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Multiple Choice UK Geography - 1

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 strait separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland?
The Solent
Menai Strait
Bristol Channel
The Wash
2. Which river flows through the city of York?
Trent
Aire
Severn
Ouse
3. Which island is situated just off the coast of north-west wales?
Alderney
Man
Skomer
Anglesey
4. Which of these places is known as the 'Fair City'?
Inverness
Edinburgh
Ayr
Perth
5. How many counties make up Northern Ireland?
7
6
5
4
6. For what historic feature is the village of Avebury best known?
Roman walls
Cave paintings
Stone circles
Norman castle
7. What is the county town of Wiltshire?
Chippenham
Trowbridge
Salisbury
Swindon
8. Which city is famous as the home of the Beatles?
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Liverpool
9. Which of these towns or cities is on the west coast of Scotland?
Inverness
Dundee
Aberdeen
Oban
10. What is the northernmost county in England?
North Yorkshire
Tyne & Wear
Northumberland
Cumbria
11. Which motorway links West Bromwich to Exeter?
M4
M5
M11
M27
12. Which county is known as the 'Garden of England'?
Norfolk
Kent
Hampshire
Surrey
13. What was the UK's first National Park?
Dartmoor
Peak District
Snowdonia
Lake District
14. In which city would you find the 'Titanic Quarter'?
Glasgow
Plymouth
Southampton
Belfast
15. What is the highest peak in England?
Helvellyn
Skiddaw
Scaffell Pike
Scaffell
16. Which UK airport is located at Castle Donington?
Stansted
Gatwick
Manchester
East Midlands
17. What is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom?
Plymouth
Exeter
Truro
Southampton
18. Which English Cathedral is known as the 'Ship of the Fens'?
Lincoln
Norwich
Peterborough
Ely
19. What is the principal city or town on the Shetland Islands
Kirkwall
Stornoway
Lerwick
Stromness
20. With what coastal feature is Dover associated?
Expansive salt marshes
Golden sandy beaches
High rolling dunes
White chalk cliffs
1 Comments
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Level 88
Mar 23, 2022
Excellent quiz, nominated