Lake District - Quiz
Lake District
  • 1. Which traditional dish from the Lake District is made with mutton and topped with potatoes?
A) Shepherd's Pie
B) Tatie Pot
C) Cumberland Pie
D) Mutton Stew
  • 2. What Protected Geographical Status dish is a spiced, unlinked pork sausage from the Lake District?
A) Lake District Pork Roll
B) Northern Spicy Sausage
C) Traditional Cumberland Sausage
D) Cumbrian Pork Banger
  • 3. Which Michelin Star restaurant is located just outside the World Heritage Site boundaries of the Lake District?
A) Lake Road Kitchen
B) L'Enclume
C) Old Stamp House
D) The Cottage in the Wood
  • 4. Who was the first to bring attention to the Lake District through a journal written in 1769?
A) Robert Southey
B) William Wordsworth
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) Thomas Gray
  • 5. Which poem by William Wordsworth was inspired by the sight of daffodils on Ullswater?
A) "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"
B) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
C) "The Prelude"
D) "Tintern Abbey"
  • 6. Where are William Wordsworth and his wife buried?
A) Rydal Mount graveyard
B) Ambleside cemetery
C) Grasmere churchyard
D) Keswick churchyard
  • 7. Which Lake District resident was the Poet Laureate before Wordsworth?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) Robert Southey
C) John Wilson
D) Thomas de Quincey
  • 8. Which author lived at Hill Top Farm and set many stories in the Lake District?
A) Melvyn Bragg
B) Beatrix Potter
C) Norman Nicholson
D) Arthur Ransome
  • 9. Which children's author lived in several areas of the Lake District and set five books there?
A) Beatrix Potter
B) Melvyn Bragg
C) Arthur Ransome
D) Norman Nicholson
  • 10. Which novelist lived at 'Brackenburn' overlooking Derwent Water?
A) Sir Hugh Walpole
B) Reginald Hill
C) Val McDermid
D) Martin Edwards
  • 11. Which book by Richard Adams is set in the Lake District and offers a view of its natural beauty?
A) Watership Down
B) The Wind in the Willows
C) The Plague Dogs
D) Tarka the Otter
  • 12. Which author has used the Lake District as a setting for his novel 'A Time to Dance'?
A) Ian McEwan
B) Jilly Cooper
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Melvyn Bragg
  • 13. Which graphic novel by Bryan Talbot is set in the Lake District?
A) Batman: The Killing Joke
B) The Tale of One Bad Rat
C) V for Vendetta
D) Watchmen
  • 14. Which memoirist and nature writer published 'The Shepherd's Life' detailing life as a sheep farmer in the Lake District?
A) Norman Nicholson
B) James Rebanks
C) Melvyn Bragg
D) Hugh Walpole
  • 15. Which author wrote 'The Torrents of Spring', featuring the Lake District?
A) Jilly Cooper
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Ian McEwan
D) Reginald Hill
  • 16. Which author set their romantic novel 'Prudence' in the Lake District?
A) Jilly Cooper
B) Val McDermid
C) Ian McEwan
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 17. Which author set their novel 'Amsterdam', which won the Booker Prize, in the Lake District?
A) Melvyn Bragg
B) Ian McEwan
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Jilly Cooper
  • 18. Which author is known for setting crime novels in the Lake District?
A) Reginald Hill
B) Ian McEwan
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) Jilly Cooper
  • 19. Which author set their mystery novel 'The Woman Died Thrice' in the Lake District?
A) Jilly Cooper
B) Sophie Jackson (pen name Evelyn James)
C) Ian McEwan
D) Melvyn Bragg
  • 20. Which lake in the Lake District is actually called 'Lake'?
A) Bassenthwaite Lake
B) Windermere
C) Ullswater
D) Coniston Water
  • 21. What are the common names for lakes in the Lake District other than 'Lake'?
A) Meres, tarns, and waters
B) Fens, swamps, and marshes
C) Bays, gulfs, and seas
D) Ponds, streams, and rivers
  • 22. Which term is the most common for naming lakes in the Lake District?
A) Tarn
B) Water
C) Mere
D) Lake
  • 23. What type of woodland is native to both Britain and Europe?
A) Fir woodlands
B) Oak woodlands
C) Birch woodlands
D) Pine woodlands
  • 24. Which animal is native to the Lake District and found only in a few other parts of England?
A) Grey squirrel
B) Badger
C) Red squirrel
D) Fox
  • 25. What type of vegetation thrives due to high rainfall in the Lake District?
A) Desert shrubs
B) Tropical plants
C) Cacti and succulents
D) Atlantic mosses, ferns, lichen, and liverworts
  • 26. What are the management practices used for woodlands in the Lake District?
A) Fertilizing, irrigating, and pruning
B) Coppicing, pollarding, natural growth, grazing and shelter provision
C) Harvesting, composting, and mulching
D) Clear cutting, burning, and replanting
  • 27. Which sea borders the Lake District?
A) Irish Sea
B) North Sea
C) Baltic Sea
D) English Channel
  • 28. What are the names of the estuaries included in the Lake District's coast?
A) Thames, Severn, and Trent
B) Avon, Ouse, and Don
C) Esk, Irt, and Mite
D) Tyne, Wear, and Tees
  • 29. Which nature reserves protect the dune systems in the Lake District?
A) Drigg Dunes, Gullery, and Eskmeals Dunes
B) Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland Coast, and Solway Coast
C) New Forest, Exmoor, and Dartmoor
D) Lake District National Park, Yorkshire Dales, and Snowdonia
  • 30. Which estuaries are part of the 'Lake District Peninsulas'?
A) Clyde, Forth, and Tay
B) Severn, Humber, and Mersey
C) Tamar, Camel, and Exe
D) Duddon, Leven, and Kent Estuary
  • 31. What type of deposits form extensive flats behind the Lake District coast?
A) Raised marine deposits
B) Volcanic ash layers
C) Glacial till deposits
D) River silt deposits
  • 32. Which peak marks the culmination of the Northern Fells?
A) Blencathra
B) Carrock Fell
C) Skiddaw
D) Grasmoor
  • 33. What is the highest point in the North Western Fells?
A) Thornthwaite Forest
B) Dale Head
C) Robinson
D) Grasmoor
  • 34. What is England's deepest lake located in the Western Fells?
A) Bassenthwaite Lake
B) Loweswater
C) Derwent Water
D) Wastwater
  • 35. Which peak is the highest point in the Eastern Fells?
A) Fairfield
B) Helvellyn
C) Red Screes
D) Seat Sandal
  • 36. What feature characterizes the central ridge of the Central Fells?
A) Rounded Skiddaw slate
B) Exceptionally boggy
C) Highly elevated
D) Craggy and steep
  • 37. Which pass is located at the southernmost point of the North Western Fells?
A) Honister Pass
B) Lorton Vale
C) Keswick Pass
D) Buttermere Pass
  • 38. What is the highest peak in the Far Eastern Fells?
A) Bampton Common
B) High Street
C) Shap Fell
D) Martindale Common
  • 39. Which area forms a long north-to-south ridge in the Eastern Fells?
A) Kirkstone Pass
B) Red Screes
C) Fairfield group
D) Helvellyn range
  • 40. Which peak is also known as Saddleback in the Northern Fells?
A) Blencathra
B) Carrock Fell
C) Grasmoor
D) Skiddaw
  • 41. Which fells are located between Borrowdale and Bassenthwaite Lake?
A) North Western Fells
B) Northern Fells
C) Central Fells
D) Western Fells
  • 42. What is the highest peak in the Western Fells?
A) Kirk Fell
B) Haystacks
C) Seatallan
D) Great Gable
  • 43. Which feature is a showpiece of the Western Fells?
A) Loweswater Fells
B) High Stile ridge
C) Pillar Rock
D) Great Gable
  • 44. What natural feature is located in the valley of Coledale?
A) Lakes
B) Forests
C) Hills
D) Ridges
  • 45. Which fells lie between Buttermere and Wasdale?
A) Northern Fells
B) Eastern Fells
C) Western Fells
D) Central Fells
  • 46. Which railway line skirts the eastern edge of the Lake District?
A) The Windermere Branch Line
B) The Cumbrian Coast Line
C) The West Coast Main Line
D) The Penrith to Cockermouth Railway
  • 47. What is the name of the railway line that penetrates from Kendal to Windermere?
A) Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
B) Cumbrian Coast Line
C) Windermere Branch Line
D) West Coast Main Line
  • 48. Which railway line gives a connection to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway?
A) Windermere Branch Line
B) The Cumbrian Coast Line
C) Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
D) West Coast Main Line
  • 49. Which railway line was closed west of Keswick in 1966?
A) Windermere Branch Line
B) The Penrith to Cockermouth Railway
C) Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
D) Cumbrian Coast Line
  • 50. Which railway once served Broughton-in-Furness?
A) The Windermere Branch Line
B) The Cumbrian Coast Line
C) A former railway line, now closed to passengers in 1958
D) The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
  • 51. What is the name of the vehicle-carrying cable ferry across Windermere?
A) Derwent Water Ferry
B) Coniston Water Ferry
C) The Windermere Ferry
D) Ullswater Ferry
  • 52. What is another name for the Lake District?
A) Lakeland
B) Cairngorms
C) Peak District
D) Yorkshire Dales
  • 53. In which county is the Lake District located?
A) Lancashire
B) Cumbria
C) North Yorkshire
D) Westmorland
  • 54. What is the highest mountain in England, located in the Lake District?
A) Scafell Pike
B) Ben Nevis
C) Skiddaw
D) Helvellyn
  • 55. When was the Lake District National Park established?
A) 1965
B) 1951
C) 1974
D) 1947
  • 56. What year was the Lake District designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 2017
B) 1995
C) 1989
D) 2006
  • 57. How many major lakes are there in the Lake District?
A) 12
B) 20
C) 10
D) 16
  • 58. How many tourist visitors did the Lake District receive in 2024?
A) 10 million
B) 15 million
C) 20 million
D) 17.73 million
  • 59. Which town is not located within the Lake District National Park?
A) Carlisle
B) Keswick
C) Ambleside
D) Bowness-on-Windermere
  • 60. Where is the visitor centre on Windermere located?
A) Brockhole
B) Keswick
C) Ambleside
D) Grasmere
  • 61. How many members does the Lake District National Park Authority have?
A) 20
B) 30
C) 25
D) 15
  • 62. Which of these towns is contiguous with Windermere?
A) Bowness-on-Windermere
B) Grasmere
C) Keswick
D) Ambleside
  • 63. What is the total area of the Lake District National Park?
A) 3,000 km²
B) 4,000 km²
C) 2,362 km² (912 square miles)
D) 1,500 km²
  • 64. Which of these settlements is not within the Lake District National Park?
A) Ambleside
B) Windermere
C) Barrow-in-Furness
D) Keswick
  • 65. Which trunk road flanks the Lake District to the east?
A) A5092
B) A66
C) A590
D) A6
  • 66. What major route connects the M6 to Barrow-in-Furness across the southern fringes of the Lake District?
A) A66
B) A590
C) A5092
D) A6
  • 67. Which road forms part of the park boundary from Calder Bridge to Holmrook?
A) A5092
B) A66
C) A591
D) A595
  • 68. Which road continues northwards from Windermere to Ullswater and Penrith?
A) A592
B) A5074
C) A593
D) A5084
  • 69. Which B road serves Lorton Vale and Buttermere?
A) B5343
B) B5289
C) B5292
D) B5322
  • 70. Which B road serves the valley of St John's in the Vale?
A) B5322
B) B5292
C) B5343
D) B5289
  • 71. Great Langdale is served by which B road?
A) B5322
B) B5343
C) B5292
D) B5289
  • 72. A minor road through which valley connects via Newlands Hause with the B5289 at Buttermere?
A) St John's in the Vale
B) Lorton Vale
C) Great Langdale
D) Newlands Valley
  • 73. Which valley is served by a cul-de-sac minor road?
A) Eskdale
B) Dunnerdale
C) Wasdale
D) Little Langdale
  • 74. What is the approximate percentage of land in the Lake District owned by the National Trust?
A) 3.9%
B) 25%
C) 55%
D) 8%
  • 75. Which organization owns 8% of the land in the Lake District?
A) Lake District National Park Authority
B) Forestry Commission
C) National Trust
D) United Utilities
  • 76. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of valleys in the Lake District?
A) U-shaped cross-sections
B) Flat ground at infilled heads
C) Long narrow lakes
D) V-shaped cross-sections
  • 77. What type of land cover predominates lower down the fells in the Lake District?
A) Deciduous woodland
B) Moorland
C) Conifer plantations
D) Rocky terrain
  • 78. What type of valleys are primarily a result of glaciations in the Lake District?
A) U-shaped valleys
B) Radial valleys
C) Lateral valleys
D) V-shaped valleys
  • 79. What is the highest point in the southeastern area of the Lake District?
A) Gummer's How
B) Whitbarrow
C) Grizedale Forest
D) Top o' Selside
  • 80. Which wood is a site of special scientific interest in the southwestern Lake District?
A) Glaramara Ridge
B) Grizedale Forest
C) Wastwater Screes
D) Miterdale Head Wood
  • 81. Which town is located at the eastern edge of the southeastern area?
A) Morecambe
B) Kendal
C) Lindale
D) Barrow-in-Furness
  • 82. What type of geological feature is Gummer's How in the southeastern area?
A) A river valley
B) A mountain peak
C) A forest
D) A limestone cuesta
  • 83. Which geological feature is responsible for the Lake District being an upland massif?
A) A granite batholith beneath the area
B) Ordovician sedimentary rocks
C) Carboniferous Limestone deposits
D) Volcanic activity from Borrowdale Volcanic Group
  • 84. What is the age progression of rocks from northwest to southeast in the Lake District?
A) The rocks remain the same age
B) The rocks become older
C) Generally, the rocks become younger
D) There is no clear age progression
  • 85. Where is the wettest inhabited place in England located?
A) Keswick
B) Penrith
C) Windermere
D) Seathwaite, Borrowdale
  • 86. Which location records over 5,000 mm of rain per year?
A) Sprinkling Tarn
B) Windermere
C) Penrith
D) Keswick
  • 87. How many days per year does Helvellyn experience significant snowfall on average?
A) 20 days
B) 145 days
C) 67 days
D) 200 days
  • 88. What is the average number of completely dry days in the Lake District valleys?
A) 145 days
B) 200 days
C) 20 days
D) 67 days
  • 89. What type of climate does the Lake District have?
A) Continental climate
B) Desert climate
C) Tropical climate
D) Maritime climate
  • 90. Which bird species nested in the Lake District for the first time in over 150 years during 2001?
A) Red kites
B) Golden eagles
C) Ospreys
D) Peregrines
  • 91. How many chicks have fledged in the Lake District since 2001 due to osprey recolonisation?
A) 30
B) 15
C) 23
D) 10
  • 92. What is the population of red kites in Cumbria as of 2012?
A) Less than 50
B) Over 200
C) Exactly 100
D) Approximately 90
  • 93. What year was the new fisheries byelaw introduced to protect rare fish species in the Lake District?
A) 2010
B) 2005
C) 1998
D) 2002
  • 94. Which non-native fish is known to eat vendace eggs, posing a threat to their population?
A) Roach
B) Ruffe
C) Pike
D) Perch
  • 95. What is the annual precipitation exceeding in central areas of the Lake District, affecting lichen growth?
A) 5000mm
B) 2500mm
C) 3000mm
D) 4000mm
  • 96. What is a distinctive feature of the montane lichen flora in the Lake District?
A) It is more diverse than the Scottish Highlands.
B) Lack of rare species.
C) Absence of base-rich rock.
D) Over 55 species recorded from high-level areas.
  • 97. Which species was first discovered in Langdale in 1889?
A) Peregrine falcon
B) Common raven
C) Dipper
D) Umbilicaria crustulosa
  • 98. Which breed of sheep is most closely associated with the Lake District?
A) Dorset
B) Herdwick
C) Ryeland
D) Jacob
  • 99. What was one of the earliest industries in the Lake District?
A) Stone axe production.
B) Fishing.
C) Silk weaving.
D) Copper mining.
  • 100. Which mineral's local mining led to the development of the pencil industry in Keswick?
A) Copper
B) Graphite
C) Slate
D) Baryte
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