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Quiz I
- Which famous castle, built by William the Conqueror, can be found on the Isle of Purbeck?
- What is the full name of the North Dorset market town commonly called Blandford?
- One of Dorset's most photographed landmarks, what is Durdle Door?
- Which novelist and poet is most noted for his strong association with the natural and cultural heritage of Dorset?
- A former world record holder at 1.5 million SHU, what is the Dorset Naga?
- Which town in West Dorset, featuring a harbour wall known as 'The Cobb', is nicknamed 'The Pearl of Dorset'?
- Name the coastal World Heritage Site that stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset?
- Can you name the large Iron Age hill fort 1.6 miles south west of Dorchester?
- Name Dorset's only professional football club?
- What was the collective name given to the six 19th-century agricultural labourers deported for forming a trade union?
- Which Dorset harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world, after Sydney?
- Which iconic 1973 advert, directed by Ridley Scott, was shot on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset?
Answers:
- Corfe Castle
- Blandford Forum
- A natural limestone arch in the sea
- Thomas Hardy
- A chili pepper (former hottest chilli world record holder. Scoville Heat Units (SHU) are used to measure the heat of chilis)
- Lyme Regis
- The Jurassic Coast
- Maiden Castle
- A.F.C. Bournemouth
- The Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Poole Harbour
- Hovis advert (Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street)
Quiz II
- Victorian Mary Anning was famous for her shop in Lyme Regis selling which products?
- Poole Pirates are a top flight team in which sport?
- Which famous author was born David Cornwell in 1931, in Poole?
- What name is given to the three chalk formations located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck?
- Name the small peninsula crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour which is well known for its high land value and house prices?
- In 2007, which seaside town's esplanade, featuring Georgian architecture and Queen Victoria's Jubilee Clock, was redeveloped in time for the 2012 Olympic Games?
- Boscombe Pier, and the grave of writer Mary Shelley, can both be found in which town?
- The Cenotaph and St Paul’s Cathedral are all made of stone quarried from which part of Dorset?
- Novelist Thomas Hardy based his fictional town of Casterbridge on which Dorset town?
- Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, is most famous for the formation of which movement?
- Name Dorset's famous shingle beach; it's one of three major shingle structures in Britain?
- Which market town in East Dorset is named after the Church of England church in that town?
- The fictional Sarah Woodruff, lives in Lyme Regis as a disgraced woman, in which historical novel?
- What sort of museum can you visit at Bovington Camp in Dorset?
- Which 2007 book by Ian McEwan, features Edward and Florence, honeymooning in a hotel on the Dorset coast in the summer of 1962?
Answers:
- Fossils (Mary Anning became known around the world for a number of important finds and also inspired the tongue twister, "She sells seashells by the seashore")
- Speedway
- John le Carré
- Old Harry Rocks
- Sandbanks
- Weymouth's
- Bournemouth
- Isle of Portland
- Dorchester
- The Scout Movement (scouting was started there in 1907 by Lord Baden-Powell)
- Chesil Beach
- Wimborne Minster
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (by John Fowles)
- A Tank Museum (its the world's biggest display of historic moving armour)
- On Chesil Beach
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