Which is the shortest ferry route from the mainland to the island?
1. Yarmouth to Ryde
2. Portsmouth to East Cowes
3. Southampton to East Cowes
4. Calais to Ryde
Which is the longest pier on the island?
1. Ventnor
2. Yarmouth
3. Ryde
4. Alum Bay
What was the Roman name for Wight?
1. Vectis
2. Ventnor
3. Vidicum
4. Blackpool
What is the name of the island's top security prison?
1. Parkhurst
2. Camp
3. Carisbrooke
4. Brixton
What is Alum Bay famous for?
1. its lake
2. its restaurants
3. its coloured sands
4. its prison
How many government prisons are there on the island?
1. one
2. two
3. three
4. four
Which is the Isle's highest point?
1. St. Boniface Down
2. Sandown Cliffs
3. Alum Bay
4. Ventnor
How long is the Isle from East to West?
1. 150 miles
2. 23 miles
3. 50 miles
4. 17 miles
Where can you find a working donkey-wheel on the Isle?
1. Osborne House
2. Carisbrooke Castle
3. Arreton Manor
4. Calbourne Mill
What's the name of the administrative town on the Isle?
1. Ryde
2. Shanklin
3. Newport
4. Cowes
What is (West) Cowes famous for?
1. prisons
2. flower shows
3. scenery
4. yachting
Which port is at the mouth of the River Yar?
1. Newport
2. Yarmouth
3. Chale
4. Yarwood
What is the approximate population of the island?
1. 1 million
2. 1.250,000 million
3. 125,000
4. 555,000
Which English King was imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle until his execution in London?
1. Henry I
2. Henry VIII
3. Charles I
4. Charles II
What did Christopher Cockerell invent on the island, in East Cowes?
1. the hovercraft
2. the catamaran
3. the trimaran
4. the hydrofoil
How deep is the island from North to South?
1. 11 miles
2. 12 miles
3. 13 miles
4. 14 miles
Approximately how many visitors does the island receive each year?
1. 3000
2. 30,000
3. 300,000
4. 3 million
What is the name of the stretch of water separating the Isle of Wight from the England mainland?
1. The River Yar
2. The Solent
3. The Channel
4. The Seine
What are The Needles?
1. for knitting Wight jumpers
2. huge guns mounted to defend the island
3. tall chalk spike cliffs off Alum Bay
4. the name given to the island's piers
What is Ventnor?
1. a small island off Wight
2. a windy rock off the coast
3. an ancient church
4. a seaside resort

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