Beaches: True or False?
Think you know everything about these sandy playgrounds? Take this awesome quiz and find out!
Good luck!
![King George V on a beach](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75066_london-beach.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
In 1934, King George V put 1500 tons of sand on the banks of the Thames, just so Londoners could have a beach.
![A seagull on a signpost](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75065_signpost.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
In the UK, you are never more than 40 miles away from a beach.
![A sandy beach](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75064_blob.png?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
There are 163 billion grains of sand in every square metre of beach.
![Stars in the sky](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75063_blob.png?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
There are more grains of sand on the world's beaches than stars in the sky.
![](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75058_sand-police.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
In 2008, an entire beach in Jamaica was stolen.
![A big sandcastle and construction worker](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75062_sandcastle.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
The tallest sandcastle ever built was over 11 metres tall.
![A sack of salt](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75061_salt.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Sandy beaches are mostly made of salt.
![Sea turtle](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75060_sea-turtle.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Sea turtles lay their eggs on the beach.
![A pig in the bath](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75059_pig.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
The Bahaman island Pig Beach is only populated by swimming pigs.
![Blue sand](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75057_blue-sand.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Papakolea Beach in Hawaii is made of blue sand.
![Oh no](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75053_OH-NO.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Oh no! Better luck next time!
![](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75054_good-try.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Good try! Why not have another go?
![Great work](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75055_great-work.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Great work! You so loads about beaches! Are you a seagull?
![Wow](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/legacy/75056_wow.jpg?strip=all&quality=86&w=887)
Wow! You're a beach expert!
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