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British Geography Quiz #2

Answer these random questions about the geography of the United Kingdom and its territories.
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By surface area, what are the two largest Scottish lochs?
Loch Lomond
Loch Ness
What is the "Steel City" and also the setting of the movie "The Full Monty"?
Sheffield
What city in France is geographically closest to Great Britain?
Calais
What city is home to Harland and Wolff, builders of the RMS Titanic?
Belfast
What sea east of Great Britain contains the Forties Oil Field?
North Sea
What is the collective name of the counties that are nearest to London?
Home Counties
What Pacific island was first settled by mutineers of the HMS Bounty?
Pitcairn
What is the main river flowing through the city of Cambridge?
River Cam
What city is home to the Bullring shopping district?
Birmingham
In what "district" would you find Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England?
Lake District
What county is located in the far southeast of England?
Kent
What British territory can be found in the Atlantic Ocean about 700 miles east of the United States?
Bermuda
What region, starting with the letter U, includes all of Northern Ireland and some of the Republic of Ireland?
Ulster
What city is located in the county of Merseyside?
Liverpool
What is the northernmost city with official city status in England?
Newcastle
What are the two largest cities in Wales?
Cardiff
Swansea
What sea is located between Great Britain and Ireland?
Irish Sea
What self-governing crown dependency is located in that sea?
Isle of Man
mrnafe
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Level 82
Feb 9, 2019
Great quiz
TenThousand
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Level 76
Feb 9, 2019
Maybe reference England, rather than the UK, for the Calais answer? Otherwise several French cities are closer to the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2019
A little nitpicky, but okay. I changed it to Great Britain.
Djilas
+4
Level 82
Feb 9, 2019
more nitpicking: "the" Great Britain?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Feb 10, 2019
Haha, fixed
peardestroyer
+1
Level 56
Apr 21, 2020
Even more nitpicking: Can you accept United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Minus Northern Ireland?
Kalleanon
+5
Level 66
Jul 1, 2019
The Channel Islands are not part of the UK though.
rphxx
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Level 71
Dec 21, 2020
What are they're a port of then? They're not independent countries.
kitsims
+3
Level 82
Jul 13, 2021
Like the Isle of Man, they are Crown Dependencies. Self-governing, but possessions of the crown. So Kalleanon is correct, they are not part of the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Dependencies
joshuil
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Level 58
Feb 13, 2019
rip, just typed in cumbria and then gave up, overthought that question way to much, was thinking districts were tiny and was like i have no idea :/
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Mar 11, 2019
Got 18/20, can't believe I forgot Liverpool......
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Jul 5, 2019
Yay got all this time
Roger77024
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Level 57
Jul 1, 2019
Last answer is incorrect - Anglesey is larger at 276 sq. miles cf. 221 for Ellan Vannin (in Manx). You could also either ask for, or at least, accept the larger one's Welsh name (Ynys Mon) as an alternative.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 1, 2019
The question has been changed, thanks.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Jul 1, 2019
Oh. duh. Cam bridge... that's obvious.
EcceHomo
+3
Level 78
May 20, 2021
In the same way that Plymouth is at the mouth of the river Ply ;)
GlassMonkeyCode
+2
Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
Inver = mouth of

Ness : A river that flows from Loch Ness

Inverness : City on the mouth of the river Ness, near the Loch Ness Monster.

nodmirt
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Level 60
Jul 1, 2019
The most northerly city in England is Carlisle not Newcastle.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 1, 2019
I see Newcastle at 54°58′ and Carlisle at 54°53′.
csrt2006
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Level 49
Jul 1, 2019
Yep- Newcastle is further north than Carlisle.
Berney
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Level 80
Jul 2, 2019
Wrong. Just check the map, Newcastle is clearly north of Carlisle.
ALA02
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Level 62
Jul 7, 2019
It’s closer to Scotland but isn’t further north
Jango
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Level 64
Feb 23, 2022
Depends whether you're driving up the M1 or the M6
scrumpyone
+2
Level 45
Jul 2, 2019
Damn you Pitcairn
QuizApe
+2
Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
I thought it was Tahiti
kiwiquizzer
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Level 68
Jul 3, 2019
Yay Pitcairn.
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 84
Dec 25, 2019
Disappointed to only get 3 points (17-of-20), but pleased to have gotten the least-guessed answer, Pitcairn Island. (that always seems to be a very nice consolation prize when you don't do particularly well)
EcceHomo
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Level 78
May 20, 2021
That took some head scratching, having tried Christmas, Tahiti, Cook Islands, until I remembered it from the movie, in the end.
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
I nearly got 20, but I didn't know how to spell Swansea. I spelt it 'Swansee', I think that should be a type in.
QuizApe
+3
Level 67
Mar 29, 2023
You should add “put on your thinking cap” to the Cambridge question.
vacationmom
+2
Level 65
Mar 29, 2023
Today I learned I know very little about British geography.
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