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British counties, coasts and oddities

Twelve questions on british counties, coasts and oddities. Look closely: the most familiar answer is not always the right one.

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Question sheet

1. Which two counties share the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site?
- A. Dorset and Hampshire
- B. Devon and Dorset
- C. Cornwall and Devon
- D. Somerset and Devon
2. Which coastal feature is the natural limestone arch near Lulworth?
- A. Portland Bill
- B. Chesil Beach
- C. Durdle Door
- D. Old Harry Rocks
3. Which pair marks the broad ends of the 95-mile Jurassic Coast described by VisitBritain?
- A. Exmouth and Studland Bay
- B. Torquay and Poole
- C. Sidmouth and Bournemouth
- D. Plymouth and Weymouth
4. Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters are in which county?
- A. Hampshire
- B. East Sussex
- C. West Sussex
- D. Kent
5. Holy Island, also called Lindisfarne, lies off which English county?
- A. Lincolnshire
- B. East Riding of Yorkshire
- C. Northumberland
- D. Norfolk
6. Skomer Island, known for its puffins, lies off which Welsh county?
- A. Pembrokeshire
- B. Ceredigion
- C. Gwynedd
- D. Anglesey
7. Blakeney National Nature Reserve is on which county's coast?
- A. Norfolk
- B. Essex
- C. Suffolk
- D. Lincolnshire
8. Lizard Point is in which county, rather than being a Welsh headland?
- A. Cornwall
- B. Somerset
- C. Dorset
- D. Devon
9. The offshore island of Lundy belongs to which English county?
- A. Dorset
- B. Cornwall
- C. Somerset
- D. Devon
10. Orford Ness, a coastal nature reserve with former military testing buildings, is in which county?
- A. Essex
- B. Norfolk
- C. Suffolk
- D. Kent
11. The seaside town of Margate, in the area known as the Isle of Thanet, is in which county?
- A. Kent
- B. Suffolk
- C. Essex
- D. East Sussex
12. Oakham is in which small inland county?
- A. Buckinghamshire
- B. Bedfordshire
- C. Rutland
- D. Hertfordshire

Answer sheet (for the quizmaster)

1. B - Devon and Dorset
Its formal UNESCO name is the Dorset and East Devon Coast.
2. C - Durdle Door
Durdle Door is an arch. Old Harry Rocks are stacks, Chesil Beach is a shingle ridge, and Portland Bill is a headland.
3. A - Exmouth and Studland Bay
The Jurassic Coast stretches from Exmouth in Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset.
4. B - East Sussex
These chalk cliffs lie near Eastbourne in East Sussex, not at Dover in Kent.
5. C - Northumberland
Holy Island lies off Northumberland's coast and is reached by a tidal causeway.
6. A - Pembrokeshire
Skomer lies off Pembrokeshire and is commonly reached from Martin's Haven.
7. A - Norfolk
Blakeney is on the north Norfolk coast.
8. A - Cornwall
Lizard Point is near Helston in Cornwall.
9. D - Devon
Lundy is part of Devon and lies in the Bristol Channel.
10. C - Suffolk
Orford Ness lies on the Suffolk coast beside the town of Orford.
11. A - Kent
Margate is on Kent's coast. The Isle of Thanet is now connected to the mainland.
12. C - Rutland
Oakham is in Rutland, whose council and local services are based in the town.