Peak District - Quiz
Peak District
  • 1. Which museum in the Peak District focuses on the village's history during the Black Death?
A) Peak Cavern Show Cave
B) Matlock Bath Mining Museum
C) Eyam Museum
D) Buxton Opera House
  • 2. Which of these villages in the Peak District is known for its Royal Shrovetide Football?
A) Matlock Bath
B) Castleton
C) Ashbourne
D) Buxton
  • 3. Which dessert, specific to the Peak District, is different from the nationally available Bakewell tart?
A) Bakewell pudding
B) Stilton cheesecake
C) Derwent Valley cake
D) Peak pie
  • 4. What is the name of the famous cheese produced in the village of Hartington?
A) Gouda
B) Cheddar
C) Stilton
D) Brie
  • 5. Which preserved railway line runs through Crich?
A) Churnet Valley Line
B) National Tramway Museum
C) Ecclesbourne Valley Line
D) Peak Rail
  • 6. What type of trail is the Tissington Trail?
A) Former railway line
B) River path
C) Mountain biking track
D) Cycling highway
  • 7. Which Peak District site is known for its fine rock climbing on gritstone outcrops?
A) Temple Lead Mine
B) Peak Cavern
C) Gulliver's Kingdom
D) Stanage Edge
  • 8. Which event is held in Buxton and involves opera performances?
A) Royal Shrovetide Football
B) Well dressing ceremonies
C) Buxton Festival
D) Peak Literary Festival
  • 9. Which trail was formed from the trackbed of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway?
A) Longdendale Trail
B) Tissington Trail
C) High Peak Trail
D) Monsal Trail
  • 10. Which cave system is linked to the Speedwell system at Winnats?
A) Poole's Cavern
B) Eldon Hole
C) Peak Cavern
D) Thor's Cave
  • 11. Which reservoir in the Peak District is known for water sports like sailing and canoeing?
A) Buxton Opera House
B) Temple Lead Mine
C) Peak Cavern
D) Carsington Water
  • 12. Which trail in the Peak District was converted from an old rail route and is part of the Trans Pennine Trail?
A) Monsal Trail
B) High Peak Trail
C) Longdendale Trail
D) Tissington Trail
  • 13. Which activity involves exploring natural caves, potholes, and old mine workings in the limestone of the White Peak?
A) Orienteering
B) Caving
C) Fell running
D) Hillwalking
  • 14. Which trail is known for its use by walkers, horse riders, and cyclists in the Peak District?
A) Buxton Opera House
B) Temple Lead Mine
C) Peak Cavern Show Cave
D) High Peak Trail
  • 15. Which festival is held twice a year at various locations in the Peak District?
A) Royal Shrovetide Football
B) Peak Literary Festival
C) Buxton Opera House Festival
D) Well dressing ceremonies
  • 16. Which of these is a preserved railway line in the Peak District?
A) Gulliver's Kingdom theme park
B) Alton Towers theme park
C) Peak Rail
D) Peak Wildlife Park
  • 17. Which village in the Peak District is known for its show caves, including Blue John and Treak Cliff?
A) Matlock Bath
B) Castleton
C) Ashbourne
D) Buxton
  • 18. Which trail in the Peak District follows an old light railway line between Waterhouses and Hulme End?
A) High Peak Trail
B) Tissington Trail
C) Monsal Trail
D) Manifold Way
  • 19. Which of these is a well-known water sport center in the Peak District?
A) Temple Lead Mine
B) Rudyard Lake
C) Peak Cavern Show Cave
D) Buxton Opera House
  • 20. Which village in the Peak District hosts two opera festivals, including one dedicated to Gilbert and Sullivan?
A) Castleton
B) Ashbourne
C) Buxton
D) Matlock Bath
  • 21. Which of these is a traditional local custom in the Peak District involving a garland?
A) Peak Literary Festival
B) Buxton Opera Festival
C) Castleton Garland Day
D) Well dressing ceremonies
  • 22. Which trail is used by mountain bikers and horse riders as a bridleway in the Peak District?
A) High Peak Trail
B) Monsal Trail
C) Tissington Trail
D) Longdendale Trail
  • 23. Which of these is a famous theme park located in the fringes of the Peak District?
A) Alton Towers
B) Buxton Opera House
C) Temple Lead Mine
D) Peak Cavern Show Cave
  • 24. Which activity involves exploring Thor's Cave, known for its limestone routes?
A) Rock climbing
B) Hillwalking
C) Fell running
D) Orienteering
  • 25. Which mammals form the only wild population in England within the Peak District?
A) Red-necked wallabies
B) Brown long-eared bats
C) Mountain hares
D) Pine martens
  • 26. When were mountain hares reintroduced to the Peak District?
A) Victorian era
B) Edwardian era
C) Georgian era
D) Modern era
  • 27. Where did a feral population of red-necked wallabies live in the Peak District?
A) Around The Roaches
B) Above Baslow moors
C) On Wharncliffe Crags
D) In the upper reaches of the Goyt valley
  • 28. What is the current status of the red-necked wallabies in the Peak District?
A) Stable with no significant changes
B) May now be extinct
C) Thriving and increasing
D) Protected under conservation laws
  • 29. From where are the red deer herds in the Peak District assumed to have originated?
A) Brought from Ireland
B) Escaped from deer parks at Lyme Park and Chatsworth
C) Introduced from Scotland
D) Native to the Peak District
  • 30. Where are red deer herds established in the Peak District?
A) Upper reaches of the Goyt valley and moors above Baslow
B) On Wharncliffe Crags
C) Around The Roaches
D) In the Dark Peak
  • 31. Where might the herd on Wharncliffe Crags derive from?
A) Escaped deer parks at Lyme Park
B) Native to Wharncliffe Crags
C) Hunting stock of Wharncliffe Chase
D) Introduced from Wales
  • 32. What is the status of the pine marten in the Peak District?
A) Abundant and thriving
B) Threatened and protected
C) Unclear, though confirmed sightings have occurred recently
D) Extinct
  • 33. Where was a specimen from an introduced Welsh population of pine marten found?
A) Around The Roaches
B) Dead on a road between Ripley and Belper
C) On Wharncliffe Crags
D) In the Dark Peak
  • 34. What percentage of the Peak National Park is covered by woodland?
A) 20 percent
B) 8 percent
C) 5 percent
D) 15 percent
  • 35. What type of plantations predominantly exist around reservoir margins in the Dark Peak?
A) Coniferous plantations
B) Broad-leaved woodlands
C) Heather moorland
D) Blanket bog
  • 36. What is a common land use in the South West Peak NCA?
A) Coniferous plantations
B) Farming
C) Grouse shooting
D) Dairy farming
  • 37. What is the average annual rainfall in the Peak District?
A) 30 inches
B) 60 inches
C) 40.35 inches (1,025 mm)
D) 50 inches
  • 38. What is the average temperature in the Peak District?
A) 10.3 °C (50.5 °F)
B) 12.7 °C
C) 15.3 °C
D) 8.5 °C
  • 39. In which decade did the Dark Peak regularly have more than 70 days of snowfall?
A) 2000s
B) 1990s
C) 1980s
D) 1970s
  • 40. What percentage of winter does frost cover occur on moorland in the Dark Peak?
A) 20–30 per cent
B) 40–50 per cent
C) 10–15 per cent
D) 5–10 per cent
  • 41. What was the main purpose of the Moorland Indicators of Climate Change Initiative?
A) To analyze snowfall patterns
B) To study temperature variations
C) To discover whether the moorlands are a net carbon sink or source
D) To measure annual rainfall
  • 42. What geological period do most of the Peak District's sedimentary rocks belong to?
A) Jurassic
B) Cretaceous
C) Triassic
D) Carboniferous
  • 43. Which rock type forms a central and southern section of the Peak District?
A) Carboniferous limestone
B) Coal measures
C) Sandstones
D) Millstone grit
  • 44. What geological feature is formed by rivers carving deep, narrow valleys in limestone areas of the Peak District?
A) Buttes
B) Plateaus
C) Cave systems
D) Mesas
  • 45. What type of erosion is associated with shales in the Peak District?
A) Wind erosion
B) Chemical weathering
C) Water erosion forming canyons
D) Frost attack leading to landslides
  • 46. Which glaciation likely covered the Peak District in ice?
A) Elster glaciation
B) Anglian glaciation
C) Saale glaciation
D) Würm glaciation
  • 47. What geological process contributed to the formation of mineral veins in the Peak District's limestone?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Mineral deposition after limestone was exposed
C) Metamorphism
D) Sedimentation in a marine environment
  • 48. What type of carbon store is found in Britain's upland areas, including the Peak District?
A) Oil shale
B) Coal
C) Peat
D) Natural gas
  • 49. Which village is considered the highest in the United Kingdom?
A) Edale
B) Castleton
C) Bakewell
D) Flash
  • 50. Which spa was popularised during Victorian times in the Peak District?
A) Chesterfield
B) Buxton
C) Matlock Bath
D) Ashbourne
  • 51. Which river is a tributary of the River Mersey in the western Peak District?
A) The Derwent
B) The Goyt
C) The Tame
D) The Etherow
  • 52. Which river rises on Bleaklow and flows through the Upper Derwent Valley?
A) The River Etherow
B) The River Tame
C) The River Derwent
D) The River Goyt
  • 53. In which county is most of the Peak District located?
A) Greater Manchester
B) South Yorkshire
C) Derbyshire
D) Cheshire
  • 54. When was the Peak District National Park designated?
A) 1951
B) 1975
C) 1960
D) 1945
  • 55. How many jobs does the Peak District National Park support?
A) An estimated 18,000
B) 25,000
C) 10,000
D) 30,000
  • 56. Which industry arose in the Middle Ages in the Peak District?
A) Farming
B) Tourism
C) Textile manufacturing
D) Mining
  • 57. Who constructed several cotton mills in the Peak District during the Industrial Revolution?
A) Richard Arkwright
B) James Hargreaves
C) Samuel Crompton
D) Edmund Cartwright
  • 58. What spurred tourism in the Peak District during the Industrial Revolution?
A) The telegraph lines
B) The roads
C) The railways
D) The canals
  • 59. Which orchid species is known for its lime-loving nature in the White Peak?
A) Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
B) Early purple orchid (Orchis mascula)
C) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
D) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
  • 60. What plant became dominant in the limestone dales due to ash dieback?
A) Lime
B) Hazel
C) Wych elm
D) Rock whitebeam
  • 61. Which species is Derbyshire's county flower since 2002?
A) Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
B) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
C) Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
D) Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
  • 62. Where is the Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense) exclusively found?
A) Taddington Dale
B) Lathkill Dale
C) Winnats Pass
D) Chee Dale
  • 63. Which moss species is returning to the Dark Peak bogs after decades of decline?
A) Gymnocarpium
B) Dicranum majus
C) Blechnum
D) Sphagnum mosses
  • 64. Which species is a rare metallophyte found on lead rakes in the White Peak?
A) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
B) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
C) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
D) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
  • 65. Which plant is a native perennial found only in limestone cliffs?
A) Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense)
B) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
C) Leek-coloured hawkweed (H. subprasinifolium)
D) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
  • 66. Which moss species is particularly dominant in the peatlands?
A) Marsh violet (Viola palustris)
B) S. cuspidatum
C) Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
D) S. capillifolium
  • 67. Which species is a gritstone tree specialist found in the Dark Peak?
A) Japanese larch
B) Sitka spruce
C) Lodgepole pine
D) Sessile oak
  • 68. Which species is known to have been rediscovered on the Monsal Trail in 2017?
A) Leek-coloured hawkweed (H. subprasinifolium)
B) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
C) Derby hawkweed (Hieracium naviense)
D) Jacob's-ladder (Polemonium caeruleum)
  • 69. Which species is found in the forested parts of the Dark Peak?
A) Sitka spruce
B) Lodgepole pine
C) Oak fern (Gymnocarpium)
D) Japanese larch
  • 70. Which species is a native to the White Peak's ash woodlands?
A) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
B) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
C) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
D) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
  • 71. Which species is a native to the White Peak's calcareous grasslands?
A) Spring cinquefoil
B) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
C) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
D) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
  • 72. Which species is a native to the White Peak's rock outcrops?
A) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
B) Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna)
C) Common rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)
D) Mountain pansy (Viola lutea)
  • 73. Which species is a native to the White Peak's lead rakes?
A) Alpine pennycress (Thlaspi caerulescens)
B) Fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera)
C) Dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens)
D) Grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris)
  • 74. Which bird species are known to breed on the Dark Peak moors?
A) Peregrine falcon
B) Hazel grouse
C) Capercaillie
D) Twite
  • 75. Which bird species became extinct in the Peak District in 2000?
A) Northern wheatear
B) Black grouse
C) Merlin
D) Twite
  • 76. What is maintained by gamekeepers on the Dark Peak heather moorlands?
A) Red grouse population
B) Short-eared owl population
C) Golden plover population
D) Black grouse population
  • 77. Which bird species are known to nest in quarries and rock outcrops?
A) Common buzzard
B) Peregrine falcon
C) Mandarin duck
D) Redstart
  • 78. Which organization published the 'Peak Malpractice' report in 2006?
A) Natural England
B) BirdLife International
C) Wildlife Trusts
D) RSPB
  • 79. Which bird species are attracted to fast-flowing rivers in the Peak District?
A) Capercaillie
B) Peregrine falcon
C) Hazel grouse
D) Grey wagtail
  • 80. Which bird species are local biodiversity action plan priority species in the Peak District?
A) Dipper
B) Capercaillie
C) Mandarin duck
D) Hazel grouse
  • 81. Which bird species are known to overfly the Peak District during winter?
A) Pink-footed geese
B) Alpine swift
C) Long-legged buzzard
D) Demoiselle crane
  • 82. Which bird species have been lost from the Peak District due to human activity?
A) Golden eagle
B) Northern wheatear
C) Twite
D) Merlin
  • 83. Approximately how many visitors does the Peak District National Park receive each year?
A) 20 million visitors
B) 13 million visitors
C) 8 million visitors
D) 5 million visitors
  • 84. What percentage of the Peak District National Park is privately owned?
A) 90%
B) 60%
C) 50%
D) 75%
  • 85. Under which act was the Peak District National Park Authority established?
A) The 1995 Environment Act
B) The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
C) The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
D) The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
  • 86. Which reptile is a stronghold on the eastern moors of the Peak District?
A) Grass snakes
B) Common lizards
C) Slow worms
D) Adders
  • 87. What unique population of fish survives on the Derbyshire Wye?
A) Atlantic salmon
B) "Wild" rainbow trout
C) Grayling
D) Brown trout
  • 88. Which butterfly is found in the Peak District region?
A) Red admiral butterfly
B) Dingy skipper
C) Swallowtail butterfly
D) Monarch butterfly
  • 89. Name a moth species that is found in the Peak District.
A) Atlas moth
B) Silk moth
C) Moth of the night
D) Broom moth
  • 90. What was Buxton known as during the Roman period?
A) "Mercia Waters"
B) "Aquae Arnemetiae"
C) "Romanus Springs"
D) "Buxtonia"
  • 91. Which monument is a Bronze Age henge located near Youlgreave?
A) Callanish Stones
B) Stonehenge
C) Arbor Low
D) Castlerigg Stone Circle
  • 92. What type of archaeological evidence indicates Neolithic activity in the Peak District?
A) Roman villas
B) Medieval castles
C) Henges such as Arbor Low
D) Iron Age settlements
  • 93. What type of ancient structure is the Nine Ladies stone circle?
A) A hill fort
B) An aqueduct
C) A barrow
D) A stone circle
  • 94. Which mineral was mined at Ecton Mines in the Peak District?
A) Copper
B) Lead
C) Silver
D) Zinc
  • 95. What was coal from the east used for in the Peak District?
A) Lime burning
B) Iron forging
C) Copper extraction
D) Lead smelting
  • 96. When did industrial limestone quarrying to make soda ash start around Buxton?
A) 1874
B) 1800
C) 1900
D) 1926
  • 97. Which company took over the operation of the Buxton lime industry in 1926?
A) ICI
B) British Coal
C) Peak District Quarries Ltd
D) National Lead Company
  • 98. In which century did the Peak District trade in unprocessed wool?
A) 20th century
B) 16th century
C) 14th century
D) 18th century
  • 99. What was the main reason narrow valleys became unsuited for larger steam-driven mills?
A) Technological advancements required more space
B) Increased pollution concerns
C) Lack of water supply
D) Higher labor costs
  • 100. Which town in the Peak District benefited from the textile industry?
A) Buxton
B) Matlock
C) Glossop
D) Chesterfield
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