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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?
Clyde and Earn
Forth and Tweed
Tay and Spey
Don and Dee
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Skegness
Lowestoft
Hunstanton
Southend-on-Sea
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Leather goods and carpets
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
Stilton cheese and pork pies
Cider and beer production
4. In a straight line, how far is it from Land's End to John o'Groats?
603 miles (970 km)
533 miles (858 km)
663 miles (1067 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Dorset
Wiltshire
Somerset
Devon
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Lagan
Bann
Blackwater
Foyle
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Hadrian's Wall
Wansdyke
Antonine Wall
Offa's Dyke
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Channel Islands
Orkney Islands
Isles of Scilly
Shetland Islands
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1543 m (5062 ft)
1178 m (3865 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Grafham Water
Wastwater
Rutland Water
Windermere
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Antrim
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Down
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Radnorshire
Denbighshire
Caernarfonshire
Pembrokeshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Glasgow
Inverness
Edinburgh
Stirling
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Chelmsford
Basildon
Colchester
Harlow
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Exeter
Cambridge
Bristol
Oxford
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Cairngorms
North York Moors
Northumberland
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A14
A38
A52
A303
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Kent
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
North Yorkshire
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?
Cape Wrath
Duncansby Head
Spurn Point
Llyn Peninsula
3 Comments
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Level 71
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
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Level 87
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 81
Aug 26, 2020
Good point, thanks. I've changed the selections to make it obvious the question is asking about the historic counties.