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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'?
Torquay, Paignton and Brixham
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
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'?
Dundee
Stirling
Glasgow
Aberdeen
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
Tower Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford
London Bridge
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Winchester
Portsmouth
Southampton
Basingstoke
6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?
Watling Street
The Stanegate
Fosse Way
Ermine Street
7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?
Durham
Cambridge
St. Andrews
Oxford
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Somerset
Hampshire
Dorset
Devon
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Ancient or Original Notable Building
Area Of National Battleground
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Antiquity Of National Benefit
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Dornoch Firth
The Wash
Bristol Channel
Menai Strait
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Rothesay
Portree
Stornoway
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?
Magna Carta
Mappa Mundi
Domesday Book
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?
Llandrindod Wells
Wrexham
Barry
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?
Kielder Forest
New Forest
Sherwood Forest
Forest of Dean
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Galashiels
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Dumfries
Kendal
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Basalt
Quartz
Granite
Sandstone
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Spirit of the Sea
Guardian of the East
Soul of the Tyne
Angel of the North
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