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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?
Forth and Tweed
Tay and Spey
Clyde and Earn
Don and Dee
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Hunstanton
Lowestoft
Skegness
Southend-on-Sea
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Stilton cheese and pork pies
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
Cider and beer production
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?
Wiltshire
Somerset
Devon
Dorset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Blackwater
Bann
Lagan
Foyle
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Offa's Dyke
Antonine Wall
Wansdyke
Hadrian's Wall
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Channel Islands
Shetland Islands
Orkney Islands
Isles of Scilly
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1345 m (4413 ft)
1543 m (5062 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
1178 m (3865 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Rutland Water
Wastwater
Grafham Water
Windermere
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Tyrone
Antrim
Fermanagh
Down
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Radnorshire
Denbighshire
Caernarfonshire
Pembrokeshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Stirling
Edinburgh
Inverness
Glasgow
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Chelmsford
Basildon
Harlow
Colchester
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Oxford
Cambridge
Exeter
Bristol
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Cairngorms
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Northumberland
North York Moors
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A52
A38
A14
A303
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
Kent
North Yorkshire
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Nestleton
Terrylands
Yorkietown
Bournville
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Llyn Peninsula
Cape Wrath
Spurn Point
Duncansby Head
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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.