UK Quiz Questions

I would not call myself a quiz person. It’s been years since I took part in a proper pub quiz, but lockdown life under COVID-19 has changed that. Now that most of my socialising is done in video conferences, using a quiz is a great way to add structure and direction to a video call. So I now take part in two to three quizzes a week!

I’ve taken to finding out interesting or fun facts to write my questions on, rather than just general knowledge – and I’ve put together the questions below for you, based on some UK facts and interesting destinations I’ve learned about and visited over the past years working at Snaptrip.

1 – The National Three Peaks Challenge involves climbing the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and Wales, often within 24 hours – but what is each of the three peaks called?

2 – The Tower of London was the UK’s most visited paid attraction in 2018, but which of these was the second most visited?

• Stonehenge
• ZSL London Zoo
• Chester Zoo
• Shakespeare’s Globe
• Eden Project

3 – The village of Tyneham in Dorset receives tourists but has a population of 0, how?

• It is underwater
• There are no buildings in it
• It is in a firing range
• It only contains holiday homes

4 – Blackpool and Bournemouth beaches, both roughly the same length, are among the longest sandy beaches in Europe, but how long are they?

• 500 metres
• ½ a mile
• 3 miles
• 7 miles

5 – In the UK, you’re never more than ___ miles from the sea?

• 50
• 70
• 110
• 150

6 – How many national parks are there in the UK?

7 – The village of Mardale Green in the Lake District, has a population of 0, but why?

• It is underwater
• There are no buildings in it
• It is in a firing range
• It only contains holiday homes

8 – The longest pleasure pier in the world is in which location?

• Blackpool
• Brighton
• Southend-on-Sea
• Weston-Super-Mare

9 – Chips sold in fish & chip shops account for 10% of the UK’s potato crop. Of all white fish sold in the UK, what percentage do fish & chip shops account for?

• 5%
• 10%
• 20%
• 30%

10 – What percentage of the UK is woodland?

• 2.5%
• 8%
• 13%
• 20%

11 – If you fancy a long stroll, you can head out onto the South West Coastal Path, but how many miles long is it?

• 57 miles
• 136 miles
• 411 miles
• 630 miles

12 – Shows at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall can be called off due to bad weather, but why?

• The power supply fails in high winds
• It doesn’t have a roof
• The road to it gets washed away by high seas
• It’s on an island only accessible at low tide

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