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Dartmoor National Park - Quiz
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  • 1. What type of landscape is Dartmoor known for?
A) Moorland
B) Desert
C) Rainforest
D) Tundra
  • 2. What is the name of the highest point in Dartmoor?
A) Peak Mountains
B) Mount Everest
C) High Willhays
D) Summit Hill
  • 3. Which river flows through Dartmoor?
A) Nile River
B) Amazon River
C) Mississippi River
D) River Dart
  • 4. What outdoor activity is popular in Dartmoor?
A) Rock Climbing
B) Surfing
C) Skiing
D) Hiking
  • 5. Which famous author wrote a novel inspired by Dartmoor?
A) J.K. Rowling
B) Agatha Christie
C) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
D) Charles Dickens
  • 6. What is the traditional livestock breed commonly found grazing on Dartmoor?
A) Sheep
B) Dartmoor Pony
C) Cows
D) Chickens
  • 7. What famous Sherlock Holmes story features Dartmoor?
A) The Hound of the Baskervilles
B) The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
C) A Study in Scarlet
D) The Sign of the Four
  • 8. What is the traditional material used to build Dartmoor longhouses?
A) Brick
B) Granite
C) Concrete
D) Wood
  • 9. In which county is Dartmoor located?
A) Cornwall
B) Devon
C) Gloucestershire
D) Somerset
  • 10. When was Dartmoor granted National Park status?
A) 1945
B) 1975
C) 1951
D) 1960
  • 11. How many square kilometers does Dartmoor National Park cover?
A) 800 km²
B) 954 km²
C) 1000 km²
D) 1200 km²
  • 12. What geological period did the granite of Dartmoor form in?
A) Devonian Period
B) Cretaceous Period
C) Jurassic Period
D) Carboniferous Period
  • 13. How many tors are there on Dartmoor with the word 'tor' in their name?
A) About 200
B) Exactly 100
C) More than 160
D) Less than 50
  • 14. What is the approximate age of the granite intrusion on Dartmoor?
A) 250 million years ago
B) 309 million years ago
C) 150 million years ago
D) 400 million years ago
  • 15. What is the name of the annual event focused on Dartmoor's tors?
A) Granite Trek
B) Moorland Run
C) Dartmoor Marathon
D) Ten Tors Challenge
  • 16. How many members are in the Dartmoor National Park Authority?
A) 15
B) 22
C) 30
D) 10
  • 17. What is the altitude of High Willhays in feet?
A) 3,000 ft
B) 1,800 ft
C) 1,500 ft
D) 2,037 ft
  • 18. For how many years have parts of Dartmoor been used as military firing ranges?
A) 50 years
B) Over 200 years
C) 300 years
D) 100 years
  • 19. What is the name of the highest point on the southern moor of Dartmoor?
A) Ryder's Hill
B) Haytor
C) Snowdon
D) Yes Tor
  • 20. What is the name of the best-known tor on Dartmoor?
A) Yes Tor
B) Haytor
C) High Willhays
D) Ryder's Hill
  • 21. Where does the River Dart leave the moor?
A) Dartmouth
B) Totnes
C) Buckfastleigh
D) Fernworthy Reservoir
  • 22. What is the nickname given to dangerous bogs that can shift beneath a person's feet on Dartmoor?
A) "Feather beds" or "quakers"
B) "Grasslands"
C) "Damp fields"
D) "Mossy patches"
  • 23. What type of vegetation primarily makes up the blanket bog on Dartmoor?
A) Ferns and bracken
B) Cotton-grass, sedges, Bog Asphodel, and Common Tormentil
C) Heather and gorse
D) Rushes, sundews, and sphagnum
  • 24. What happens when a man kicks a top-hat in Aune Mire, according to Sabine Baring-Gould?
A) It transforms into a different object.
B) The hat disappears without a trace.
C) A voice calls out from beneath the mire.
D) Nothing unusual happens.
  • 25. What type of moss contributes to the formation of quakers on Dartmoor?
A) Bryophytes
B) Ferns
C) Mosses in general
D) Sphagnum moss
  • 26. Which type of soil is found on Dartmoor due to its granite geology?
A) Acidic soils
B) Alkaline soils
C) Clayey soils
D) Loamy soils
  • 27. What is the primary reason for Dartmoor being a Special Area of Conservation (SAC)?
A) Urban parks
B) Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix
C) River valleys
D) Coastal sand dunes
  • 28. Which species is a primary reason for Dartmoor's SAC designation due to its population?
A) Red fox
B) European rabbit
C) Southern damselfly
D) Common frog
  • 29. What type of woodland is Wistman's Wood classified as?
A) Mixed deciduous
B) Pine forests
C) Old sessile oak woods
D) Beech woodlands
  • 30. Which type of moss is found in Wistman's Wood?
A) Silver birch moss
B) Smith's horsehair lichen
C) Red pine moss
D) Golden oak moss
  • 31. Which bird species on Dartmoor is rare nationally?
A) Robin
B) House sparrow
C) Ring ouzel
D) Starling
  • 32. What type of habitat supports internationally important populations of meadow pipit and stonechat on Dartmoor?
A) Woodlands
B) Urban gardens
C) Riverbanks
D) Upland heaths
  • 33. Which mammal species found on Dartmoor is of particular importance due to its rarity?
A) Red squirrel
B) Barbastelle bat
C) European badger
D) Grey fox
  • 34. What type of insect is found in the old oak woodlands on Dartmoor?
A) Heckford's pygmy moth
B) Dragonfly
C) Honeybee
D) Monarch butterfly
  • 35. Which reptile is found on Dartmoor?
A) Garter snake
B) Corn snake
C) King cobra
D) Adder
  • 36. What type of habitat is most important for insects around the edge of Dartmoor?
A) Desert areas
B) Urban parks
C) Mountain peaks
D) Wet valleys farmland
  • 37. Which type of bird is a migrant species found in Dartmoor woodlands?
A) Eagle owl
B) Goshawk
C) Pied flycatcher
D) Peregrine falcon
  • 38. Which type of lichen grows on the exposed surfaces of granite tors?
A) Yellow sun lichen
B) Blue sky lichen
C) Purple rock lichen
D) Green leaf lichen
  • 39. Which amphibian breeds in the numerous small pools on Dartmoor?
A) Axolotl
B) Palmate newt
C) Caecilian
D) Salamander
  • 40. Which shrimp species is found in underground streams on Dartmoor?
A) Saltwater shrimp
B) River shrimp
C) Cave shrimp
D) Freshwater shrimp
  • 41. By what year does Dartmoor aim to be carbon negative?
A) 2045
B) 2035
C) 2050
D) 2060
  • 42. What was the primary method used by prehistoric settlers for clearing land on Dartmoor?
A) Axe
B) Fire
C) Chemical treatment
D) Ploughing
  • 43. Which site is known as the longest stone row in the world?
A) Merrivale
B) Upper Erme stone row.
C) Challacombe
D) Beardown Man
  • 44. What feature is located near Devil's Tor and is 3.5 meters high?
A) Grey Wethers
B) Upper Erme stone row
C) Laughter Tor
D) Beardown Man.
  • 45. What type of prehistoric remains are kistvaens and cairns?
A) Standing stones.
B) Iron Age forts
C) Granite buildings
D) Medieval castles
  • 46. Which site has a double stone circle aligned almost exactly north-south?
A) Shovel Down
B) Drizzlecombe
C) Scorhill
D) Grey Wethers.
  • 47. What significant change occurred after a few thousand years that affected Dartmoor's climate?
A) The climate became significantly warmer.
B) The climate remained unchanged.
C) The mild climate deteriorated.
D) Dartmoor experienced an ice age.
  • 48. What is the approximate length of the double stone row at Merrivale?
A) 164 meters (538 feet)
B) 3300 meters (10800 feet)
C) 182 meters (597 feet)
D) 120 meters (390 feet)
  • 49. Which site is located east of Sheepstor village and features a triple stone row?
A) Laughter Tor
B) Challacombe.
C) Shovel Down
D) Scorhill
  • 50. What is the circumference of the circle at Scorhill?
A) 182 meters (597 feet)
B) 120 meters (390 feet)
C) 26.8 meters (88 feet)
D) 164 meters (538 feet)
  • 51. What is the length of the stone row at Shovel Down?
A) Approximately 120 meters (390 feet)
B) 164 meters (538 feet)
C) 182 meters (597 feet)
D) 3300 meters (10800 feet)
  • 52. What is the estimated number of hut circles still surviving on Dartmoor?
A) 10,000
B) 7,500
C) 3,000
D) 5,000
  • 53. What feature do some hut circles have to protect against wind and rain?
A) Stone roofs
B) Circular walls
C) Rectangular windows
D) L-shaped porches
  • 54. Where can particularly good examples of hut circles with L-shaped porches be found?
A) The Ancient Tenements
B) Dartmoor Prison
C) Princetown
D) Grimspound
  • 55. When did the climate on Dartmoor become wetter and cooler, leading to abandonment?
A) Early Mediaeval period
B) Napoleonic Wars
C) 14th century
D) Around 1000 BC
  • 56. What are the earliest surviving farms on Dartmoor known as?
A) Hut circles
B) The Ancient Tenements
C) Kistvaens
D) Dartmoor Prison
  • 57. What style of homes did early Mediaeval settlers on Dartmoor prefer?
A) Longhouse
B) Prison cells
C) Kistvaens
D) Hut circles
  • 58. Who originally built Dartmoor Prison?
A) National Trust
B) Isbell Rowe & Company, Plymouth
C) The Duke of Cornwall
D) Forestry Commission
  • 59. What is Dartmoor Prison known for?
A) Producing tin
B) Being escape-proof
C) Hosting annual festivals
D) Its beautiful gardens
  • 60. What percentage of Dartmoor National Park is private land?
A) 57.3%
B) 3.8%
C) 14%
D) 37%
  • 61. What percentage of Dartmoor is common land?
A) About 37%
B) 57.3%
C) 14%
D) 3.8%
  • 62. When did the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 open up much of the remaining restricted land to walkers on Dartmoor?
A) 1999
B) 2006
C) 2010
D) 1985
  • 63. In January 2023, who brought a case that initially affected wild camping rights on Dartmoor?
A) The Ministry of Defence
B) Alexander Darwall
C) Julian Flaux
D) Martin Shaw
  • 64. Who led the protest against new restrictions on wild camping in January 2023?
A) Alexander Darwall
B) The Ministry of Defence
C) Martin Shaw
D) Julian Flaux
  • 65. On what date did the Supreme Court uphold the decision to allow wild camping on Dartmoor?
A) 21 May 2025
B) 31 July 2023
C) January 2023
D) June 2024
  • 66. What indicates that live firing is taking place in the military areas of Dartmoor?
A) White lights
B) Green signals
C) Blue banners
D) Red flags on flagpoles
  • 67. When was the Rippon Tor Rifle Range closed?
A) 1977
B) 1999
C) 1985
D) 2005
  • 68. What is the purpose of red flags flying on many tors in and around Dartmoor's military ranges?
A) Show a training exercise
B) Mark a wildlife reserve
C) Indicate that firing is taking place
D) Signal a public event
  • 69. Who was the Chancellor of the High Court in the January 2023 judgment regarding wild camping on Dartmoor?
A) Julian Flaux
B) The Chief Justice
C) Martin Shaw
D) Alexander Darwall
  • 70. What is the size of the areas used by the Ministry of Defence on Dartmoor?
A) 50 km2 (19.3 sq mi)
B) 108.71 km2 (41.97 sq mi)
C) 200 km2 (77.2 sq mi)
D) 300 km2 (115.8 sq mi)
  • 71. What type of rounds may be used in Dartmoor's military areas without prior public notification?
A) Blank rounds
B) Simulated explosives
C) Live ammunition
D) Practice targets
  • 72. What action did the British government take regarding licences for china clay mining?
A) Licences were recently renounced after public pressure.
B) Licences were sold to private investors.
C) Licences were extended indefinitely.
D) Licences were granted without controversy.
  • 73. Which organization was a critic of military training on Dartmoor?
A) Sylvia Sayer
B) Imerys
C) Buckfast Abbey
D) British Government
  • 74. How many objections did the national park authority receive regarding military training on Dartmoor?
A) No objections
B) 1,700 objections
C) 500 objections
D) 3,000 objections
  • 75. What type of structure is Castle Drogo?
A) Edwardian faux castle
B) Roman villa
C) Medieval fortress
D) Victorian mansion
  • 76. Which waterfall is the second highest in England?
A) Dartmeet Falls
B) Devonport Leat
C) Bowerman's Nose
D) Canonteign Falls
  • 77. What is notable about Duck's Pool?
A) It has a memorial to local writer William Crossing.
B) It is an artificial lake.
C) It is the site of Dartmoor Prison.
D) It is a granite-faced dam.
  • 78. Which structure was built by Edwin Lutyens?
A) Meldon Viaduct
B) Castle Drogo
C) Buckfast Abbey
D) Fingle Bridge
  • 79. What is the significance of Widecombe in the moor?
A) It has a church rumoured to have been struck by lightning.
B) It is the location of Dartmoor Prison.
C) It is the highest inn in south west England.
D) It is a swimming spot.
  • 80. What type of vegetation can be found in Wistman's Wood?
A) Stunted oaks
B) Eucalyptus
C) Cedar trees
D) Pine trees
  • 81. Which tor is said to be shaped like a nose?
A) Hound Tor
B) Yes Tor
C) Haytor Rock
D) Bowerman's Nose
  • 82. What is the historical significance of Grimspound?
A) Bronze Age settlement
B) Medieval castle
C) Victorian mansion
D) Roman fort
  • 83. Which reservoir is popular for walks and trout fishing?
A) Burrator Reservoir
B) Fernworthy Dam & Reservoir
C) Meldon Viaduct
D) Avon Dam Reservoir
  • 84. Which inn is reputed to have a fire that has not gone out for hundreds of years?
A) Dartmoor Prison
B) Buckfast Abbey
C) Two Bridges
D) Warren House Inn
  • 85. What is the purpose of North Hessary Tor transmitting station?
A) A historical monument.
B) A TV mast visible for many miles.
C) A military lookout post.
D) A tourist attraction.
  • 86. Which mythical creature is said to haunt Dartmoor?
A) Unicorns
B) Dragons
C) Pixies
D) Mermaids
  • 87. Which Dartmoor landmark is associated with ghost stories?
A) Childe's Tomb
B) Tavistock Abbey
C) Bovey Castle
D) Exeter Cathedral
  • 88. Who won the Royal Society of Literature prize for a poem on Dartmoor in 1820?
A) John Keats
B) Felicia Hemans
C) William Wordsworth
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 89. Which 2010 film used Ditsworthy Warren House as a filming location?
A) Avatar
B) Inception
C) War Horse
D) The King's Speech
  • 90. What is the name of the fictional animal testing centre in 'The Hounds of Baskerville'?
A) 'Baskerville'
B) 'Moriarty'
C) 'Watson'
D) 'Sherlock'
  • 91. Who was one of the first people to visit Dartmoor for pleasure?
A) William Crossing
B) Richard Gough
C) John Swete
D) John Leland
  • 92. When was William Crossing's definitive Guide to Dartmoor published?
A) 1938
B) 1540s
C) 1909
D) 1789
  • 93. What is the origin of letterboxing on Dartmoor?
A) 18th century
B) 17th century
C) 19th century
D) 20th century
  • 94. Which activity uses GPS coordinates for clues?
A) Geocaching
B) Rock climbing
C) Letterboxing
D) Hill walking
  • 95. During which months is access to whitewater activities typically allowed?
A) Summer months
B) Spring months
C) Autumn months
D) Winter months
  • 96. Which activity is not allowed on open moorland in Dartmoor?
A) Hill walking
B) Rock climbing
C) Letterboxing
D) Cycling
  • 97. Where is the main visitor centre of Dartmoor located?
A) Princetown
B) Postbridge
C) Haytor
D) Exeter
  • 98. Which bus service operates on Summer Saturdays only?
A) 173 Moretonhampstead – Chagford – Exeter
B) 271 Newton Abbot – Bovey Tracey – Widecombe
C) 359 Moretonhampstead – Exeter
D) 98 Tavistock – Princetown – Postbridge
  • 99. Which bus service connects Moretonhampstead and Chagford?
A) 98 Tavistock – Princetown – Postbridge
B) 178 Newton Abbot – Bovey Tracey – M'tonhampstead
C) 173 Moretonhampstead – Chagford – Exeter
D) 359 Moretonhampstead – Exeter
  • 100. Which train operator provides direct services from Exeter to Okehampton?
A) Stagecoach
B) Oakleys
C) GWR
D) Country bus
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