you set up camp indoors or out, it’s time to get cosy and test your outdoor knowledge.

1: On an OS map, what does the tent symbol represent?

A :
Camp site

B :
Bothy

C :
Scout hut
Wrong! The correct answer was A. It’s a camp site! If shown with a caravan as well, it accepts both camping and caravans.
2: What is the longest road in England?

A :
M25

B :
M6

C :
A1

3: Which large British city is close to the famous sculpture Angel of the North?

A :
Manchester

B :
Newcastle

C :
Plymouth

4: Brockworth, in Gloucestershire, holds a rather bizarre annual event every Spring, in which participants roll a certain type of food down Cooper’s Hill. What is the food?

A :
Apples

B :
Cheese

C :
Sausages

5: If the contour lines on a map are close together, are they showing a steep slope or a shallow slope.

A :
Steep slope

B :
Shallow Slope

C :
Flat ground

6: Souter lighthouse was the first lighthouse in the world built for electric power. It was completed in 1871 and still stands today. Where on Britain’s coast is it?

A :
North West

B :
South West

C :
North East

7: On average how high is a trig pillar, in feet?

A :
4ft

B :
3ft

C :
6ft

8: The centre of Great Britain lies approximately 7km north of Dunsop Bridge, in which county?

A :
South Yorkshire

B :
Yorkshire

C :
Lancashire

9: The peak ‘Black Mountain’ stands at 703m tall. In which Welsh mountain range can it be found?

A :
The Black Mountain Range

B :
The Black Mountains

C :
Berwyn Range

10: On an OS Explorer Map what does a single black line represent?

A :
Motorway

B :
Multiple railway track

C :
Footpath

11: Which is the only London train station to have entrances on both sides of the Thames?

A :
Blackfriars

B :
Bank

C :
Monument

12: Blackbirds typically like to sing after what?

A :
Eating

B :
The rain

C :
Sunrise

13: How do black bats navigate in the darkness of night?

A :
Echolocation

B :
Excellent hearing

C :
By eating carrots

14: The nickname ‘Black Country’ was given to an area of Britain because of its heavy pollution levels during the Industrial Revolution. In which region does this area lie?

A :
Greater London

B :
Northern England

C :
West Midlands

15: Black swans with red beaks are not native to Britain. Where do they originate from?

A :
Australia

B :
Turkey

C :
China

16: The seaside town of Blackpool is located on which British coast?

A :
North East

B :
South West

C :
North West

17: What is older? GORE-TEX™ or Mariah Carey

A :
GORE-TEX™

B :
Mariah Carey

C :
Mariah is immortal

18: Which lake holds the most water in the UK?

A :
Loch Lomond

B :
Windermere

C :
Loch Ness

19: What is the only venomous snake in the UK?

A :
Adder

B :
Grass Snake

C :
Smooth Snake

20: What percentage of Wales is preserved as National Parkland?

A :
19.9%

B :
4.7%

C :
40.5%

21: What was the first place in England to be declared a National Park?

A :
The Peak District

B :
South Downs

C :
The Lake District

22: Which is the smallest county in the UK?

A :
Anglesey

B :
Rutland

C :
Bedfordshire

23: Which animal is officially declared “the most dangerous in Britain”?

A :
Pig

B :
Snake

C :
Cow

24: English oak is the second most common tree species in Britain, what is the first?

A :
Birch

B :
Hawthorn

C :
Beech

25: Ben Nevis is Britain’s highest peak. How high is it in metres?

A :
1203

B :
1345

C :
1480

26: What is the name given to Scottish mountains over 3000ft high?

A :
Munros

B :
Marilyns

C :
Pinnacles

27: Joss Naylor holds the record for the fastest National Three Peaks Challenge (driving) with a time of 11 hours 56 minutes. Which decade did he achieve this?

A :
2010’s

B :
90’s

C :
70’s

28: At which tarn in the Lake District were Alfred Wainwrights ashes scattered?

A :
Red Tarn

B :
Innominate Tarn

C :
Stickle Tarn

29: What is the name given to huts where walkers can sleep for free in Britain, usually found in mountainous and moorland areas?

A :
Bothy

B :
Yurt

C :
Bivvy

30: Who completed the first continuous self-propelled round of the Munros

A :
Hugh Munro

B :
Steven Fallon

C :
Hamish Brown

31: There are two main walking routes to the summit of Ben Nevis. One is named ‘the mountain track’, what is the other called?

A :
Carn Mor Dearg Arete route

B :
Steep Traverse

C :
The Llanberis Path

32: In 2019, Jaxon Krzysik became the youngest person to complete the Three Peaks Challenge. How old was he?

A :
Five

B :
Eight

C :
Three

33: How many islands in GB are greater than 5km2?

A :
82

B :
50

C :
20

34: What is a topographic map?

A :
A topographic map is a 2D configuration of the earth’s surface.

B :
A topographic map is a 3D configuration of the earth’s surface.

C :
A topographic map is configuration of facilities in Great Britain

35: In metres, how high above sea level is Snowdon?

A :
1020

B :
1500

C :
1085

36: How many miles long is Hadrian’s Wall Path?

A :
84 miles

B :
100 miles

C :
75 miles

37: What is the most common knot for tying a climbing rope to your harness?

A :
Bowline knot

B :
Figure 8 knot

C :
Grapevine knot

38: To the nearest 1000, how many km2 of Great Britain do the National Parks cover?

A :
23,000 km2

B :
50,000km2

C :
15,000km2

39: What is a benchmark?

A :
A remembrance plaque on a park bench

B :
Fixed points which were used to calculate a height above the mean sea level.

C :
Another name used for a Trig Pillar

40: What is England’s highest waterfall above ground?

A :
Cautley Spout

B :
Eas a’ Chual Aluinn

C :
Canonteign Falls

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