1. What is the name of the stretch of water separating the Isle of Wight from Hampshire? Portsmouth Harbour Southampton Water The Solent St George's Channel

2. How are the three precipitous rock stacks off the west coast of Wight known? The Needles The Spikes The Pins The Towers

3. Much of this monarch's life was spent at Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight? George I Victoria George IV Edward VIII

4. According to legend, King Knut I ordered the tide to retreat at Southampton – and to everyone’s amazement, it did. True False

5. Which of these famous ships cannot be seen in Portsmouth? HMS Warrior Mary Rose Cutty Sark Victory

6. Who built the earliest parts of Portchester Castle, near Portsmouth? Eighth-century Saxons Third-century Romans Thirteenth-century Normans Eighteenth-century aristocrat

7. In which north Hampshire town are the headquarters of the British Army? Basingstoke Farnborough Aldershot Fleet

8. Which famous female novelist lived at Chawton, in central Hampshire? Virginia Woolf Enid Blyton George Eliot Jane Austen

9. Which supposed Arthurian relic can be viewed in Winchester's Great Hall? Round Table Holy Grail Excalibur King Arthur's Crown

10. Which forest and national park lies in Hampshire? Forest of Dean Forest of Bowland Sherwood Forest New Forest