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Multiple Choice UK Geography - 2

Can you identify the correct answer to each of these questions relating to the geography of the United Kingdom?
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1. Which two major rivers enter the North Sea at Aberdeen?
Tay and Spey
Don and Dee
Forth and Tweed
Clyde and Earn
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Skegness
Southend-on-Sea
Hunstanton
Lowestoft
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Cider and beer production
Stilton cheese and pork pies
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
Leather goods and carpets
4. In a straight line, how far is it from Land's End to John o'Groats?
663 miles (1067 km)
533 miles (858 km)
603 miles (970 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Somerset
Devon
Wiltshire
Dorset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Foyle
Blackwater
Bann
Lagan
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Antonine Wall
Wansdyke
Hadrian's Wall
Offa's Dyke
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Orkney Islands
Channel Islands
Shetland Islands
Isles of Scilly
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1831 m (6007 ft)
1178 m (3865 ft)
1543 m (5062 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Wastwater
Grafham Water
Rutland Water
Windermere
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Down
Antrim
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Pembrokeshire
Denbighshire
Caernarfonshire
Radnorshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Stirling
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Inverness
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Basildon
Chelmsford
Colchester
Harlow
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Cambridge
Oxford
Bristol
Exeter
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Cairngorms
Northumberland
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
North York Moors
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A303
A52
A38
A14
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Nottinghamshire
Kent
North Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Bournville
Yorkietown
Terrylands
Nestleton
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Duncansby Head
Spurn Point
Llyn Peninsula
Cape Wrath
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3 Comments
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Level 77
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
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Level 91
Aug 26, 2020
You need to change the Welsh county one to not include Dyfed, which, as a preserved county (the Welsh equivalent of ceremonial counties), is also a valid answer.
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Level 84
Aug 26, 2020
Good point, thanks. I've changed the selections to make it obvious the question is asking about the historic counties.