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