England County Quiz - Isle of Wight

County town

Born on the island, this actor's first major film role was in 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'

This island prison, along with Albany, once enjoyed notoriety as one of the toughest jails in the British Isles

Bay near the westernmost point of the island which is known for its multi-coloured sand cliffs

Seaside town where a railway line runs to the ferry terminal at the end of the long pier

Large naval port city on the mainland to which the above ferry service runs

Roman name for the Isle of Wight

Born in Freshwater, this scientist, architect and polymath was the first to visualize a microorganism when using a microscope

Home town of an annual, international sailing regatta

Iconic row of chalk stacks off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight

Straight which separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland

The Isle of Wight is one of the few places in the UK where this attractive animal can still be seen, separated from its grey cousin by the water

The island was where this pioneering person carried out his experiments with wireless transmission at the end of the 19th Century

Town on the north-west coast, which has a ferry service to Lymington on the mainland

Osborne House was the island home of this long-reigning monarch