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Spring quiz...

Answer the following 10 multiple choice questions below for your chance to WIN A GARMIN SATNAV (£199) +ROADTOUR (£35). The first correct entry drawn wins the prize. The draw will be announced 31st May 2008. Full terms and conditions apply.

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Q1 In the winter of 1850, what incident uncovered the prehistoric farming settlement of Skara Brae on Orkney?

Q2 Thought to be the landing place of the Roman invasion in AD 43, Richborough in Kent has often been described as the ‘Gateway to Roman Britain’. But what was the name of the main Roman Road which linked Richborough to London?

Q3 Built by the Romans in the second century AD, Hadrian’s wall extends for 80 Roman miles across the north of England. But how long is the wall in modern day miles?

Q4 Once an important Iron Age trading port for the export of Cornish tin to Europe, Carrack Looz en Cooz is the Cornish name for which coastal landmark?

Q5 In 1915, Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, the world famous Neolithic stone circle which sits on the Salisbury Plain. But how much did he pay for it?

Q6 The residents of which Iron Age dwelling created what is thought to be Britain’s oldest chalk figure, the famous White Horse?

Q7 Jarlshof is a prehistoric site on Orkney which includes examples of architecture from Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish, Norse and Medieval periods. But which Scottish author is responsible for its unusual name?

Q8 Abandoned around 1400 years ago, the village of Wroxeter was the fourth largest settlement in Roman Britain, but what was its Roman name?

Q9 The site of which Scottish castle is thought to have once been the location of an Iron Age fort and more recently, a good vantage point for spotting the Loch Ness Monster?

Q10 The impressive Roman remains and stuff of Arthurian legend at Caerleon in South Wales, lie in the valley of which river? How many UK heritage sites are included in RoadTour’s audio tour guides for Sat Navs?


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