Dorset Quiz

1. What is the name of the famous 96-mile stretch of coastline spanning from East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset?
2. Which iconic limestone arch near Lulworth is one of the most photographed natural landmarks in the county?
3. What type of high-speed transit infrastructure is completely missing from Dorset, making it one of the few counties in England without one?
4. Enid Blyton based "Kirrin Castle" in her Famous Five books on which real Dorset landmark?
5. What is the name of Dorset's largest Iron Age hill fort, famous for its massive multiple earthen ramparts?
6. How tall is the famous, club-wielding hill figure known as the Cerne Abbas Giant?
7. Which famous 19th-century author and poet was born in Higher Bockhampton and set many of his novels in a fictionalised Dorset called "Wessex"?
8. What are the distinctive chalk sea stacks located at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast called?
9. What is the official county town of Dorset?
10. What is the traditional motto of the county of Dorset, translated from the local dialect?
11. On the Isle of Portland, what animal's name is traditionally considered highly unlucky to say out loud?
12. Which devastating pandemic first entered Britain via the Dorset port town of Melcombe Regis (now Weymouth) in 1348?
13. Where in Dorset did Robert Baden-Powell hold the world's very first experimental Scout camp in August 1907?
14. What did the Romans call the settlement they established at Dorchester in AD 43?
15. What is the collective name given to the six agricultural labourers from Tolpuddle who were transported to Australia in 1834 for forming a friendly society?
16. Which historic landmark in Lyme Regis shares its name with a structure built to protect the harbour from rough seas?
17. Novelist Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, is buried in the family vault of which Dorset town?
18. What is the name of the highest cliff on the south coast of England, located near Bridport?
19. Chesil Beach is an 18-mile-long barrier beach that connects the mainland to which distinct peninsula?
20. What is the highest point in the county of Dorset?