Quizzes!
Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire

Amazing Anagrams

We've created 21 anagrams that relate to some of the sites that have now opened their gates for you to visit again. Can you use the clues to help unravel these word jumbles? Scroll to the bottom of the page to check your answers

1 HONEST GENE

Clue: Our most famous prehistoric circle on Salisbury Plain

 

2 NOT ME RASH

Clue: These conquerors built a wall for Hadrian (pictured)

 

3 ACQUIT MELLOWER RHINO

Clue: This Norman invader won the most famous battle ever to take place on English soil

4 SO BRAVE COMIC

Clue: She was the cook at Audley End House and Gardens (pictured) in the 1880s

 

5 COLDEST RAVE

Clue: The daring plan to rescue soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk was overseen from secret tunnels beneath this mighty fortress

 

6 ANTIQUE VOICER

Clue: This monarch had a seaside home, called Osborne, on the Isle of Wight

7 WHY BITE BABY

Clue: This spooky looking ruin inspired Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula

 

8 SHOO CHILD WAREHOUSEMAN FROWNED

Clue: The theory of evolution by natural selection was developed here

 

9 NICEST TALL GATE

Clue: The legend of King Arthur is closely linked to this spectacular site in Cornwall (pictured)

10 RIG IVY HIKE INN

Clue: This Tudor king built a chain of coastal forts, including Deal, Walmer and Pendennis Castles (pictured)

 

11 ANAGRAM ACT

Clue: King John was forced by his barons to sign this peace treaty in 1215

 

12 FORESTERS THAW SHOE

Clue: This series of English civil wars took place in the 15th century between the House of Lancaster and the House of York

13 WET KNIGHT NOODLE FUEL

Clue: He invented a type of footwear that comes in handy when it’s muddy

 

14 USUAL ICE JARS

Clue: This emperor invaded Britain in 55–54 BC

 

15 THE QUIZ BEE ALIEN

Clue: Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire (pictured) was transformed into a lavish palace to entertain this monarch, who was the daughter of Henry VIII

16 STATUE BUYING BASES

Clue: It was one of the most important monasteries in medieval England and is near Canterbury Cathedral

 

17 EXOTIC REMARRY TOWN

Clue: This was once the fourth largest settlement in Roman Britain and was originally known as Viriconium (pictured)

 

18 ARMADA CHALLENGES PEDANT

Clue: Millionaires Stephen and Virginia Courtauld – along with their pet lemur, Mah-Jongg – moved here in the 1930s

19 NIGHTFALL CAME ARMS

Clue: Ed Sheeran wrote a song about this magnificent 12th-century Suffolk fortress (pictured)

 

20 PRECAUTIONARY GNOMES HOARDED RUNGS

Clue: Roam the ruins of this unusual medieval monastery in North Yorkshire and you may even spot a stoat!

 

21 MANUFACTURERS SERMON METHODS

Clue: One of the Roman Empire’s most northern outposts, it once housed around 500 cavalrymen

  • Answers:

    1 Stonehenge

    2 The Romans

    3 William the Conqueror

    4 Avis Crocombe

    5 Dover Castle

    6 Queen Victoria

    7 Whitby Abbey

    8 Home of Charles Darwin – Down House

    9 Tintagel Castle

    10 King Henry VIII

    11 Magna Carta

    12 The Wars of the Roses

    13 The Duke of Wellington

    14 Julius Caesar

    15 Queen Elizabeth I

    16 St Augustine’s Abbey

    17 Wroxeter Roman City

    18 Eltham Palace and Gardens

    19 Framlingham Castle

    20 Mount Grace Priory, House and Gardens

    21 Chesters Roman Fort and Museum