Quiz Answers

This weekend's Quiz was about Rivers. Answers below:

1. Which is the longest river in Spain?
2. Which river estuary does the River Weaver flow into?
3. Which county does the River Thames rise in?
4. Which is the longest river in the British Isles?
5. Which River features in the film Stand by Me?
6. Poland's two major cities, Cracow and Warsaw stand on which river?
7. Which is the longest river in Europe?
8. Which river divides Cornwall and Devon?
9. The Wirral peninsular in Merseyside has the River Mersey to one side and which river to the other?
10. The Dales of Yorkshire are normally named after the river that flows through. There is one notable exception. Which Dale is it?

Answers:

1. The Ebro
2. The Mersey
3. Gloucestershire
4. The Shannon in Ireland
5. The young actor River Phoenix starred in the 1986 film.
6. The Vistula
7. The Volga in Russia
8. The Tamar
9. The Dee
10. Wensleydale. It's the River Yore. Wensley is a village in the Dale.

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