Lake District Quiz: Fells, Tarns and Wainwright's Walks

England's highest mountain and largest natural lake are both in Cumbria, and this Lake District quiz explores the landscape poets and walkers love. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Scafell Pike, Windermere, Wastwater, the 214 Wainwrights, Bassenthwaite Lake, Old Norse place names, Beatrix Potter, Wordsworth, Herdwick sheep and UNESCO status.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

County
In which county is the Lake District?
Peak
What is England's highest mountain, found here?
Lake
Which is the largest natural lake in England?
Deep
Which is the deepest lake in England?
Name
Which is the only body of water in the area with Lake in its name?
Fell
Where does the word fell come from?
Wainwright
How many fells did Alfred Wainwright describe in his Pictorial Guides?
Potter
Which author lived at Hill Top farm?
Poet
Which Romantic poet lived at Dove Cottage in Grasmere?
Sheep
Which hardy local sheep breed grazes the fells?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: In which county is the Lake District?
Answer: Cumbria
It is in northwest England.
Q2: What is England's highest mountain, found here?
Answer: Scafell Pike
It rises to 978 meters.
Q3: Which is the largest natural lake in England?
Answer: Windermere
It is over 16 km long.
Q4: Which is the deepest lake in England?
Answer: Wastwater
Screes plunge into it.
Q5: Which is the only body of water in the area with Lake in its name?
Answer: Bassenthwaite Lake
Others are meres, waters or tarns.
Q6: Where does the word fell come from?
Answer: Old Norse for mountain
Vikings settled the region.
Q7: How many fells did Alfred Wainwright describe in his Pictorial Guides?
Answer: 214
Walkers try to climb them all.
Q8: Which author lived at Hill Top farm?
Answer: Beatrix Potter
She left land to the National Trust.
Q9: Which Romantic poet lived at Dove Cottage in Grasmere?
Answer: William Wordsworth
He wrote about daffodils.
Q10: Which hardy local sheep breed grazes the fells?
Answer: Herdwick
Potter championed the breed.

Lake District Quiz – Fells, Tarns and Wainwright's Walks

The Lake District in Cumbria became a national park in 1951 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. It contains Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain at 978 meters, and Windermere, the largest natural lake in England.

Wastwater is England's deepest lake, and Bassenthwaite Lake is the only one with Lake in its name. Many local words come from Old Norse, such as fell for mountain and tarn for a small lake. Alfred Wainwright's guides describe 214 fells, known as the Wainwrights.

William Wordsworth lived at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, and Beatrix Potter farmed at Hill Top, championing the hardy Herdwick sheep and leaving land to the National Trust.

What This Quiz Teaches

Walkers and travelers will enjoy these questions.

Where the Lake District is
Which peaks and lakes stand out
Where local words come from
Who wrote about it
Which animals live there

Did You Know?

The region is one of England's wettest areas.
Steamers have crossed Ullswater since the 1800s.
Helvellyn's Striding Edge is a famous ridge walk.
Rock climbing as a sport grew here.
Kendal Mint Cake fuels many fell walkers.