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