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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
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Kingston upon Hull
Lichfield
Leeds
York
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Dundee
Stirling
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford
London Bridge
Tower Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Basingstoke
Southampton
Winchester
Portsmouth
6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?
Ermine Street
The Stanegate
Watling Street
Fosse Way
7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?
Cambridge
Oxford
Durham
St. Andrews
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Devon
Hampshire
Dorset
Somerset
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Ancient or Original Notable Building
Antiquity Of National Benefit
Area Of National Battleground
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Menai Strait
Bristol Channel
Dornoch Firth
The Wash
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?
Gold
Aluminium
Tin
Iron
13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?
Mappa Mundi
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Domesday Book
Magna Carta
14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?
Aberystwyth
Wrexham
Llandrindod Wells
Barry
15. What is the Cerne Abbas Giant?
A towering sea stack off the coast of Hoy in the Orkney Islands
A large chalk outline of a man, carved into a Dorset hillside
A high, craggy mountain in Snowdonia
A huge redwood tree in southwest Scotland
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?
Sherwood Forest
New Forest
Kielder Forest
Forest of Dean
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Kendal
Galashiels
Dumfries
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Granite
Basalt
Quartz
Sandstone
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Spirit of the Sea
Soul of the Tyne
Guardian of the East
Angel of the North
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