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