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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?
Forth and Tweed
Clyde and Earn
Don and Dee
Tay and Spey
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Skegness
Southend-on-Sea
Lowestoft
Hunstanton
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?
533 miles (858 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
663 miles (1067 km)
603 miles (970 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Somerset
Devon
Wiltshire
Dorset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Foyle
Lagan
Bann
Blackwater
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Wansdyke
Hadrian's Wall
Antonine Wall
Offa's Dyke
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Orkney Islands
Channel Islands
Isles of Scilly
Shetland Islands
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1543 m (5062 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
1178 m (3865 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Windermere
Rutland Water
Wastwater
Grafham Water
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Antrim
Down
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
Caernarfonshire
Denbighshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Glasgow
Inverness
Stirling
Edinburgh
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Chelmsford
Colchester
Basildon
Harlow
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Exeter
Bristol
Cambridge
Oxford
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
North York Moors
Cairngorms
Northumberland
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A38
A303
A52
A14
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
North Yorkshire
Kent
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Terrylands
Bournville
Nestleton
Yorkietown
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Llyn Peninsula
Duncansby Head
Cape Wrath
Spurn Point
3 Comments
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Level 73
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
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Level 88
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 82
Aug 26, 2020
Good point, thanks. I've changed the selections to make it obvious the question is asking about the historic counties.