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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?
Clyde and Earn
Tay and Spey
Forth and Tweed
Don and Dee
2. Which of these towns is a coastal resort in the county of Norfolk?
Southend-on-Sea
Hunstanton
Skegness
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?
603 miles (970 km)
753 miles (1212 km)
533 miles (858 km)
663 miles (1067 km)
5. In which county is Stonehenge?
Wiltshire
Dorset
Devon
Somerset
6. Which river flows through Belfast?
Bann
Blackwater
Lagan
Foyle
7. What ancient construction follows the border between Wales and England?
Hadrian's Wall
Antonine Wall
Offa's Dyke
Wansdyke
8. South Ronaldsay is part of which archipelago?
Orkney Islands
Isles of Scilly
Channel Islands
Shetland Islands
9. What height above sea level is the summit of Ben Nevis?
1543 m (5062 ft)
1345 m (4413 ft)
1831 m (6007 ft)
1178 m (3865 ft)
10. What is the deepest lake in England?
Rutland Water
Wastwater
Grafham Water
Windermere
11. In which county of Northern Ireland is the town of Omagh?
Tyrone
Down
Fermanagh
Antrim
12. Which of these historic Welsh counties is the furthest south-west?
Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire
Denbighshire
Caernarfonshire
13. In which city is the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum?
Edinburgh
Inverness
Stirling
Glasgow
14. What is the county town of Essex?
Chelmsford
Colchester
Basildon
Harlow
15. In which city is the Clifton Suspension Bridge?
Exeter
Cambridge
Bristol
Oxford
16. Which is the UK's most northerly national park?
North York Moors
Cairngorms
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
Northumberland
17. Which major trunk road runs from Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire?
A14
A38
A52
A303
18. In which county is Leeds Castle?
Nottinghamshire
Lincolnshire
Kent
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?
Spurn Point
Llyn Peninsula
Cape Wrath
Duncansby Head
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.