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'?

Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport ✓

Torquay, Paignton and Brixham ✓

Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage ✓

Brighton, Hove and Shoreham ✓

2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?

York ✓

Lichfield ✓

Leeds ✓

Kingston upon Hull ✓

3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?

Stirling ✓

Aberdeen ✓

Dundee ✓

Glasgow ✓

4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?

Blackfriars Bridge ✓

London Bridge ✓

Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford ✓

Tower Bridge ✓

5. What is the county town of Hampshire?

Southampton ✓

Basingstoke ✓

Winchester ✓

Portsmouth ✓

6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?

Fosse Way ✓

Ermine Street ✓

Watling Street ✓

The Stanegate ✓

7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?

Oxford ✓

Cambridge ✓

St. Andrews ✓

Durham ✓

8. In which county is Portland Bill?

Dorset ✓

Hampshire ✓

Somerset ✓

Devon ✓

9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?

Area Of National Battleground ✓

Ancient or Original Notable Building ✓

Antiquity Of National Benefit ✓

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ✓

10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?

Menai Strait ✓

Dornoch Firth ✓

The Wash ✓

Bristol Channel ✓

11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?

Stornoway ✓

Rothesay ✓

Portree ✓

Tobermory ✓

12. Cornwall is most associated with the mining of which metal ore?

Iron ✓

Aluminium ✓

Tin ✓

Gold ✓

13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?

Mappa Mundi ✓

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ✓

Magna Carta ✓

Domesday Book ✓

14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?

Barry ✓

Wrexham ✓

Llandrindod Wells ✓

Aberystwyth ✓

15. What is the Cerne Abbas Giant?

A towering sea stack off the coast of Hoy in the Orkney Islands ✓

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 ✓

16. What city is at the heart of the area known as 'The Potteries'?

Wolverhampton ✓

Manchester ✓

Coventry ✓

Stoke-on-Trent ✓

17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?

Forest of Dean ✓

Sherwood Forest ✓

New Forest ✓

Kielder Forest ✓

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?

Sandstone ✓

Quartz ✓

Basalt ✓

Granite ✓

20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?

Angel of the North ✓

Spirit of the Sea ✓

Soul of the Tyne ✓

Guardian of the East ✓

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