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Survival quiz

With ten copies of Steve Backshall's Wildlife Adventurer's Guide to give away, we wanted to test your outdoor survival knowledge with our cool quiz. Ten lucky winners got all the answers correct, but how did you do?

The questions and answers. Correct answers appear in red.

 

1. From which direction does the sun rise every morning?

 

a) East

b) West

c) South

 

2. What might you use a compass for?

 

a) To help you put up your tent

b) To cook your dinner on

c) To find which direction you're going in

 

3. On an OS map, what colour is a major A road?

 

a) Red

b) Yellow

c) Blue

 

4. Which of these is not part of the countryside code?

 

a) Take your litter home

b) Leave gates open behind you

c) Keep dogs under close control

 

5. What is the name of a public path that people can ride horses along?

 

a) Trottingway

b) Bridleway

c) Ridingway 

 

The winners

 

Hannah Hateley (aged 9) from Cheshire

Aaron Middleton (aged 6) from Hampshire

Benjamin Collins (aged 6) from Surrey

William Sellgren (aged 10) from Norwich

Maisie and Tommy Buckingham (aged 11 & 7) from Devon

Kaitlin Hopper (aged 11) fromTorquay

Harrison Earlston from Dean After School Club, Cumbria

Ewan and Craig Scott (aged 8 & 5) from Edinburgh

Esther and Celia Holland (aged 14 & 9) from Sheffield

Marcus Gordon from Evesham, Worcestershire