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Multiple Choice UK Geography - 3

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 places make up what is sometimes referred to as the 'English Riviera'?
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham
Torquay, Paignton and Brixham
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Kingston upon Hull
York
Leeds
Lichfield
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Dundee
Stirling
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
Blackfriars Bridge
Tower Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford
London Bridge
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Basingstoke
Winchester
Southampton
Portsmouth
6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?
Watling Street
Fosse Way
Ermine Street
The Stanegate
7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?
St. Andrews
Cambridge
Durham
Oxford
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Devon
Somerset
Dorset
Hampshire
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Antiquity Of National Benefit
Area Of National Battleground
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Ancient or Original Notable Building
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
The Wash
Menai Strait
Bristol Channel
Dornoch Firth
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Tobermory
Rothesay
Portree
Stornoway
12. Cornwall is most associated with the mining of which metal ore?
Iron
Tin
Aluminium
Gold
13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?
Magna Carta
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Domesday Book
Mappa Mundi
14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?
Barry
Wrexham
Aberystwyth
Llandrindod Wells
15. What is the Cerne Abbas Giant?
A towering sea stack off the coast of Hoy in the Orkney Islands
A high, craggy mountain in Snowdonia
A large chalk outline of a man, carved into a Dorset hillside
A huge redwood tree in southwest Scotland
16. What city is at the heart of the area known as 'The Potteries'?
Manchester
Wolverhampton
Coventry
Stoke-on-Trent
17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?
Forest of Dean
Sherwood Forest
New Forest
Kielder Forest
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Galashiels
Kendal
Dumfries
Berwick-upon-Tweed
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Quartz
Basalt
Granite
Sandstone
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Spirit of the Sea
Soul of the Tyne
Angel of the North
Guardian of the East
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