Q 01/05

Which children's TV character's home village of Greendale was inspired by the Lakeland valley of Longsleddale?

A) Fireman Sam

B) Postman Pat

C) Bob the Builder

D) Noddy

Answer · why

B) Postman Pat

Postman Pat's creator John Cunliffe lived in Kendal when he devised the series, and the post office on his own street there, Greenside, was the model ...

Q 02/05

What is the highest mountain in England, found in the Lake District?

A) Skiddaw

B) Scafell Pike

C) Great Gable

D) Blencathra

Answer · why

B) Scafell Pike

Scafell Pike's summit was given to the nation in 1919 by its owner, Lord Leconfield, as a memorial to the men of the Lake District who served and died...

Q 03/05

England's highest mountain joins Snowdon and which Three Peaks summit?

A) Ben Macdui

B) Ben Nevis

C) Ben Lomond

D) Ben Lawers

Answer · why

B) Ben Nevis

Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, completes the trio: walkers are driven from one mountain to the next and try to climb all three ...

Q 04/05

What arrived at the hamlet of Birthwaite in 1847 and gave rise to the modern town of Windermere?

A) A steamboat service

B) The railway

C) A turnpike road

D) A canal

Answer · why

B) The railway

The railway company named its terminus after the nearby lake, although no settlement of that name existed, and the town that grew up around the statio...

Q 05/05

Which is the deepest lake in England?

A) Wast Water

B) Windermere

C) Ullswater

D) Haweswater

Answer · why

A) Wast Water

Wast Water was gouged so deep by an Ice Age glacier that its bed lies below sea level, even though its surface is about 60 metres above it.