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  • 1. Which museum in the Peak District focuses on the village's history during the Black Death?
A) Peak Cavern Show Cave
B) Matlock Bath Mining Museum
C) Eyam Museum
D) Buxton Opera House
  • 2. Which of these villages in the Peak District is known for its Royal Shrovetide Football?
A) Castleton
B) Ashbourne
C) Buxton
D) Matlock Bath
  • 3. Which dessert, specific to the Peak District, is different from the nationally available Bakewell tart?
A) Bakewell pudding
B) Peak pie
C) Stilton cheesecake
D) Derwent Valley cake
  • 4. What is the name of the famous cheese produced in the village of Hartington?
A) Cheddar
B) Stilton
C) Gouda
D) Brie
  • 5. Which preserved railway line runs through Crich?
A) National Tramway Museum
B) Churnet Valley Line
C) Ecclesbourne Valley Line
D) Peak Rail
  • 6. What type of trail is the Tissington Trail?
A) Former railway line
B) River path
C) Cycling highway
D) Mountain biking track
  • 7. Which Peak District site is known for its fine rock climbing on gritstone outcrops?
A) Gulliver's Kingdom
B) Stanage Edge
C) Peak Cavern
D) Temple Lead Mine
  • 8. Which event is held in Buxton and involves opera performances?
A) Peak Literary Festival
B) Buxton Festival
C) Well dressing ceremonies
D) Royal Shrovetide Football
  • 9. Which trail was formed from the trackbed of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway?
A) High Peak Trail
B) Monsal Trail
C) Tissington Trail
D) Longdendale Trail
  • 10. Which cave system is linked to the Speedwell system at Winnats?
A) Eldon Hole
B) Poole's Cavern
C) Thor's Cave
D) Peak Cavern
  • 11. Which reservoir in the Peak District is known for water sports like sailing and canoeing?
A) Peak Cavern
B) Carsington Water
C) Temple Lead Mine
D) Buxton Opera House
  • 12. Which trail in the Peak District was converted from an old rail route and is part of the Trans Pennine Trail?
A) Monsal Trail
B) High Peak Trail
C) Tissington Trail
D) Longdendale Trail
  • 13. Which activity involves exploring natural caves, potholes, and old mine workings in the limestone of the White Peak?
A) Caving
B) Fell running
C) Orienteering
D) Hillwalking
  • 14. Which trail is known for its use by walkers, horse riders, and cyclists in the Peak District?
A) High Peak Trail
B) Temple Lead Mine
C) Peak Cavern Show Cave
D) Buxton Opera House
  • 15. Which festival is held twice a year at various locations in the Peak District?
A) Well dressing ceremonies
B) Buxton Opera House Festival
C) Royal Shrovetide Football
D) Peak Literary Festival
  • 16. Which of these is a preserved railway line in the Peak District?
A) Peak Wildlife Park
B) Gulliver's Kingdom theme park
C) Alton Towers theme park
D) Peak Rail
  • 17. Which village in the Peak District is known for its show caves, including Blue John and Treak Cliff?
A) Buxton
B) Matlock Bath
C) Castleton
D) Ashbourne
  • 18. Which trail in the Peak District follows an old light railway line between Waterhouses and Hulme End?
A) Monsal Trail
B) High Peak Trail
C) Tissington Trail
D) Manifold Way
  • 19. Which of these is a well-known water sport center in the Peak District?
A) Rudyard Lake
B) Temple Lead Mine
C) Buxton Opera House
D) Peak Cavern Show Cave
  • 20. Which village in the Peak District hosts two opera festivals, including one dedicated to Gilbert and Sullivan?
A) Buxton
B) Matlock Bath
C) Castleton
D) Ashbourne
  • 21. Which of these is a traditional local custom in the Peak District involving a garland?
A) Peak Literary Festival
B) Buxton Opera Festival
C) Castleton Garland Day
D) Well dressing ceremonies
  • 22. Which trail is used by mountain bikers and horse riders as a bridleway in the Peak District?
A) Monsal Trail
B) High Peak Trail
C) Tissington Trail
D) Longdendale Trail
  • 23. Which of these is a famous theme park located in the fringes of the Peak District?
A) Temple Lead Mine
B) Buxton Opera House
C) Alton Towers
D) Peak Cavern Show Cave
  • 24. Which activity involves exploring Thor's Cave, known for its limestone routes?
A) Orienteering
B) Hillwalking
C) Fell running
D) Rock climbing
  • 25. Which mammals form the only wild population in England within the Peak District?
A) Pine martens
B) Red-necked wallabies
C) Mountain hares
D) Brown long-eared bats
  • 26. When were mountain hares reintroduced to the Peak District?
A) Modern era
B) Georgian era
C) Victorian era
D) Edwardian era
  • 27. Where did a feral population of red-necked wallabies live in the Peak District?
A) Around The Roaches
B) Above Baslow moors
C) In the upper reaches of the Goyt valley
D) On Wharncliffe Crags
  • 28. What is the current status of the red-necked wallabies in the Peak District?
A) Protected under conservation laws
B) Stable with no significant changes
C) May now be extinct
D) Thriving and increasing
  • 29. From where are the red deer herds in the Peak District assumed to have originated?
A) Escaped from deer parks at Lyme Park and Chatsworth
B) Introduced from Scotland
C) Brought from Ireland
D) Native to the Peak District
  • 30. Where are red deer herds established in the Peak District?
A) On Wharncliffe Crags
B) In the Dark Peak
C) Around The Roaches
D) Upper reaches of the Goyt valley and moors above Baslow
  • 31. Where might the herd on Wharncliffe Crags derive from?
A) Escaped deer parks at Lyme Park
B) Hunting stock of Wharncliffe Chase
C) Introduced from Wales
D) Native to Wharncliffe Crags
  • 32. What is the status of the pine marten in the Peak District?
A) Unclear, though confirmed sightings have occurred recently
B) Abundant and thriving
C) Extinct
D) Threatened and protected
  • 33. Where was a specimen from an introduced Welsh population of pine marten found?
A) In the Dark Peak
B) Around The Roaches
C) Dead on a road between Ripley and Belper
D) On Wharncliffe Crags
  • 34. What percentage of the Peak National Park is covered by woodland?
A) 15 percent
B) 8 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 5 percent
  • 35. What type of plantations predominantly exist around reservoir margins in the Dark Peak?
A) Blanket bog
B) Broad-leaved woodlands
C) Coniferous plantations
D) Heather moorland
  • 36. What is a common land use in the South West Peak NCA?
A) Coniferous plantations
B) Farming
C) Grouse shooting
D) Dairy farming
  • 37. What is the average annual rainfall in the Peak District?
A) 40.35 inches (1,025 mm)
B) 60 inches
C) 30 inches
D) 50 inches
  • 38. What is the average temperature in the Peak District?
A) 8.5 °C
B) 12.7 °C
C) 10.3 °C (50.5 °F)
D) 15.3 °C
  • 39. In which decade did the Dark Peak regularly have more than 70 days of snowfall?
A) 2000s
B) 1980s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s
  • 40. What percentage of winter does frost cover occur on moorland in the Dark Peak?
A) 40–50 per cent
B) 20–30 per cent
C) 5–10 per cent
D) 10–15 per cent
  • 41. What was the main purpose of the Moorland Indicators of Climate Change Initiative?
A) To discover whether the moorlands are a net carbon sink or source
B) To measure annual rainfall
C) To study temperature variations
D) To analyze snowfall patterns
  • 42. What geological period do most of the Peak District's sedimentary rocks belong to?
A) Triassic
B) Carboniferous
C) Cretaceous
D) Jurassic
  • 43. Which rock type forms a central and southern section of the Peak District?
A) Coal measures
B) Millstone grit
C) Sandstones
D) Carboniferous limestone
  • 44. What geological feature is formed by rivers carving deep, narrow valleys in limestone areas of the Peak District?
A) Plateaus
B) Cave systems
C) Buttes
D) Mesas
  • 45. What type of erosion is associated with shales in the Peak District?
A) Wind erosion
B) Water erosion forming canyons
C) Chemical weathering
D) Frost attack leading to landslides
  • 46. Which glaciation likely covered the Peak District in ice?
A) Saale glaciation
B) Elster glaciation
C) Würm glaciation
D) Anglian glaciation
  • 47. What geological process contributed to the formation of mineral veins in the Peak District's limestone?
A) Sedimentation in a marine environment
B) Metamorphism
C) Mineral deposition after limestone was exposed
D) Volcanic activity
  • 48. What type of carbon store is found in Britain's upland areas, including the Peak District?
A) Peat
B) Coal
C) Natural gas
D) Oil shale
  • 49. Which village is considered the highest in the United Kingdom?
A) Edale
B) Bakewell
C) Castleton
D) Flash
  • 50. Which spa was popularised during Victorian times in the Peak District?
A) Buxton
B) Ashbourne
C) Chesterfield
D) Matlock Bath
  • 51. Which river is a tributary of the River Mersey in the western Peak District?
A) The Tame
B) The Derwent
C) The Goyt
D) The Etherow
  • 52. Which river rises on Bleaklow and flows through the Upper Derwent Valley?
A) The River Tame
B) The River Goyt
C) The River Derwent
D) The River Etherow
  • 53. In which county is most of the Peak District located?
A) South Yorkshire
B) Greater Manchester
C) Derbyshire
D) Cheshire
  • 54. When was the Peak District National Park designated?
A) 1951
B) 1975
C) 1960
D) 1945
  • 55. How many jobs does the Peak District National Park support?
A) 10,000
B) 25,000
C) 30,000
D) An estimated 18,000
  • 56. Which industry arose in the Middle Ages in the Peak District?
A) Textile manufacturing
B) Tourism
C) Farming
D) Mining
  • 57. Who constructed several cotton mills in the Peak District during the Industrial Revolution?
A) Richard Arkwright
B) Samuel Crompton
C) James Hargreaves
D) Edmund Cartwright
  • 58. What spurred tourism in the Peak District during the Industrial Revolution?
A) The roads
B) The telegraph lines
C) The canals
D) The railways
  • 59. Which orchid species is known for its lime-loving nature in the White Peak?
A) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
B) Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
C) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
D) Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula)
  • 60. What plant became dominant in the limestone dales due to ash dieback?
A) Lime
B) Rock whitebeam
C) Hazel
D) Wych elm
  • 61. Which species is Derbyshire's county flower since 2002?
A) Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
B) Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
C) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
D) Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
  • 62. Where is the Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense) exclusively found?
A) Lathkill Dale
B) Winnats Pass
C) Chee Dale
D) Taddington Dale
  • 63. Which moss species is returning to the Dark Peak bogs after decades of decline?
A) Blechnum
B) Dicranum majus
C) Sphagnum mosses
D) Gymnocarpium
  • 64. Which species is a rare metallophyte found on lead rakes in the White Peak?
A) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
B) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
C) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
D) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
  • 65. Which plant is a native perennial found only in limestone cliffs?
A) Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense)
B) Leek-coloured hawkweed (H. subprasinifolium)
C) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
D) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
  • 66. Which moss species is particularly dominant in the peatlands?
A) Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
B) S. cuspidatum
C) Marsh violet (Viola palustris)
D) S. capillifolium
  • 67. Which species is a gritstone tree specialist found in the Dark Peak?
A) Japanese larch
B) Lodgepole pine
C) Sitka spruce
D) Sessile oak
  • 68. Which species is known to have been rediscovered on the Monsal Trail in 2017?
A) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
B) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
C) Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense)
D) Leek-coloured hawkweed (H. subprasinifolium)
  • 69. Which species is found in the forested parts of the Dark Peak?
A) Oak fern (Gymnocarpium)
B) Japanese larch
C) Sitka spruce
D) Lodgepole pine
  • 70. Which species is a native to the White Peak's ash woodlands?
A) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
B) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
C) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
D) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
  • 71. Which species is a native to the White Peak's calcareous grasslands?
A) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
B) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
C) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
D) Spring cinquefoil
  • 72. Which species is a native to the White Peak's rock outcrops?
A) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
B) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
C) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
D) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
  • 73. Which species is a native to the White Peak's lead rakes?
A) Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
B) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
C) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
D) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
  • 74. Which bird species are known to breed on the Dark Peak moors?
A) Peregrine falcon
B) Capercaillie
C) Twite
D) Hazel grouse
  • 75. Which bird species became extinct in the Peak District in 2000?
A) Twite
B) Northern wheatear
C) Merlin
D) Black grouse
  • 76. What is maintained by gamekeepers on the Dark Peak heather moorlands?
A) Red grouse population
B) Black grouse population
C) Golden plover population
D) Short-eared owl population
  • 77. Which bird species are known to nest in quarries and rock outcrops?
A) Peregrine falcon
B) Mandarin duck
C) Common buzzard
D) Redstart
  • 78. Which organization published the 'Peak Malpractice' report in 2006?
A) BirdLife International
B) RSPB
C) Wildlife Trusts
D) Natural England
  • 79. Which bird species are attracted to fast-flowing rivers in the Peak District?
A) Hazel grouse
B) Peregrine falcon
C) Grey wagtail
D) Capercaillie
  • 80. Which bird species are local biodiversity action plan priority species in the Peak District?
A) Dipper
B) Capercaillie
C) Mandarin duck
D) Hazel grouse
  • 81. Which bird species are known to overfly the Peak District during winter?
A) Long-legged buzzard
B) Pink-footed geese
C) Demoiselle crane
D) Alpine swift
  • 82. Which bird species have been lost from the Peak District due to human activity?
A) Merlin
B) Twite
C) Golden eagle
D) Northern wheatear
  • 83. Approximately how many visitors does the Peak District National Park receive each year?
A) 13 million visitors
B) 20 million visitors
C) 8 million visitors
D) 5 million visitors
  • 84. What percentage of the Peak District National Park is privately owned?
A) 75%
B) 90%
C) 60%
D) 50%
  • 85. Under which act was the Peak District National Park Authority established?
A) The 1995 Environment Act
B) The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
C) The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
D) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  • 86. Which reptile is a stronghold on the eastern moors of the Peak District?
A) Adders
B) Slow worms
C) Common lizards
D) Grass snakes
  • 87. What unique population of fish survives on the Derbyshire Wye?
A) Brown trout
B) Grayling
C) "Wild" rainbow trout
D) Atlantic salmon
  • 88. Which butterfly is found in the Peak District region?
A) Monarch butterfly
B) Dingy skipper
C) Swallowtail butterfly
D) Red admiral butterfly
  • 89. Name a moth species that is found in the Peak District.
A) Silk moth
B) Moth of the night
C) Atlas moth
D) Broom moth
  • 90. What was Buxton known as during the Roman period?
A) "Buxtonia"
B) "Aquae Arnemetiae"
C) "Romanus Springs"
D) "Mercia Waters"
  • 91. Which monument is a Bronze Age henge located near Youlgreave?
A) Castlerigg Stone Circle
B) Callanish Stones
C) Arbor Low
D) Stonehenge
  • 92. What type of archaeological evidence indicates Neolithic activity in the Peak District?
A) Henges such as Arbor Low
B) Medieval castles
C) Iron Age settlements
D) Roman villas
  • 93. What type of ancient structure is the Nine Ladies stone circle?
A) A hill fort
B) A barrow
C) A stone circle
D) An aqueduct
  • 94. Which mineral was mined at Ecton Mines in the Peak District?
A) Zinc
B) Silver
C) Lead
D) Copper
  • 95. What was coal from the east used for in the Peak District?
A) Copper extraction
B) Iron forging
C) Lime burning
D) Lead smelting
  • 96. When did industrial limestone quarrying to make soda ash start around Buxton?
A) 1800
B) 1874
C) 1900
D) 1926
  • 97. Which company took over the operation of the Buxton lime industry in 1926?
A) ICI
B) National Lead Company
C) British Coal
D) Peak District Quarries Ltd
  • 98. In which century did the Peak District trade in unprocessed wool?
A) 18th century
B) 14th century
C) 20th century
D) 16th century
  • 99. What was the main reason narrow valleys became unsuited for larger steam-driven mills?
A) Lack of water supply
B) Increased pollution concerns
C) Technological advancements required more space
D) Higher labor costs
  • 100. Which town in the Peak District benefited from the textile industry?
A) Matlock
B) Buxton
C) Glossop
D) Chesterfield
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