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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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Last updated: August 26, 2020
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1. Which two major rivers enter the North Sea at Aberdeen?
Forth and Tweed ✓
Tay and Spey ✓
Don and Dee ✓
Clyde and Earn ✓
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Skegness ✓
Hunstanton ✓
Southend-on-Sea ✓
Lowestoft ✓
3. For what is the town of Melton Mowbray well-known?
Leather goods and carpets ✓
Ceramic pottery and stained glass ✓
Cider and beer production ✓
Stilton cheese and pork pies ✓
4. In a straight line, how far is it from Land's End to John o'Groats?
533 miles (858 km) ✓
663 miles (1067 km) ✓
753 miles (1212 km) ✓
603 miles (970 km) ✓
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Somerset ✓
Wiltshire ✓
Devon ✓
Dorset ✓
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Bann ✓
Blackwater ✓
Foyle ✓
Lagan ✓
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Wansdyke ✓
Hadrian's Wall ✓
Offa's Dyke ✓
Antonine Wall ✓
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Orkney Islands ✓
Isles of Scilly ✓
Shetland Islands ✓
Channel Islands ✓
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1345 m (4413 ft) ✓
1543 m (5062 ft) ✓
1178 m (3865 ft) ✓
1831 m (6007 ft) ✓
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Wastwater ✓
Grafham Water ✓
Windermere ✓
Rutland Water ✓
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Antrim ✓
Fermanagh ✓
Tyrone ✓
Down ✓
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Radnorshire ✓
Denbighshire ✓
Caernarfonshire ✓
Pembrokeshire ✓
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Inverness ✓
Stirling ✓
Glasgow ✓
Edinburgh ✓
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Colchester ✓
Basildon ✓
Chelmsford ✓
Harlow ✓
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Cambridge ✓
Oxford ✓
Bristol ✓
Exeter ✓
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs ✓
Northumberland ✓
North York Moors ✓
Cairngorms ✓
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A38 ✓
A303 ✓
A52 ✓
A14 ✓
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Nottinghamshire ✓
Kent ✓
Lincolnshire ✓
North Yorkshire ✓
19. Which village was built to house the workers of the chocolate maker, Cadbury's?
Terrylands ✓
Nestleton ✓
Yorkietown ✓
Bournville ✓
20. Which place is at the furthest north-west extremity of the Scottish mainland?
Llyn Peninsula ✓
Duncansby Head ✓
Spurn Point ✓
Cape Wrath ✓
3 Comments
Ant1927
+1
Level 69
Aug 26, 2020
Nice quiz, thank you
sihollett
+1
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.
Berney
+1
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.
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