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