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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
Hunstanton
Lowestoft
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Stilton cheese and pork pies
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
Leather goods and carpets
Cider and beer production
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?
Wiltshire
Dorset
Somerset
Devon
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Bann
Blackwater
Foyle
Lagan
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Antonine Wall
Offa's Dyke
Hadrian's Wall
Wansdyke
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Isles of Scilly
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Channel Islands
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1178 m (3865 ft)
1543 m (5062 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Wastwater
Rutland Water
Windermere
Grafham Water
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Antrim
Tyrone
Down
Fermanagh
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Pembrokeshire
Denbighshire
Caernarfonshire
Radnorshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Glasgow
Stirling
Inverness
Edinburgh
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Chelmsford
Colchester
Harlow
Basildon
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Exeter
Cambridge
Oxford
Bristol
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Northumberland
Cairngorms
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
North York Moors
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A38
A14
A303
A52
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Kent
North Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Nottinghamshire
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Nestleton
Bournville
Terrylands
Yorkietown
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Spurn Point
Llyn Peninsula
Duncansby Head
Cape Wrath
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Level 66
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
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Level 85
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 79
Aug 26, 2020
Good point, thanks. I've changed the selections to make it obvious the question is asking about the historic counties.