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