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?
Don and Dee
Tay and Spey
Forth and Tweed
Clyde and Earn
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
Leather goods and carpets
Cider and beer production
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
4. In a straight line, how far is it from Land's End to John o'Groats?
663 miles (1067 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
603 miles (970 km)
533 miles (858 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Dorset
Devon
Wiltshire
Somerset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Bann
Blackwater
Lagan
Foyle
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Offa's Dyke
Hadrian's Wall
Antonine Wall
Wansdyke
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?
1178 m (3865 ft)
1543 m (5062 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Wastwater
Windermere
Grafham Water
Rutland Water
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Fermanagh
Antrim
Tyrone
Down
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Radnorshire
Caernarfonshire
Pembrokeshire
Denbighshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Inverness
Stirling
Edinburgh
Glasgow
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Basildon
Colchester
Harlow
Chelmsford
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Cambridge
Exeter
Bristol
Oxford
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
North York Moors
Northumberland
Cairngorms
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A303
A52
A14
A38
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire
Kent
Nottinghamshire
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Nestleton
Yorkietown
Terrylands
Bournville
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Duncansby Head
Cape Wrath
Llyn Peninsula
Spurn Point
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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.