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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
Morecambe, Blackpool and Southport
Brighton, Hove and Shoreham
Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage
2. In which city can you visit the Jorvik Viking Centre?
Kingston upon Hull
Lichfield
Leeds
York
3. Which city is known for its history of 'Jute, Jam and Journalism'?
Dundee
Stirling
Glasgow
Aberdeen
4. Which bridge over the River Thames is the furthest downstream?
Tower Bridge
London Bridge
Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, Dartford
Blackfriars Bridge
5. What is the county town of Hampshire?
Southampton
Portsmouth
Winchester
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
Durham
Oxford
St. Andrews
8. In which county is Portland Bill?
Somerset
Devon
Hampshire
Dorset
9. The UK has many AONB's but what is an AONB?
Antiquity Of National Benefit
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area Of National Battleground
Ancient or Original Notable Building
10. What stretch of water separates Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Bristol Channel
Dornoch Firth
Menai Strait
The Wash
11. What is the largest town on the Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris?
Rothesay
Portree
Stornoway
Tobermory
12. Cornwall is most associated with the mining of which metal ore?
Iron
Gold
Tin
Aluminium
13. What original ancient document is on display in Lincoln Castle?
Magna Carta
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Domesday Book
Mappa Mundi
14. Which of these towns is on the west coast of Wales?
Llandrindod Wells
Aberystwyth
Wrexham
Barry
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 high, craggy mountain in Snowdonia
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'?
Manchester
Coventry
Wolverhampton
Stoke-on-Trent
17. What is the name of Gloucestershire's ancient woodland?
Forest of Dean
Kielder Forest
Sherwood Forest
New Forest
18. Which of these towns is closest to the border between England and Scotland?
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Dumfries
Galashiels
Kendal
19. The Giant's Causeway comprises many natural columns of which mineral?
Quartz
Basalt
Granite
Sandstone
20. What is the name of Gateshead's large, iconic, steel sculpture?
Guardian of the East
Soul of the Tyne
Spirit of the Sea
Angel of the North
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