Dartmoor - Quiz
A) Watts Blake Bearne B) Sibelco C) British Government D) Imerys
A) Open Spaces Society B) Sylvia Sayer C) National Park Authority D) Dartmoor Preservation Association
A) Moretonhampstead B) Princetown C) Buckfastleigh D) Ashburton
A) Avon Dam Reservoir B) Cranmere Pool C) Fernworthy Dam & Reservoir D) Brentor Church
A) High Willhays B) Yes Tor C) Haytor Rock D) North Hessary Tor
A) Great Links Tor B) Hound Tor C) Haytor Rock D) Bowerman's Nose
A) Canonteign Falls B) Devonport Leat C) Spitchwick D) Dartmeet
A) Haytor Granite Tramway B) Tavistock Canal C) Fingle Bridge D) Redlake Tramway
A) Brentor Church B) Wistman's Wood C) Dartmoor Prison D) Grey Wethers
A) Warren House Inn B) Buckfast Abbey C) Dartmoor Prison D) Castle Drogo
A) Crazywell Pool B) Childe's Tomb C) Grey Wethers D) Lydford Gorge
A) Meldon Viaduct and reservoir B) Devonport Leat C) Dartmeet D) Burrator Reservoir
A) Rippon Tor Rifle Range B) North Hessary Tor transmitting station C) Widecombe in the moor D) Two Bridges
A) Haytor Rock B) Great Links Tor C) Yes Tor D) Hound Tor
A) Brentor Church B) Dartmoor Prison C) Castle Drogo D) Buckfast Abbey
A) Dartmeet B) Cranmere Pool C) Spitchwick D) Avon Dam Reservoir
A) Hound Tor B) Great Links Tor C) Cosdon Hill D) Haytor Rock
A) Castle Drogo B) Buckfast Abbey C) Brentor Church D) Dartmoor Prison
A) Wistman's Wood B) Crazywell Pool C) Childe's Tomb D) Lydford Gorge
A) Haytor Rock B) Yes Tor C) Great Links Tor D) Hound Tor
A) Avon Dam Reservoir B) Spitchwick C) Cranmere Pool D) Dartmeet
A) Tavistock Canal B) Haytor Granite Tramway C) Fingle Bridge D) Redlake Tramway
A) Haytor Granite Tramway B) Redlake Tramway C) Tavistock Canal D) Fingle Bridge
A) Two Bridges B) Warren House Inn C) Widecombe in the moor D) Buckfast Abbey
A) Widecombe in the moor B) Warren House Inn C) Buckfast Abbey D) Two Bridges
A) Childe's Tomb B) Crazywell Pool C) Lydford Gorge D) Wistman's Wood
A) Dartmeet B) Burrator Reservoir C) Cranmere Pool D) Avon Dam Reservoir
A) The presence of Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix, European dry heaths, blanket bogs, and old sessile oak woods. B) The moors topped with granite tors cover half of Dartmoor. C) Dartmoor has strong winds and acidic soils due to its height and geology. D) Its granite tors are the most iconic part of Dartmoor's landscape.
A) Atlantic salmon B) Common snipe C) Pied flycatcher D) Skylark
A) Goldspot lichen B) Purple rock lichen C) Smith's horsehair lichen D) Brown cobblestone lichen
A) Ash black B) Adder C) Common lizard D) Barbastelle bat
A) Meadow pipit and stonechat B) Skylark and common snipe C) Ring ouzel and cuckoo D) Pied flycatcher and wood warbler
A) Upland heathlands B) Bracken areas C) Old oak woodlands D) Wet valleys
A) Common redstart and wood warbler B) Pied flycatcher and meadow pipit C) Stonechat and skylark D) Barbastelle, greater horseshoe bats, and lesser horseshoe bats
A) Common lizards and adders B) Barbastelle bats and horseshoe bats C) Palmate newts, frogs, and toads D) Otters and hazel dormice
A) They are primarily composed of blanket bogs. B) Over 60 species of lichens grow on their exposed surfaces. C) They are home to exceptional epiphytic mosses, liverworts, and lichens. D) They cover half of Dartmoor's landscape.
A) Wet valleys around the edge of the moors B) Granite tors C) Old oak woodlands D) Upland heaths
A) Skylark and common snipe B) Pied flycatcher and wood warbler C) Meadow pipit and stonechat D) Ring ouzel and cuckoo
A) They are primarily composed of blanket bogs. B) They cover half of Dartmoor's landscape. C) They have a distinctive group of insects including the blue ground beetle. D) They are home to exceptional epiphytic mosses, liverworts, and lichens.
A) Smith's horsehair lichen B) Sphagnum and other mosses C) Purple rock lichen D) Brown cobblestone lichen
A) Wet valleys B) Old oak woodlands C) Granite tors D) Heathlands
A) Temperate B) Tropical C) Arid D) Continental
A) Colder B) Milder C) Wetter D) Drier
A) Reaching 30 °C (86 °F) B) Not reaching 18 °C (64 °F) C) Reaching 15 °C (59 °F) D) Reaching 25 °C (77 °F)
A) 1.0 °C (1.8 °F) B) 3.0 °C (5.4 °F) C) 5.0 °C (9.0 °F) D) 10.0 °C (18.0 °F)
A) 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) B) 2.6 °C (4.7 °F) C) 4.0 °C (7.2 °F) D) 3.5 °C (6.3 °F)
A) Three times as frequent B) At least five times as frequent C) Twice as frequent D) Ten times as frequent
A) About 200 days B) Less than 175 days C) Exactly 250 days D) More than 300 days
A) 100 days B) 5 days C) 20 days D) 50 days
A) Up by 1.0 °C (1.8 °F) B) No change C) Up by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) D) Down by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F)
A) Increased by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) B) Increased by 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) C) No change D) Decreased by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F)
A) Convection caused by solar surface heating B) Cold fronts moving from the north C) High pressure systems D) Desert winds
A) Cornwall B) Somerset C) Devon D) Wiltshire
A) 1945 B) 1960 C) 1951 D) 1975
A) 1200 km2 B) 800 km2 C) 954 km2 D) 1000 km2
A) Jurassic Period B) Carboniferous Period C) Triassic Period D) Permian Period
A) 500 km2 B) 800 km2 C) 625 km2 D) 700 km2
A) Shale veins B) Sandstone layers C) Limestone deposits D) Partly digested shale xenoliths
A) Dartmoor Marathon B) Ten Tors Challenge C) Granite Trek D) Moorland Run
A) Snowdon B) Yes Tor C) Ryder's Hill D) High Willhays
A) Moorland pools B) "Feather beds" or "quakers" C) Dartmoor marshes D) Swampy grounds
A) 2025 B) 2045 C) 2050 D) 2030
A) River Avon B) River Taw C) River Thames D) River Teign
A) Iron Age B) Bronze Age C) Roman Era D) Neolithic
A) Animal grazing B) Water erosion C) Stone tools D) Fire
A) Alkaline soil B) Highly acidic soil C) Sandy soil D) Clay soil
A) Laughter Tor stone row B) Upper Erme stone row C) Challacombe stone row D) Scorhill stone row
A) 45 meters B) 15 meters C) 35 meters D) 26.8 meters
A) Turf barriers B) L-shaped porches C) Circular walls D) Stone roofs
A) Roman sarcophagi B) Neolithic stone box-like tombs C) Iron Age pyramids D) Bronze Age burial mounds
A) A French company during the Napoleonic Wars. B) Isbell Rowe & Company, Plymouth. C) The British government. D) Local villagers.
A) Coal mining. B) Shipbuilding. C) Textile manufacturing. D) The tin-mining industry.
A) 3.7%. B) 57.3%. C) 14%. D) About 37%.
A) 100 km (62 mi). B) 500 km (310 mi). C) 900 km (560 mi). D) About 730 km (450 mi).
A) July 2023 B) May 2025 C) 1977 D) January 2023
A) The Ministry of Defence B) Alexander Darwall C) Julian Flaux D) Martin Shaw
A) January 2023 B) 31 July 2023 C) 21 May 2025 D) 1977
A) 1985 B) 1977 C) 2005 D) 2023
A) Julian Flaux B) Alexander Darwall C) The Ministry of Defence D) Martin Shaw
A) Dragons B) Pixies C) Mermaids D) Unicorns
A) Childe's Tomb B) Jay's Grave C) Stone crosses D) Bowerman's Nose
A) Felicia Hemans B) Lord Byron C) William Wordsworth D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
A) Benighted B) Lost Empires C) An Inspector Calls D) They Came to a City
A) Eden Phillpotts B) Bertram Fletcher Robinson C) Agatha Christie D) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A) War Horse B) The Hounds of Baskerville C) Hitman 3 D) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A) Game of Thrones B) Doctor Who C) Sherlock D) Black Mirror
A) John Leland B) John Swete C) William Crossing D) Richard Gough
A) 1909 B) 1540s C) 1938 D) 1789
A) To protect wildlife B) Due to high rainfall C) For environmental reasons D) Because of private ownership
A) Hill walking B) Cycling C) Rock climbing D) Letterboxing
A) The Dewerstone B) Hound Tor C) Haytor D) The Loop
A) Princetown B) Okehampton C) Postbridge D) Haytor
A) Car headlights B) Street lamps with incandescent bulbs C) LED street lights D) Industrial lighting
A) 173 Stagecoach B) 359 Country bus C) 271 Country bus D) 98 Oakleys
A) Summer Saturdays only B) Only during school holidays C) Every day of the week D) Weekdays only
A) 359 Country bus B) 178 Country bus C) 173 Stagecoach D) 98 Oakleys
A) Guides for hiking trails B) Information, maps, guidebooks C) Changing displays of local art D) Exhibits on Dartmoor's history
A) Country bus B) GWR C) Oakleys D) Stagecoach |
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