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