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


Which area of Cumbria is known for its Mint Cake which is still made there today ?

 

Penrith
Keswick
Carlisle
Kendal

 One of the wettest inhabited places in the UK with over 3300mm of rain per year is

 

Barrow in Furness
Shap
Penrith
Seathwaite
Many of the mountains and valleys in Cumbria have largely been shaped by

 

Glaciers
Rain Erosion
Volcanic Activity
River Erosion

 The victorian steam powered Gondola operates on which Cumbrian Lake ?

 

Ennerdale
Ullswater
Coniston
Windermere
Which area made the first graphite pencils and today is home to the Pencil Museum ?

 

Whitehaven
Kendal
Keswick
Carlisle

 Now National Trust, John Ruskins Lake District home by Lake Coniston is

 

Muncaster Castle
Dalemain
Brantwood
Holker Hall
A traditional Georgian Country house found between Penrith & Ullswater featured on TV and film is

 

Muncaster Castle
Dalemain
Brantwood
Holker Hall

 Which country house near Ravenglass has been home to the Pennington family for over 800 years ?

 

Muncaster Castle
Dalemain
Brantwood
Holker Hall
Shap Summit on the M6 is how high above sea level ?

 

917 metres
317 metres
617 metres
117 metres

 Which poet born in Cockermouth in 1770 is most associated with Cumbria ?

 

William Wordsworth
Robert Browning
Alfred Tennyson
John Keats


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