What type of designation does the Mendip Hills have?
a) National Park
b) UNESCO World Heritage Site
c) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
d) National Forest
Answer: c) Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
What is the highest point in the Mendip Hills?
a) Black Down
b) Beacon Batch
c) Burrington Ham
d) Cheddar Gorge
Answer: b) Beacon Batch
Which river flows through the Mendip Hills?
a) River Thames
b) River Severn
c) River Avon
d) River Yeo
Answer: d) River Yeo
What type of landscape characterizes the Mendip Hills?
a) Coastal cliffs
b) Rolling hills
c) Moorland
d) Desert dunes
Answer: b) Rolling hills
Which historic city is located at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills?
a) Bristol
b) Exeter
c) Bath
d) Cardiff
Answer: c) Bath
What is the name of the unique geological feature formed by the erosion of limestone in the Mendip Hills?
a) Stonehenge
b) Cheddar Gorge
c) Burrington Combe
d) Mendip Caves
Answer: b) Cheddar Gorge
Which river valley in the Mendip Hills is known for its limestone caves and underground formations?
a) Yeo Valley
b) Chew Valley
c) Axe Valley
d) Frome Valley
Answer: c) Axe Valley
What is the name of the nature reserve known for its rare wildflowers and butterflies?
a) Burrington Ham
b) Ebbor Gorge
c) Velvet Bottom
d) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
Answer: a) Burrington Ham
Which historic town in the Mendip Hills is known for its medieval architecture and cathedral?
a) Wells
b) Glastonbury
c) Shepton Mallet
d) Street
Answer: a) Wells
What is the name of the ancient hill fort located within the Mendip Hills?
a) Glastonbury Tor
b) Cadbury Castle
c) Maiden Castle
d) Tintagel Castle
Answer: b) Cadbury Castle
Which river flows through the city of Wells in the Mendip Hills?
a) River Yeo
b) River Chew
c) River Axe
d) River Frome
Answer: c) River Axe
What type of rock is predominant in the Mendip Hills?
a) Marble
b) Sandstone
c) Limestone
d) Basalt
Answer: c) Limestone
Which village is known for its ancient church and historic market cross?
a) Cheddar
b) Shepton Mallet
c) Chew Magna
d) Burrington
Answer: b) Shepton Mallet
What is the name of the river that flows through the village of Cheddar?
a) River Yeo
b) River Chew
c) River Axe
d) River Frome
Answer: c) River Axe
Which ancient site in the Mendip Hills is known for its stone circles and Neolithic history?
a) Stonehenge
b) Glastonbury Tor
c) Stanton Drew
d) Cadbury Castle
Answer: c) Stanton Drew
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the “Wookey Hole” caves?
a) Wookey
b) Axbridge
c) Wedmore
d) Rodney Stoke
Answer: a) Wookey
Which village is known for its annual festival and connection to the legendary King Arthur?
a) Glastonbury
b) Wells
c) Cheddar
d) Axbridge
Answer: a) Glastonbury
What is the name of the historic market town that hosts the annual Royal Bath & West Show?
a) Shepton Mallet
b) Street
c) Wells
d) Cheddar
Answer: a) Shepton Mallet
Which village is known for its connection to the famous Cheddar cheese?
a) Cheddar
b) Axbridge
c) Wedmore
d) Wookey
Answer: a) Cheddar
What is the name of the nature reserve known for its limestone grassland and rare plants?
a) Cheddar Gorge
b) Ebbor Gorge
c) Black Rock Reserve
d) Burrington Combe
Answer: b) Ebbor Gorge
Which village is known for its historic abbey ruins and music festivals?
a) Wells
b) Shepton Mallet
c) Glastonbury
d) Street
Answer: c) Glastonbury
What is the name of the underground river that flows through the Wookey Hole caves?
a) River Axe
b) River Yeo
c) River Chew
d) River Frome
Answer: a) River Axe
Which village is known for its connection to the “Cheddar Man,” Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton?
a) Cheddar
b) Wookey
c) Axbridge
d) Wedmore
Answer: a) Cheddar
What is the name of the nature reserve known for its wetland habitat and birdwatching opportunities?
a) Chew Valley Lake
b) Cheddar Reservoir
c) Black Rock Reserve
d) King’s Wood
Answer: a) Chew Valley Lake
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its historic market cross?
a) Compton Martin
b) Blagdon
c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
d) Shipham
Answer: c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
What is the name of the village known for its association with the writer and poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
a) Nether Stowey
b) Cheddar
c) Glastonbury
d) Axbridge
Answer: a) Nether Stowey
Which village is known for its connection to the “Mendip Conservators” and its limestone quarrying history?
a) Cheddar
b) Shipham
c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
d) Axbridge
Answer: c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
What is the name of the historic market town known for its connection to the cloth trade and its medieval architecture?
a) Wells
b) Shepton Mallet
c) Frome
d) Cheddar
Answer: b) Shepton Mallet
Which village is known for its connection to the writer and philosopher Bishop George Berkeley?
a) Blagdon
b) Shipham
c) Compton Martin
d) Cheddar
Answer: a) Blagdon
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the “Strawberry Line” railway and its annual fair?
a) Cheddar
b) Winscombe
c) Wrington
d) Sandford
Answer: b) Winscombe
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual carnival?
a) Blagdon
b) Shipham
c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
d) Priddy
Answer: b) Shipham
What is the name of the historic village known for its association with the “Blagdon Lake” reservoir?
a) Blagdon
b) Compton Martin
c) Shipham
d) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
Answer: a) Blagdon
Which village is known for its connection to the ancient lead mining industry and its famous “Miners’ Church”?
a) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
b) Shipham
c) Blagdon
d) Compton Martin
Answer: a) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
What is the name of the historic village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual Priddy Folk Festival?
a) Shipham
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Priddy
d) Compton Martin
Answer: c) Priddy
Which village is known for its connection to the “Mendip Hills AONB” office and its agricultural show?
a) Cheddar
b) Shipham
c) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
d) Croscombe
Answer: d) Croscombe
What is the name of the village known for its historic church and its connection to the “Blagdon Lake”?
a) Blagdon
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Shipham
d) Compton Martin
Answer: a) Blagdon
Which village is known for its connection to the ancient lead mining industry and its annual fair?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Blagdon
d) Shipham
Answer: a) Priddy
What is the name of the historic village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its “Wookey Hole Caves”?
a) Wookey
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Priddy
d) Shipham
Answer: a) Wookey
Which village is known for its connection to the ancient lead mining industry and its annual “Mendip Ploughing Match”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: a) Priddy
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Lambing Day” event?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: a) Priddy
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Harvest Home” celebrations?
a) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
b) Priddy
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: b) Priddy
What is the name of the historic village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its “Burrington Ham” nature reserve?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Burrington
Answer: d) Burrington
Which village is known for its connection to the ancient lead mining industry and its “St. Mary’s Church”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: c) Compton Martin
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Burrington Show”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Burrington
d) Shipham
Answer: c) Burrington
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Compton Martin Fair”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: c) Compton Martin
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its historic “The Ring of Bells” pub?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Wookey
Answer: a) Priddy
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Shipham May Day” celebrations?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: d) Shipham
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its “Perry’s Cider Mills”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: d) Shipham
Which village is known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its annual “Shipham Players” productions?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: d) Shipham
What is the name of the village known for its connection to the lead mining industry and its “Shipham Village Hall”?
a) Priddy
b) Charterhouse-on-Mendip
c) Compton Martin
d) Shipham
Answer: d) Shipham
