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Multiple Choice UK Geography - 2

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 two major rivers enter the North Sea at Aberdeen?
Tay and Spey
Clyde and Earn
Forth and Tweed
Don and Dee
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Lowestoft
Skegness
Hunstanton
Southend-on-Sea
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Stilton cheese and pork pies
Leather goods and carpets
Ceramic pottery and stained glass
Cider and beer production
4. In a straight line, how far is it from Land's End to John o'Groats?
603 miles (970 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
663 miles (1067 km)
533 miles (858 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Dorset
Wiltshire
Devon
Somerset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Blackwater
Lagan
Bann
Foyle
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Wansdyke
Offa's Dyke
Antonine Wall
Hadrian's Wall
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Isles of Scilly
Channel Islands
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1178 m (3865 ft)
1543 m (5062 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Windermere
Grafham Water
Wastwater
Rutland Water
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Antrim
Down
Fermanagh
Tyrone
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Denbighshire
Radnorshire
Pembrokeshire
Caernarfonshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Inverness
Edinburgh
Stirling
Glasgow
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Basildon
Colchester
Harlow
Chelmsford
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Bristol
Oxford
Exeter
Cambridge
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Cairngorms
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
North York Moors
Northumberland
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A14
A38
A303
A52
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Nottinghamshire
North Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Kent
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Terrylands
Nestleton
Bournville
Yorkietown
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Llyn Peninsula
Spurn Point
Duncansby Head
Cape Wrath
3 Comments
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Level 69
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
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Level 86
Aug 26, 2020
You need to change the Welsh county one to not include Dyfed, which, as a preserved county (the Welsh equivalent of ceremonial counties), is also a valid answer.
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Level 80
Aug 26, 2020
Good point, thanks. I've changed the selections to make it obvious the question is asking about the historic counties.