UK Geography 1
1. ‘The First Lord of the Treasury’ is inscribed on the letterbox of which address in London?
10 Downing Street
2. Which Welsh county comes first alphabetically?
Anglesey
3. Matlock is the administrative centre for which county?
Derbyshire
4. Which two London boroughs begin with the letter 'E'?
Ealing and Enfield
5. Auld Reekie is the nickname for which Scottish city?
Edinburgh
6. In which city is the Heriot-Watt university located?
Edinburgh
7. What type of weather condition was known as a ‘London Particular’?
Fog
8. What is the most common street name in the United Kingdom?
High Street
9. Which English county did the Romans know as Vectis?
Isle of Wight
10. Dunvegan castle is on the oldest continuously inhabited island in Scotland, but which island would you find it on?
Skye
UK Geography 2
1. What is the only city in the English county of Cornwall?
Truro
2. The area of Staffordshire which includes Stoke on Trent, Burslem and Tunstall is known by what name?
The Potteries
3. What is the common name given to the Scottish parliament building?
Holyrood
4. Tobermory is the only town on which Scottish island?
Mull
5. On which canal can you find Campden Lock?
Regents canal
6. In which English county would you find the place names of Shitterton, Scratchy Bottom and Happy Snoring?
Dorset
7. On an Ordnance Survey map, what does Ry stand for?
Railway
8. The Welsh town of Aberystwyth lies on which bay?
Cardigan Bay
9. What is the only city in the English county of Kent?
Canterbury
10. Which city would you be calling if you used the code 0113?
Leeds
UK Geography 3
1. The Caen hill locks are a set of 16 locks in which town along the Kennet and Avon canal?
Devizes
2. Arnold, Beeston and Long Eaton are districts of which British city?
Nottingham
3. Which river forms the majority of the boundary between Devon and Cornwall?
Tamar
4. In which city would you find the Arnolfini arts centre?
Bristol
5. Which English seaside town has the longest pier in the world?
Southend on sea
6. Which famous street in London takes its name from a croquet-like game played in the 17th century?
Pall Mall
7. Which Island off the coast of Dorset is famous for being the home of the first Scout camp?
Brownsea
8. The famous Hallé symphony orchestra was founded and is based in which city?
Manchester
9. Muck and Mull are islands in which group?
Inner Hebrides
10. Windermere is the largest of the lakes in the lake district, but what is the second largest lake?
Ullswater
UK Geography 4
1. Which London Bridge is nearest to the London eye, and is the oldest bridge in central London?
Westminster Bridge
2. Which motorway runs from the Catthorpe interchange near Rugby to the Gretna junction just before the Scottish border?
The M6
3. Which town on the Welsh Border is known for its second hand book shops?
Hay-on-Wye
4. What was the former name of Sellafield?
Windscale
5. What is the Queen's official home in Scotland?
Balmoral Castle
6. Which canal connects London and Birmingham?
Grand Union canal
7. Scotland has two national animals; the red lion is one, what is the other?
The Unicorn
8. Which area in South Wales was the first in the UK to be designated an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty”? .
The Gower Peninsula
9. Which range of hills straddle the English-Scottish border?
Cheviots
10. The villages of Wellington, Oakengates and Dawley became which 1960’s new town?
Telford
UK Geography 5
1. The town name and place name suffix Lee, Lea, Ley, Leigh, etc., all originally refer to what?
A clearing
2. What is the county town of Derbyshire?
Matlock
3. Which two counties does the Dartford crossing connect?
Essex & Kent.
4. What colour background does the road sign for a hospital without and A and E department have?
Blue
5. What is the administrative headquarters of the county of Pembrokeshire?
Haverfordwest
6. Which 2 island groups would you be travelling between if you caught a ferry between Lerwick and Kirkwall?
Shetlands and Orkneys
7. Which Scottish city lies between the mouths of the rivers Dee and Don?
Aberdeen
8. Brown Willy is the highest point of which moor?
Bodmin
9. Which is England’s largest county?
North Yorkshire
10. The town of Wincanton is unusual in that it is the only town twinned with a fictional town. Which fictional town, created by Terry Pratchett is it twinned with?
Ankh-Morpork
UK Geography 6
1. What name is given to the unpaved road along the south side of Hyde Park, normally reserved for Horse riders?
Rotten Row
2. What is the name of the Strait that divides the Scottish mainland from the Orkneys?
Pentland Firth
3. Which river is Glasgow on?
The Clyde
4. There are five cities in the UK that begin with the letter N, Newcastle and Nottingham are two of them, name one of the other three? Newport,
Newry or Norwich
5. In the shipping forecast, what comes between Rockall and Hebrides?
Malin
6. What is the name of the chalk mound near Avebury in Wiltshire that is the largest manmade prehistoric mound in Europe?
Silbury Hill
7. What is the capital of the Isle of Wight?
Newport
8. Which is the largest, by area, of all the National Parks in England and Wales?
The Lake District
9. What is the largest and most populous city in the UK outside London?
Birmingham
10. Two UK cities have a Piccadilly station. London and which other city?
Manchester
UK Geography 7
1. What is the name of the document that changes a town into a city in the UK?
A royal charter
2. What is the name of the Roman road that runs from London to York?
Ermine Street
3. Which is the largest of the Scottish Lochs?
Loch Lomond
4. According to the Halifax Bank, what is the second most common road name in the United Kingdom after High Street?
Station Road
5. Which 2 counties of Northern Ireland begin with A?
Antrim and Armagh
6. Which river starts at Plynlimon in Wales?
The river Severn
7. Cheddar gorge is in which range of hills?
Mendips
8. In which British city are there tram stops at Snow Hill, Bilston Central and the Jewellery Quarter?
Birmingham
9. In which national park would you find Aviemore?
Cairngorms
10. Which architect designed the Gherkin?
Norman Foster
UK Geography 8
1. Dorset has four towns with the suffix of Regis – name one of them?
Bere Regis – Lyme Regis – Melcombe Regis – Wyke Regis
2. Which is Scotland's most-visited building?
Edinburgh castle
3. What is a village without a church called?
Hamlet
4. What is the English title of the Welsh national anthem?
Land of my fathers
5. Which country in the UK is not represented in the Union flag?
Wales
6. Wakefield is in which county?
West Yorkshire
7. Which city Is linked to Liverpool by a 127-mile canal although it is only 73 miles away if you go via the M62?
Leeds
8. Which London market relocated to the Isle of Dogs, in 1982?
Billingsgate fish market
9. What is the longest river in the UK?
Severn
10. In which UK city would you attend the annual goose fair?
Nottingham
UK Geography 9
1. Which city was known to the Romans as Aquae Sulis?
Bath
2. Royal Leamington Spa is in which county?
Warwickshire
3. The river Clyde runs through which UK city?
Glasgow
4. Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was said to have been sealed by King John, is in which English county?
Surrey
5. The Forth and Clyde, The Union and the Caledonian are all what in Scotland?
Canals
6. What stone, still quarried in Dorset, was used in the construction of St Paul's Cathedral and Buckingham Palace?
Portland stone
7. Charles Dickens and Jane Austen were both born in which English county?
Hampshire
8. Which is the only British county to have two separate coastlines?
Devon
9. What is the county town of Kent?
Maidstone
10. Which maximum security prison can be found on the Isle Of Wight?
Parkhurst
UK Geography 10
1. What is the county town of Wiltshire?
Trowbridge
2. Goodwood Race Course is in which English county?
Sussex
3. Which motorway runs from Sunbury on Thames in Surrey to Southampton?
M3
4. What is the national flower of Scotland?
The Thistle
5. The cathedral in which British city is known as ‘The Ship of the Fens’?
Ely
6. Beachy Head, one of the most notorious suicide sites in the world is just outside which seaside town?
Eastbourne
7. Which city is represented by the post code prefix SA?
Swansea
8. What is Scotland's longest river?
Tay
9. Which Scottish city is known as the ‘Capital of the Highlands’?
Inverness
10. Where is Mayfair St Albans and Park Lane is Exeter?
The UK-wide edition of Monopoly
UK Geography 11
1. In which county is Chequers, the official country residence of the British PM?
Buckinghamshire
2. In which UK city would you find the Balti triangle?
Birmingham
3. Which island, famous for its knitting, is midway between Shetland and Orkney?
Fair Isle
4. Cardiff, in 1983 was the first UK city to be twinned with a city in which country which had been pretty much closed to the outside world?
China (Xiamen)
5. Blenheim Palace is in which English county?
Oxfordshire
6. In which county does Kinder Scout, the highest peak in the Peak District, lie?
Derbyshire
7. What is the name of the eco-village in Dorset developed by Prince Charles?
Poundbury
8. Fistral Beach is in which county of the UK?
Cornwall
9. In which English county are the Medway towns?
Kent
10. In which British county would you find Walmer, Leeds and Deal castles?
Kent
UK Geography 12
1. What was the Roman name for Scotland?
Caledonia
2. In which county is the Easternmost point of England?
Suffolk
3. The Royal navy has three operational Naval bases in the UK. Name one of them.
Devonport/Clyde/Portsmouth
4. The Scott monument is a monument in which city?
Edinburgh
5. The Island of Jura belongs to which Scottish archipelago?
Inner Hebrides
6. Bond street underground station is actually on which street?
Oxford Street
7. In which English county will you find Camber Sands beach?
East Sussex
8. Which English county was previously called Salop?
Shropshire
9. Which famous lighthouse is situated 14 miles South of Plymouth?
Eddystone
10. In which county is the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare?
Somerset
UK Geography 13
1. At which UK theme park would you find the Zodiac, vortex and Hyperia rides?
Thorpe Park
2. St Johnstown was once the capital city of Scotland. By what name is St Johnstown now known?
Perth
3. The flag of Scotland, the St Andrews cross is also known by what name?
The Saltire
4. The settlement of Skara Brae is the oldest building in Britain, but what island is it on?
Orkney
5. What is the Scottish name for a church?
Kirk
6. Which group of islands include Tresco and St Marys?
The Isles of Scilly
7. In which English County is Corfe castle?
Dorset
8. Which Uk city comes first alphabetically?
Aberdeen
9. In which county is Wincanton?
Somerset
10. The world’s first Iron bridge was erected in which English county in 1779?
Shropshire
UK Geography 14
1. In which county are the Hinkley point power stations?
Somerset
2. Hampshire's south coast, especially around Portsmouth has a large number of defensive forts. What is unusual about the forts named Spitbank, Horse Sand and No Man's Land?
They are out at sea
3. At which UK theme park would you find Peppa Pig world?
Paultons park
4. Hampshire has two National parks. Name one.
The New forest and The South Downs
5. Northern Ireland has 5 cities. Name them.
Armagh, Belfast, Lisburn, Londonderry and Newry
6. How many lions are there on the United Kingdom Royal Standard?
7
7. Holy island is the alternative name of which island that lies of the North East coast of England?
Lindisfarne
8. Dyce Airport is in which British city?
Aberdeen
9. Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?
Tweed
10. After Cardiff, which city is the second most populous in Wales?
Swansea
London Geography 1
1. Which King ordered the building of the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror (William the 1st)
2. The tower in which Big Ben sits was renamed in 2012 to what?
Elizabeth Tower
3. The 'Lungs of London' popularly refer to the city's what?
The Parks
4. The river Thames entrance to the Tower of London is known as what?
Traitor's Gate
5. What famous London building did John Nash rebuild in 1825?
Buckingham Palace
6. In which London borough is the Royal Albert Hall?
Kensington and Chelsea
7. In which London street is the headquarters of the bank of England?
Thread needle street
8. London landmark The Shaftesbury Memorial is better known by what name which is the name of a mythical character?
Eros
9. Which London theatre has a thatched roof?
The Globe
10. In 2010 which famous 'zebra' crossing was the first to be given UK Heritage listed status, normally only given to buildings and monuments?
Abbey Road
London Geography 2
1. Canary wharf is in which London borough?
Tower Hamlets
2. Which London cemetery are Douglas Adams and Karl Marx buried in?
Highgate
3. London boasts the oldest public museum in the world, founded in 1753. Which is it?
The British museum
4. Which is the largest borough of London?
Bromley
5. On top of the Old Bailey in London, there is a statue of lady justice. But what is in her right hand?
Sword
6. SW1A 2AA is the postcode for which politically linked street?
Downing street
7. The Old Bailey stands on the site of which former prison?
Newgate
8. What was the name of the tower that houses Big Ben, before 2012?
St Stephens
9. Prince Charles described an extension to which London building, as a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved and elegant friend?
The national gallery
10. What was the original use of the building that now houses the Tate modern?
Power Station