Outdoor Activities Quiz

Quiz Questions: Discover Fun Facts About Outdoor Adventures

1. What is the name of the national mapping agency for Great Britain?
2. What is spelunking better known as?
3. Where in Cornwall is the Surf Capital of the UK?
4. What's the name of the spiked traction devices attached to climbing boots?
5. What are a Parachute Adams, Zonker, and Woolly Bugger?
6. What name is given to the pursuit of hiding and locating small containers using GPS coordinates?
7. Long sought by the Ramblers' Association, what is also known by the Latin phrase jus spatiandi?
8. Which British term, called chasing in North America, means "the pursuit of a previously located rare bird"?
9. What does the acronym SCUBA stand for?
10. Which 177 mile hiking trail closely follows the Wales-England border?
11. Considered one of Britain's toughest outdoor challenges, which mountain is climbed second on the National Three Peaks Challenge?
12. What name for a pair of bags attached to a bicycle frame derives from the Old French word for bread basket?
13. What season in the UK is best for wild mushroom hunting: Spring, Summer, or Autumn?
14. SUP yoga is doing yoga on what piece of equipment?
15. Olympic medal winner Sky Brown became the youngest professional in what action sport?
16. The acronym "ATB" might be used as synonym for "mountain bike", what does it stand for?
17. Which country is the most tourist-visited country in the world?
18. Which part of the body makes up nearly half of all ski injuries?
19. Half chaps are usually worn when participating in which outdoor pursuit?
20. A player with a handicap of zero in golf is often known as what sort of golfer?
21. What term for developing knowledge to survive in a natural environment was popularised in the Southern Hemisphere by Les Hiddins?
22. What is the brand name of the personal watercraft manufactured by Kawasaki?
23. A person who practices what activity could be called a toxophilite?
24. What sort of jumping is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend safely to the ground?
25. What name is given to the part of the hot air balloon that is full of hot air?
26. What term describes the start of the shooting season for red grouse on the twelfth day of August?
27. A metal detectorist would report finds to their local FLO. What does this acronym stand for?
28. Where was the first area in the UK to be designated a national park in 1951?
29. Which game became popular at the same time as the cylinder lawn mower but lost most of its grass courts to lawn tennis?
30. In which country is Queenstown known for its adventure and ski tourism?

Answers

1. The Ordnance Survey (OS)
2. Caving or potholing
3. Newquay
4. Crampons
5. Fishing flies
6. Geocaching
7. Right to roam
8. Twitching
9. Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
10. Offa’s Dyke Path
11. Scafell Pike
12. Pannier
13. Autumn
14. A paddleboard
15. Skateboarding
16. All terrain bicycle
17. France
18. Knees
19. Horse riding
20. A scratch golfer
21. Bushcraft
22. Jet-Ski
23. Archery
24. Base jumping
25. Envelope
26. The Glorious Twelfth
27. Finds Liaison Officer
28. The Peak District
29. Croquet
30. New Zealand