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A Quiz About St Ives

How well do you know the Cornish seaside town of St Ives?
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Last updated: May 16, 2026
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First submittedAugust 2, 2024
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Saint that the town is named for
Ia of Cornwall
St Ives Bay is an inlet of this sea
Celtic Sea
Beaches that begin with 'Porth'
Porthgwidden
Porthmeor
Porthminster
Grassy, hilly peninsula home to St Nicholas's Chapel
The Island
Engineer who built the harbour's main pier
John Smeaton
Fish once caught in huge numbers by St Ives fishermen
Pilchards
Modern art gallery opened in 1993
Tate St Ives
Sculptor who lived at Trewyn Studios
Barbara Hepworth
Term for the many artists based in St Ives in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
St Ives School
Lighthouse that can be seen at the other end of St Ives Bay
Godrevy Lighthouse
The above inspired this writer's novel To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
Pub said to be one of Cornwall's oldest
Sloop Inn
Not-so-humble mayor who commissioned a hilltop monument to himself
John Knill
18th-century country house; now a hotel
Tregenna Castle
Boat trips take tourists to see nearby colonies of these animals
Seals
Railway that reached St Ives in 1877
Great Western Railway
Nearby resort that hosted the G7 summit in 2021
Carbis Bay
Nearby village known for being the setting of a folktale about a mermaid
Zennor
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