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COUNTRYSIDE QUIZ

1. Of the 19 lighthouses built by engineer Robert Stevenson (1772–1850), how many were in Scotland?

□ a) 5

□ b) 9

□ c) 13

□ d) All of them

2. From which seaweed is the gelling agent carrageenan extracted?

□ a) Dulse

□ b) Irish moss

□ c) Spiral wrack

□ d) Dabberlocks

3. Where is the UK’s largest native oyster restoration project?

□ a) Thames Estuary

□ b) Blackwater, Crouch, Roach and Colne

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