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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'?
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage
Torquay, Paignton and Brixham
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Lichfield
York
Leeds
Kingston upon Hull
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Glasgow
Dundee
Stirling
Aberdeen
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
London Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford
Tower Bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Winchester
Portsmouth
Southampton
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'?
Cambridge
Oxford
St. Andrews
Durham
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Dorset
Hampshire
Somerset
Devon
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area Of National Battleground
Ancient or Original Notable Building
Antiquity Of National Benefit
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Dornoch Firth
Bristol Channel
The Wash
Menai Strait
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Rothesay
Stornoway
Portree
Tobermory
12. Cornwall is most associated with the mining of which metal ore?
Iron
Aluminium
Gold
Tin
13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Magna Carta
Domesday Book
Mappa Mundi
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 high, craggy mountain in Snowdonia
A huge redwood tree in southwest Scotland
A large chalk outline of a man, carved into a Dorset hillside
16. What city is at the heart of the area known as 'The Potteries'?
Wolverhampton
Coventry
Stoke-on-Trent
Manchester
17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?
Kielder Forest
New Forest
Forest of Dean
Sherwood 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?
Granite
Sandstone
Quartz
Basalt
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Guardian of the East
Spirit of the Sea
Soul of the Tyne
Angel of the North
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