{"id":1542,"date":"2020-04-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/os-tricky-place-names-quiz\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:43:34","slug":"os-tricky-place-names-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/os-tricky-place-names-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Os tricky place names quiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<header id=\"block_ade4e7b89b81ba5698c500fec6a01ad2\" class=\"SingleHero skip-lazy default\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"SingleHero__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities\/map-reading\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMap Reading\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/tag\/place-names\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlace Names\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"SingleHero__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOs tricky place names quiz\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center align-items-center SingleHero__author\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Jonathan Elder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"SingleHero__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublished on \t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2020-04-01T00:00:00+00:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">April 1, 2020<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dot\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t4 min read\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"SingleHero__thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad.jpg\" class=\"attachment-hd size-hd wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad-1024x352.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad-768x264.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad-1536x528.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/place-names-quiz-2020-banner.6534f459be8de3ec73b0948ac737e8ad-1376x473.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<article id=\"block_db4cb1c0ea5551c305499db8bc664807\" class=\"Universal Universal--post c-small default pt-default pb-default mt-none mb-none    \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"InnerBlocks\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lead\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve created this challenging place names quiz to see how easily you can be tricked with made up places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For each pair of place names, one is real and the other is either fictional or completely made up. We&#8217;ve used the place name search in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OS Maps online<\/a>&nbsp;to verify these: you can use it to find more or even create your own. Make your choice and see how many you get correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"quiz\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"quizsubmit\"><button id=\"submit\">Click here to show your score!<\/button><\/div>\n<div id=\"results\"><\/div>\n\n<script>\n\n(function() {\n  function buildQuiz() {\n    \/\/ we'll need a place to store the HTML output\n    const output = [];\n\n    \/\/ for each question...\n    myQuestions.forEach((currentQuestion, questionNumber) => {\n      \/\/ we'll want to store the list of answer choices\n      const answers = [];\n\n      \/\/ and for each available answer...\n      for (letter in currentQuestion.answers) {\n        \/\/ ...add an HTML radio button\n        answers.push(\n          `<label>\n            <input type=\"radio\" name=\"question${questionNumber}\" value=\"${letter}\">\n            ${letter} :\n            ${currentQuestion.answers[letter]}\n          <\/label>`\n        );\n      }\n\n      \/\/ add this question and its answers to the output\n      output.push(\n        `<div class=\"question\"> ${currentQuestion.question} <\/div>\n        <div class=\"answers\"> ${answers.join(\"\")} <\/div>\n        <hr class=\"quizrule\" \/>`\n      );\n    });\n\n    \/\/ finally combine our output list into one string of HTML and put it on the page\n    quizContainer.innerHTML = output.join(\"\");\n  }\n\n  function showResults() {\n    \/\/ gather answer containers from our quiz\n    const answerContainers = quizContainer.querySelectorAll(\".answers\");\n    txtCorrectAnswers = \"\";\n\n    \/\/ keep track of user's answers\n    let numCorrect = 0;\n\n    \/\/ for each question...\n    myQuestions.forEach((currentQuestion, questionNumber) => {\n      \/\/ find selected answer\n      const answerContainer = answerContainers[questionNumber];\n      const selector = `input[name=question${questionNumber}]:checked`;\n      const userAnswer = (answerContainer.querySelector(selector) || {}).value;\n      \n      txtCorrectAnswers += questionNumber +1 + \": \" + currentQuestion.correctAnswer + \" &nbsp;\";\n\n      \/\/ if answer is correct\n      if (userAnswer === currentQuestion.correctAnswer) {\n        \/\/ add to the number of correct answers\n        numCorrect++;\n\n        \/\/ color the answers green\n        answerContainers[questionNumber].style.color = \"lightgreen\";\n      } else {\n        \/\/ if answer is wrong or blank\n        \/\/ color the answers red\n        answerContainers[questionNumber].style.color = \"red\";\n      }\n    });\n    \n    \/\/ calculate text from score\n    \n    switch(numCorrect) {\n        case 0:\n        case 1:\n        case 2:\n        case 3:\n            txtScore = \"Totally tricked!\";\n            break;\n        case 4:\n        case 5:\n        case 6:\n        case 7:\n        case 8:\n        case 9:\n            txtScore = \"Commonly conned!\";\n            break;\n        case 10:\n        case 11:\n        case 12:\n        case 13:\n        case 14:\n            txtScore = \"Often fooled!\";\n            break;\n        case 15:\n        case 16:\n        case 17:\n        case 18:\n        case 19:\n        case 20:    \n            txtScore = \"Hard to mislead!\";\n            break;\n        case 21:\n        case 22:\n        case 23:\n        case 24:\n            txtScore = \"Rarely tricked!\";\n            break;\n        case 25:\n            txtScore = \"A scam buster!\";\n            break;\n        default:\n            txtScore = \"Totally tricked!\";\n            break;\n        \n    }\n    \n\n\n    \/\/ show number of correct answers out of total\n    resultsContainer.innerHTML = `You got ${numCorrect} out of ${myQuestions.length} on the OS Place Names Quiz. 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You can also find all the answers below.<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fosmaps.com%2Fdiscover%2Fguides%2Fos-tricky-place-names-quiz%2F&#038;quote=I%20scored%20${numCorrect}%20out%20of%20${myQuestions.length}%20on%20the%20Ordnance%20Survey%20Place%20Names%20Quiz%20-%20I%20am%20'${txtScore}'\" target=\"_blank\" onClick=\"poptastic(this.href); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/site\/uploads\/images\/f-ogo_RGB_HEX-100.png\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\">Share your score on Facebook<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=osleisure&#038;text=I%20scored%20${numCorrect}%20out%20of%20${myQuestions.length}%20on%20the%20Ordnance%20Survey%20Place%20Names%20Quiz%20-%20I%20am%20'${txtScore}'%20https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/os-tricky-place-names-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" onClick=\"poptastic(this.href); return false;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/site\/uploads\/images\/Twitter_Social_Icon_Rounded_Square_Color.png\" alt=\"Share on Twitter\">Share your score on Twitter<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"correctAnswers\">Correct answers: ${txtCorrectAnswers}<\/p>`;\n    \n    \n  }\n\n  \n  const quizContainer = document.getElementById(\"quiz\");\n  const resultsContainer = document.getElementById(\"results\");\n  const submitButton = document.getElementById(\"submit\");\n  const myQuestions = [\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"1\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"World's End\",\nB: \"HellonEarth\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"2\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Bargodbraichbriwbryncyncarrogcloddiaucriafolllynwynysgwydd\",\nB: \"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"3\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Ouch\",\nB: \"Pity Me\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"4\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Bopeafield\",\nB: \"Greensplat\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"5\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Tittleshill\",\nB: \"Boobery\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"6\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Salt Earth\",\nB: \"Greedy Gut\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"7\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Nomansland\",\nB: \"Merry England\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"8\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Great Snoring\",\nB: \"Wokenwell\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"9\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Three Legged Cross\",\nB: \"Four Hand Crossing\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"10\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Cows Dance\",\nB: \"Cattle Wood\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"11\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Sheepwash Pond\",\nB: \"Fleecewell Lakes\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"12\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Barrons Hill\",\nB: \"Biggleswade\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"13\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Crackpot\",\nB: \"Ficklefigs\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"14\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Roger Moor\",\nB: \"Connery Hill\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"15\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Zennor\",\nB: \"Bree\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"16\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Yield Hill\",\nB: \"Mercy in the Bottom\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"17\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Koom Valley\",\nB: \"Glen Cune\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"18\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Egypt\",\nB: \"Persia\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"19\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Pretty Hill\",\nB: \"Ugley\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"20\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Sargent's Coppice\",\nB: \"Corporal Woods\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"21\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Barton in the Beans\",\nB: \"Mudchester in the Whey\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"22\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Ringando\",\nB: \"Knockando\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"23\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Coffee Pot\",\nB: \"Tea Station\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"24\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Knockturn Lake\",\nB: \"Knockburn Loch\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"B\"\n},\n\n\n{\nquestion: \"25\",\nanswers: {\nA: \"Jumpers Common\",\nB: \"Leapers Lake\",\n},\ncorrectAnswer: \"A\"\n},\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    \n    \n\n  ];\n\n  \/\/ display quiz right away\n  buildQuiz();\n\n  \/\/ on submit, show results\n  submitButton.addEventListener(\"click\", showResults);\n})();\n\n\nvar newwindow;\nfunction poptastic(url)\n{\n\tnewwindow=window.open(url,'name','height=400,width=400');\n\tif (window.focus) {newwindow.focus()}\n}\n\n\n<\/script>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.8em;\">(Sorry, but the quiz will not appear on out-of-date browsers like Internet Explorer or Opera Mini. 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