| How Well Do You Know Cornwall Quiz 1 How Well Do You Know Cornwall Quiz 2
Quiz 1 Click on thumbnails to see a larger photo.
1. Where can you see the original of the above painting? a. Penlee House b. The Tate St Ives c. Truro Cathedral d. The Cornwall Centre 2. Where is the oldest known human settlement in Cornwall? a. Chysauster b. Carn Brea c. The Lizard d. Fowey 3.
Can you name this place? a. Beacon b. Maker c. St Just in Penwith d. Liskeard 4. Which peoples are the Cornish descended from? a. Saxons b. Celtic c. Cornu British d. Roman 5.
Where can you see this? a. Carn Brea b. St Germans c. Blisland d. Luxulyan 6. Who was the Maid of St Teath? a. Mary Trewartha b. Ann Jeffries c. Jan Trevorra d. Mary Jenkin 7.
Do you know where this Billy Foss milestone is? a. Pendeen b. Tregaseal c. St Just d. Sennen 8. What year did An Gof and the Cornish Army march on London? a. 1270AD. b. 1497AD. c. 1607AD. d. 1820AD. 9.
Can you name this place? a. Cott Valley b. Pentewan c. Blue Hills d. Portreath 10. What year was the first Old Cornwall Society founded? a. 1920AD. b. 1750AD. c. 1897AD. d. 1931AD. 11.
Can you name this place? a. Liskeard b. Wadebridge c. Lostwithiel d. St Ives 12. What year was the Stannary Parliament Founded a. 1066AD. b. 978BC. c. 1606AD. d. 1150AD. 13.
Where is this bridge? a. Launceston b. St Erth c. Respryn d. Alternum 14. Which was the deepest mine in Cornwall? a. Dolcoath b. Wheal Rose c. Poldice d. Botallack 15.
Can you name this place?
a. Boconnoc b. Cothele c. Heligan d. Glendurgan 16. Which Council had their street lights removed by order of the courts? a. St Austell b. Camelford c. Newquay d. St Buryan
Photo Charles Winpenny of cornwallcam 17. Do you know where the sleeping giant and his dog can be found? a. Black Head b. Tregiffian Cliff c. Nare Head d. The Lizard
Cornish Quiz. Q 1. What are Fair Maids a. Girls who dance the Flora. b. A name given to Pilchards c. A type of Cornish Apple. Q 2. Where will you find this? a. St Austell, b. St Just in Penwith, c, St Kevin
Q 3. What year was the largest ever sea rescue in Maritime history carried out. a. 1897 b 1907 c. 1947 Q 4. In which Cornish Church will you find these wall paintings? a. Breage, b. Camborne, c. North Hill. Q 5. What was a Mahogany? a. A type of drink b. A type of wardrobe c. A smoked pigs leg. Q 6. Where the fastest internet connection in Cornwall? a.Truro b.The Lizard c.Saltash Q 7. Where is this? a Wheal Bassett, b, Kit Hill, c, Wheal Peevor
Q 8. Which mine had the last working Cornish Beam Engine? a. Geevor Mine, Pendeen b. King Edward Mine, Troon c. South Crofty Mine, Pool. Q 9. Where would we find the Giant’s Hedge? a. St Agnes b. Looe c. Bodmin Moor Q 10. Which is the largest town in Cornwall? a. Falmouth b. Liskeard c. Truro Q 11. Which is the most southerly tip of Cornwall? a. Lands End b. The Lizard c. Rame Head Q 12. Which is the most westerly town in Cornwall? a. Sennen b. St Just in Penwith c. Penzance Q
13. What is the name of this circle? a. Merry Maidens, Boleigh b. The Hurlers, Bodmin Moor c. The Nine Maidens, Boscawen-un Q 14. How many tourists visit Cornwall every year? a. 1.5 million b. 12 million c. 5 million Q 15. What percentage of Cornwall is owned by the Duke of Cornwall? a. 95% b. 2% c. 37% Q
16. Where will you find this rock? a. Lands End b. Luxulyan c. Bude Click to go to the answers to quiz
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