BBC Countryfile Magazine

Country puzzles

COUNTRYSIDE QUIZ

answers at bottom of page 103

1. Which range of hills spans Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire?

▭ a) High Weald

▭b) Chiltern Hills

▭ c) North Wessex Downs

▭ d) Mendips Hills

2. What is the name of the Prime Minister’s country home?

▭ a) Chequers

▭ b) Balmoral

▭ c) Stourhead

▭ d) Tintern

3. Sir John Fowler was the chief engineer for which famous landmark?

▭ a) Grand Union Canal

▭ b) Forth Bridge

▭ c) Caledonian Canal

▭ d) Clifton Suspension

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