Join FunTrivia for Free: Hourly trivia games, quizzes, community, and more!
Fun Trivia
Ask FunTrivia: Questions and Answers
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


Which English county has the shortest perimeter, Rutland or Isle of Wight?

Question #95905. Asked by jrcrer1.

avatar
romeomikegolf star
Answer has 3 votes
Currently Best Answer
romeomikegolf star
Moderator
20 year member
559 replies avatar

Answer has 3 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Bit of a tricky one this because neither is really classed as a County. They are Unitary Authorities. However, of the two, the Isle of Wight has the smaller area, by 2 square Km, so should have the shorter boundary. Traditionally, before the Isle of Wight became an independent authority, as opposed to being part of Hampshire, Rutland was always the smallest county in England, apart from the few years when it was part of Leicestershire.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_counties_by_area

A Unitary Authority is defined here:
Unitary authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

May 21 2008, 12:16 AM
avatar
David_LT star
Answer has 2 votes
David_LT star avatar

Answer has 2 votes.
If you watched the tv show QI their researchers found that the answer to this question depended on whether or not it was high or low tide at the Isle of Wight

May 21 2008, 3:47 AM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion