02 October 2020
Quiz: How well do you know your seaside piers?
Piers are part of the British seaside, like sticks of rock and penny arcades. But how much have you discovered about these coastal runways to nowhere?
Piers are part of the British seaside, like sticks of rock and penny arcades. But how much have you discovered about these coastal runways to nowhere?
Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein
Jamie Oliver, Jimmy Doherty
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Heston Blumenthal
James Martin, Tom Kerridge
Peru
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Bournemouth
Clacton
Clevedon
Brighton Palace
Swanage
Saltburn
Boscombe
Lowestoft South
Norfolk
Suffolk
Dorset
Kent
It’s made out of rock candy
Characters ‘relieve themselves’ every 30 minutes
Punch and Judy perform every hour
It’s made out of arcade toys
Bognor Regis
Blackpool
Southsea
Weymouth
11 metres
37 metres
24 metres
18 metres
Jersey
Isle of Wight
Isle of Man
Isle of Skye
Santa Monica Pier
Ocean City Pier
Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier
Pier 39
Longest unassisted jump from a pier
Most candy floss eaten in one minute
Fastest speed in a suit powered by a jet engine
Most money won on an arcade machine
It connects the mainland to an island
It’s had 12 fires
It is the world’s widest pier
It inspired a hit song
Durban, South Africa
New York, USA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Senigallia, Italy
Louis Theroux
Stephen Fry
Bill Bryson
J K Rowling
Finland
Denmark
Spain
Greece
Eastbourne Pier
Worthing Pier
Hastings
Felixstowe
It was the first pier made from iron
It has its own tunnel
It has more wood than other piers
It floats
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