Question 1: Which English national park is the Roaches ridge found in?
- Peak District
- Dartmoor
- Brecon Beacons
Correct Answer: Peak District
Fact: The Peak District became the UK's first national park in 1951. Its name is something of a misnomer; the landscape is dominated by plateaus, hills, and valleys, rather than steep peaks.
Question 2: Which classic novel has key scenes set in the Peak District?
- Great Expectations
- Pride and Prejudice
- Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Correct Answer: Pride and Prejudice
Fact: In Jane Austen's classic romance, Mr. Darcy's estate, Pemberly, is in the Peak District. It's here that Elizabeth starts to see another side of Darcy. After initially judging him to be rude and snobbish, at Pemberly she discovers how kind and generous he can be.
Question 3: Which poet was inspired by the landscapes of England’s largest national park, the Lake District?
- Emily Brontë
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- William Wordsworth
Correct Answer: William Wordsworth
Fact: The Lake District has inspired many artists, but Wordsworth is considered its most famous son. The idea for the poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' came to him during a walk along the shores of Ullswater, a lake in the national park.