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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Dorset Areas I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


The birthplace of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, Hardys Cottage can be found in

 

Weymouth
Dorchester
Blandford Forum
Poole

 Which area was known to the Romans as Durnovaria ?

 

Weymouth
Poole
Dorchester
Bournemouth
Portland is most noted for the quality of what natural extract ?

 

Clay
Sand
Gravel
Limestone

 Clouds Hill near Wareham was the cottage of

 

Thomas Edward Lawrence
Thomas Hardy
Lord Mountbatten
Enid Blyton
Which part of Dorset is a UN World Heritage Site ?

 

Studland Bay
Jurassic Coast
Dorchester
Weymouth Bay

 Which estate in 50 acres built for Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 has been home to the Digbys since 1617

 

Athelhampton House
Highcliffe Castle
Maiden Castle
Sherborne Castle
Which 15th century manor house near Dorchester has been restored after a 1992 fire ?

 

Athelhampton House
Highcliffe Castle
Maiden Castle
Sherborne Castle

 Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove and Chesil Beach are all part of ?

 

Studland Bay
Jurassic Coast
Poole Harbour
Weymouth Bay
Which brewer based in Blandford Forum is best known for its Badger Beer ?

 

JC & RH Palmer
Dorset Brewing Co
Hall & Woodhouse
Eldridge Pope

 An 85 metre diameter neolithic henge by Dorchester& used by the Romans as an amphitheatre is ?

 

Mayburgh
Belas Knap
Avebury Stone Cirlces
Maumbury Rings


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