A Guided Tour of Britain Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Solent

Originally the area now known as the Solent was a river valley. The present Solent was created from a long and gradual process which both widened and deepened the water beds over a period of many thousands of years. The River Frome was the prime source of the River Solent and two other rivers called the Itchen and the Test were tributaries.

Answer: Yorkshire

Dogger Bank is an extensive off shore shoal found in the North Sea. It is situated about 60 miles off the northeastern coast of England. Dogger Bank is about 70 feet higher than the surrounding sea floor. This geological feature is about 160 miles long and 60 miles wide at the 120-foot level. The bank is a huge moraine that was left after last ice age.

Answer: Nine Elms

Until 2017, the embassy was in Grosvenor Square, which was laid out at about the same time as the other generally former aristocratic areas around Mayfair. It was planned in 1720 and was built between about 1725 and 1731. It was second only in size to the Lincoln's Inn Fields development.

Answer: Cheviots

The Cheviot Hills were formed as part of volcanic activity. The hills have a distinctive pink rock which derives from cooled lava. The Cheviots form part of the natural border between Scotland and England.

Answer: Mull

The Isle of Mull (Muile in Scottish Gaelic) is the one of the group of islands known as the Inner Hebrides. It is the second largest of that group and incidentally the fourth largest island off the coast of the British Isles.

Answer: Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is situated in the heart of Northern Ireland. Several of that region's counties touch its shores. Lough Neagh is the biggest freshwater lake in the British Isles and the third biggest lake in Europe.

Answer: Aberystwyth

My alma mater. Aberystwyth is the home town of one of the oldest universities in Wales. To the north the seaside town is protected by a massive lump of rock known as Constitution Hill atop of which proudly sits the Victorian built camera obscura. This device operates by use of natural light without any power source and projects images of the town and near countryside and seascapes on to a table sized disc for all to sea. Oh, and don't worry about getting up and down Constitution Hill as the Victorians also built a now rare funicular railway/tram to transport you safely.

Answer: Manchester

The Whitworth Art Gallery is part of the University of Manchester. The museum is one of the UK's leading museums with an international reputation for its collections of art and design including modern and historic fine art, prints, textiles and a rare collection of wallpapers.

Answer: Towy

The Towy flows some 70 miles from its headwaters in the Cambrian Mountains. The Welsh word for Towy is Tywi, but it is pronounced in much the same way as in English version.

Answer: Spurn Head

Spurn Point is sometimes described as one of the seven wonders of the British Isles. It is a marvelous feature of the British coastline and stretches for three and a half miles across the Humber Estuary. It is only 50 metres wide in places, making it look like an elongated tongue.