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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - County Durham Areas I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which castle overlooking the River Wear has UN World Heritage Status ?

 

Raby Castle
Barnard Castle
Auckland Castle
Durham Castle

Durham Cathedralcontains the shrine to which important Saint ?

 

St John
St Cuthbert
St Peter
St Hilda

Which attraction is an open air museum located near Stanley & attracts over 300 000 visitors yearly

 

The Bowes Museum
Shildon Locomotive Museum
Beamish Museum
Preston Hall

Which museum is famous for its automaton silver swan ?

 

The Bowes Museum
Shildon Locomotive Museum
Beamish Museum
Preston Hall

Durham Cathedral has how many rectangular towers ?

 

4
2
5
3

Which castle near staindrop is one of the UK's largest inhabited castles ?

 

Raby Castle
Barnard Castle
Auckland Castle
Durham Castle

The Penshaw Monument near Houghton Le Spring is a half size replica of what ?

 

Eiffel Tower
Acropolis
Temple of Haphaestus
Cleopatras Needle

Since 1983 Tony Blair has been MP for which County Durham constituency ?

 

Sedgefield
Bishop Auckland
Darlington
Easington

The world's oldest surviving railway bridge near Stanley is the

 

Stanley Arch
Greta Bridge
Tees Arch
Causey Arch

The official residence of the Bishop of Durham is ?

 

Raby Castle
Barnard Castle
Auckland Castle
Durham Castle


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