Malvern Hills Quiz
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This sunday, Countryfile comes from the Malvern Hills. But how much do you know about the area?  Take our quiz to find out if you are a Malvern marvel. (Picture: Philip Halling and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. )
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of these counties are not covered by the Malvern Hills?
- A.
Worcestershire
- B.
Shropshire
- C.
Herefordshire
- 2.If you stand on the top of the Malvern Hills and look east the next highest hills are the Urals in Russia. True or False?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.A walk home from a Malvern pub in the snow is said to have inspired which famous writer?
- A.
J. R. R. Tolkien
- B.
C. S. Lewis
- C.
Raymond Briggs
- 4.The Herefordshire Beacon is also known by what name?
- A.
Home camp
- B.
Welsh camp
- C.
British camp
- 5.What does the name Malvern actually mean?
- A.
Bare hill
- B.
Fort rise
- C.
High vale
- 6.Two railway tunnels stretch beneath the Malvern Hills. The Victorian tunnel closed in 1926 and is now home to a colony of rare bats, but what use did it have in the first half of the 20th Century?
- A.
It was used as an Edwardian bicycle route
- B.
The Royal Navy used it to store torpedoes
- C.
Farmers used it as a short cut when droving cattle
- 7.Who said, "If ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed. It's only me."
- A.
Edward Elgar
- B.
Ralph Vaughan-Williams
- C.
Arnold Bax
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