Can you name the Shipping Forecast Areas?

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Shipping Forecast Areas Quiz

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Published: July 16th, 2008
Category: Geography
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Tags: area, shipping, forecast, Shipping Forecast

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	Tony:	Dec 16th, 2008 at 04:49 GMT	2 points
	I didn't get any, I live in America, I've never heard of these.

	OscilatingGibbon:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 14:13 GMT	7 points
	27/31. It's amazing how many of these I've picked up by just listening to radio 4 in the background. Most have sensible names (e.g. Humber, Biscay, German Bight) so guessing a few more was quite easy. Still tough to get close to them all. Good quiz.

	fishmonkey:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 20:14 GMT	2 points
	What happened to Finnisterre?

	kevincrumbs:	Feb 10th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT	4 points
	I got three, which isn't bad considering that all I know about these is from Blur's song "This is a Low".

	sjorford:	Feb 11th, 2009 at 12:05 GMT	5 points
	@fishmonkey: Finisterre was renamed FitzRoy in 2002.

	Kaytayyyyyyy:	Apr 4th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	7 points
	I'm sorry if I sound like an idiot, but what's a Shipping Forecast Area?

	TimW:	Apr 5th, 2009 at 05:06 GMT	9 points
	@ Katie the shipping forecast is just a weather forecast for ships at sea. BBC Radio 4's long wave broadcast can be picked up quite a distance away from the shore but as it is audio only the sea around the UK is divided up into areas to make the explanation easier. This has been going on for so long that the shipping forecast has enter a more mainstream consciousness.

	marky:	May 1st, 2009 at 09:41 GMT	16 points
	I love the shipping forecast. you can be all snuggled up in bed and the rain lashing at the window and its strangely comforting to know someone is looking out for all the fishermen around our islands

	Sausage:	May 27th, 2009 at 16:47 GMT	7 points
	Poetry, sheer poetry

	Kinitawowi:	Jun 26th, 2009 at 09:31 GMT	3 points
	God bless This Is A Low. :D

	fatshow:	Jul 7th, 2009 at 08:51 GMT	5 points
	Great quiz. Knowledge that I will never use anywhere in my life. Superb!

	DENelson83:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	-3 points
	I can name them all in order.

	jUNKIEd:	Jul 23rd, 2009 at 22:55 GMT	2 points
	Do Brits actually know this? I'm impressed if they do. I got two by guessing random spots in the UK. Then again I live in the states.

	GeoExpert:	Aug 1st, 2009 at 04:41 GMT	1 point
	Not sure what this one was looking for. Took a few guesses.

rockhopperlad:

Sep 27th, 2009 at 21:55 GMT

2 points

I got fourteen, mostly from remembering the Master Singers' weather forecast in Anglican Chant.

	rhebus:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 13:15 GMT	6 points
	I think "faroes" should be allowable for faeroes. I know the BBC website spells it the second way, but the islands can be spelled the first...

	anarresti:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 10:27 GMT	4 points
	Fun quiz, thanks! For North Americans and other non-brits, the Shipping Forecast is broadcast several times daily on BBC Radio 4, the main serious non-music channel. As sausage suggests above, it has a rhythmic, evocative quality that one hears and imbibes irrespective of involvement with the sea or seafaring. Most Brits who've ever spent time listening to R4 would be able to get 30-40% of these at least, I'd say

	elbob007:	May 29th, 2010 at 12:19 GMT	-1 points
	Hekla Vidal and Atlantis should be a bonus

	Getoka:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 15:54 GMT	4 points
	Love it. Nice to know where these familiar places are, although some a pretty obvious -Irish Sea for instance. Nice to have a Britcentric quiz.

	RJKing:	Sep 3rd, 2010 at 06:21 GMT	0 points
	Great quiz, love all you americans that can't get them hehe

	atreyu565:	Jul 3rd, 2011 at 04:42 GMT	0 points
	WTF?

	elnok:	Jul 15th, 2011 at 14:06 GMT	0 points
	Wow, it's weird that Brits would know this... should I be happy or sad that I "only" got 8, having never heard of this term before?

	catcherj:	Aug 15th, 2011 at 01:24 GMT	0 points
	It's always nice to see a gap in my knowledge I didn't even know I had get filled.

	british:	Sep 4th, 2011 at 02:26 GMT	0 points
	the what..?

	aussiec:	Sep 15th, 2011 at 23:35 GMT	0 points
	haha the shipping forecast, all we need now is a quiz about the arches :)