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