A) Watts Blake Bearne B) Sibelco C) Imerys D) British Government
A) Sylvia Sayer B) Dartmoor Preservation Association C) National Park Authority D) Open Spaces Society
A) Moretonhampstead B) Princetown C) Ashburton D) Buckfastleigh
A) Fernworthy Dam & Reservoir B) Avon Dam Reservoir C) Brentor Church D) Cranmere Pool
A) High Willhays B) Haytor Rock C) North Hessary Tor D) Yes Tor
A) Hound Tor B) Great Links Tor C) Bowerman's Nose D) Haytor Rock
A) Spitchwick B) Dartmeet C) Canonteign Falls D) Devonport Leat
A) Tavistock Canal B) Fingle Bridge C) Redlake Tramway D) Haytor Granite Tramway
A) Wistman's Wood B) Brentor Church C) Grey Wethers D) Dartmoor Prison
A) Castle Drogo B) Dartmoor Prison C) Warren House Inn D) Buckfast Abbey
A) Childe's Tomb B) Lydford Gorge C) Crazywell Pool D) Grey Wethers
A) Devonport Leat B) Meldon Viaduct and reservoir C) Burrator Reservoir D) Dartmeet
A) Rippon Tor Rifle Range B) Two Bridges C) Widecombe in the moor D) North Hessary Tor transmitting station
A) Yes Tor B) Hound Tor C) Haytor Rock D) Great Links Tor
A) Buckfast Abbey B) Brentor Church C) Castle Drogo D) Dartmoor Prison
A) Dartmeet B) Spitchwick C) Cranmere Pool D) Avon Dam Reservoir
A) Cosdon Hill B) Hound Tor C) Great Links Tor D) Haytor Rock
A) Dartmoor Prison B) Buckfast Abbey C) Brentor Church D) Castle Drogo
A) Lydford Gorge B) Wistman's Wood C) Childe's Tomb D) Crazywell Pool
A) Great Links Tor B) Haytor Rock C) Yes Tor D) Hound Tor
A) Avon Dam Reservoir B) Cranmere Pool C) Spitchwick D) Dartmeet
A) Haytor Granite Tramway B) Redlake Tramway C) Fingle Bridge D) Tavistock Canal
A) Fingle Bridge B) Tavistock Canal C) Redlake Tramway D) Haytor Granite Tramway
A) Buckfast Abbey B) Widecombe in the moor C) Warren House Inn D) Two Bridges
A) Buckfast Abbey B) Warren House Inn C) Two Bridges D) Widecombe in the moor
A) Lydford Gorge B) Childe's Tomb C) Wistman's Wood D) Crazywell Pool
A) Avon Dam Reservoir B) Burrator Reservoir C) Dartmeet D) Cranmere Pool
A) Dartmoor has strong winds and acidic soils due to its height and geology. B) The moors topped with granite tors cover half of Dartmoor. C) Its granite tors are the most iconic part of Dartmoor's landscape. D) The presence of Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix, European dry heaths, blanket bogs, and old sessile oak woods.
A) Pied flycatcher B) Atlantic salmon C) Common snipe D) Skylark
A) Smith's horsehair lichen B) Brown cobblestone lichen C) Purple rock lichen D) Goldspot lichen
A) Ash black B) Barbastelle bat C) Common lizard D) Adder
A) Pied flycatcher and wood warbler B) Skylark and common snipe C) Ring ouzel and cuckoo D) Meadow pipit and stonechat
A) Old oak woodlands B) Upland heathlands C) Bracken areas D) Wet valleys
A) Barbastelle, greater horseshoe bats, and lesser horseshoe bats B) Pied flycatcher and meadow pipit C) Stonechat and skylark D) Common redstart and wood warbler
A) Common lizards and adders B) Palmate newts, frogs, and toads C) Barbastelle bats and horseshoe bats D) Otters and hazel dormice
A) They are home to exceptional epiphytic mosses, liverworts, and lichens. B) They are primarily composed of blanket bogs. C) Over 60 species of lichens grow on their exposed surfaces. D) They cover half of Dartmoor's landscape.
A) Granite tors B) Upland heaths C) Wet valleys around the edge of the moors D) Old oak woodlands
A) Ring ouzel and cuckoo B) Pied flycatcher and wood warbler C) Skylark and common snipe D) Meadow pipit and stonechat
A) They have a distinctive group of insects including the blue ground beetle. B) They cover half of Dartmoor's landscape. C) They are primarily composed of blanket bogs. D) They are home to exceptional epiphytic mosses, liverworts, and lichens.
A) Brown cobblestone lichen B) Purple rock lichen C) Smith's horsehair lichen D) Sphagnum and other mosses
A) Old oak woodlands B) Heathlands C) Granite tors D) Wet valleys
A) Tropical B) Arid C) Temperate D) Continental
A) Drier B) Milder C) Colder D) Wetter
A) Reaching 25 °C (77 °F) B) Not reaching 18 °C (64 °F) C) Reaching 30 °C (86 °F) D) Reaching 15 °C (59 °F)
A) 10.0 °C (18.0 °F) B) 1.0 °C (1.8 °F) C) 5.0 °C (9.0 °F) D) 3.0 °C (5.4 °F)
A) 4.0 °C (7.2 °F) B) 3.5 °C (6.3 °F) C) 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) D) 2.6 °C (4.7 °F)
A) At least five times as frequent B) Twice as frequent C) Three times as frequent D) Ten times as frequent
A) About 200 days B) Exactly 250 days C) More than 300 days D) Less than 175 days
A) 100 days B) 20 days C) 50 days D) 5 days
A) Down by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) B) Up by 1.0 °C (1.8 °F) C) No change D) Up by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F)
A) Increased by 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) B) Decreased by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) C) Increased by 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) D) No change
A) High pressure systems B) Desert winds C) Convection caused by solar surface heating D) Cold fronts moving from the north
A) Cornwall B) Wiltshire C) Devon D) Somerset
A) 1975 B) 1951 C) 1945 D) 1960
A) 1000 km2 B) 1200 km2 C) 800 km2 D) 954 km2
A) Jurassic Period B) Permian Period C) Carboniferous Period D) Triassic Period
A) 800 km2 B) 500 km2 C) 625 km2 D) 700 km2
A) Limestone deposits B) Shale veins C) Partly digested shale xenoliths D) Sandstone layers
A) Moorland Run B) Dartmoor Marathon C) Granite Trek D) Ten Tors Challenge
A) High Willhays B) Ryder's Hill C) Yes Tor D) Snowdon
A) Dartmoor marshes B) Swampy grounds C) "Feather beds" or "quakers" D) Moorland pools
A) 2045 B) 2030 C) 2025 D) 2050
A) River Thames B) River Avon C) River Taw D) River Teign
A) Neolithic B) Iron Age C) Bronze Age D) Roman Era
A) Water erosion B) Fire C) Animal grazing D) Stone tools
A) Clay soil B) Highly acidic soil C) Alkaline soil D) Sandy soil
A) Laughter Tor stone row B) Upper Erme stone row C) Scorhill stone row D) Challacombe stone row
A) 35 meters B) 15 meters C) 26.8 meters D) 45 meters
A) Circular walls B) L-shaped porches C) Stone roofs D) Turf barriers
A) Iron Age pyramids B) Roman sarcophagi C) Neolithic stone box-like tombs D) Bronze Age burial mounds
A) The British government. B) Isbell Rowe & Company, Plymouth. C) A French company during the Napoleonic Wars. D) Local villagers.
A) Coal mining. B) The tin-mining industry. C) Textile manufacturing. D) Shipbuilding.
A) 3.7%. B) 57.3%. C) 14%. D) About 37%.
A) About 730 km (450 mi). B) 100 km (62 mi). C) 900 km (560 mi). D) 500 km (310 mi).
A) January 2023 B) May 2025 C) 1977 D) July 2023
A) Martin Shaw B) Alexander Darwall C) Julian Flaux D) The Ministry of Defence
A) January 2023 B) 21 May 2025 C) 1977 D) 31 July 2023
A) 1977 B) 1985 C) 2005 D) 2023
A) Alexander Darwall B) Martin Shaw C) Julian Flaux D) The Ministry of Defence
A) Mermaids B) Pixies C) Unicorns D) Dragons
A) Bowerman's Nose B) Childe's Tomb C) Stone crosses D) Jay's Grave
A) Lord Byron B) Percy Bysshe Shelley C) William Wordsworth D) Felicia Hemans
A) Benighted B) They Came to a City C) An Inspector Calls D) Lost Empires
A) Bertram Fletcher Robinson B) Agatha Christie C) Eden Phillpotts D) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A) War Horse B) The Hounds of Baskerville C) Hitman 3 D) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A) Black Mirror B) Game of Thrones C) Sherlock D) Doctor Who
A) Richard Gough B) John Leland C) John Swete D) William Crossing
A) 1938 B) 1789 C) 1909 D) 1540s
A) Because of private ownership B) Due to high rainfall C) For environmental reasons D) To protect wildlife
A) Cycling B) Letterboxing C) Rock climbing D) Hill walking
A) The Loop B) Hound Tor C) Haytor D) The Dewerstone
A) Princetown B) Okehampton C) Haytor D) Postbridge
A) LED street lights B) Car headlights C) Street lamps with incandescent bulbs D) Industrial lighting
A) 173 Stagecoach B) 271 Country bus C) 98 Oakleys D) 359 Country bus
A) Summer Saturdays only B) Weekdays only C) Every day of the week D) Only during school holidays
A) 178 Country bus B) 98 Oakleys C) 359 Country bus D) 173 Stagecoach
A) Guides for hiking trails B) Information, maps, guidebooks C) Exhibits on Dartmoor's history D) Changing displays of local art
A) Stagecoach B) Oakleys C) Country bus D) GWR |