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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
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Lichfield
York
Kingston upon Hull
Leeds
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Aberdeen
Stirling
Glasgow
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?
Winchester
Southampton
Portsmouth
Basingstoke
6. Which Roman Road connected London with York?
Watling Street
Fosse Way
The Stanegate
Ermine Street
7. In which city can you see the 'Mathematical Bridge'?
St. Andrews
Cambridge
Oxford
Durham
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Hampshire
Somerset
Devon
Dorset
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Area Of National Battleground
Antiquity Of National Benefit
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Ancient or Original Notable Building
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
The Wash
Dornoch Firth
Bristol Channel
Menai Strait
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Portree
Stornoway
Rothesay
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?
Wrexham
Barry
Aberystwyth
Llandrindod Wells
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 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'?
Wolverhampton
Stoke-on-Trent
Coventry
Manchester
17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?
Forest of Dean
Sherwood Forest
Kielder Forest
New Forest
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Kendal
Galashiels
Dumfries
Berwick-upon-Tweed
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Quartz
Granite
Sandstone
Basalt
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Soul of the Tyne
Angel of the North
Guardian of the East
Spirit of the Sea
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