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