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British Isles Geography Flashcards

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The Liver Building Lime Street railway station and a branch of the Tate are all located in which city which is also the birthplace of Billy Fury?

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LIVERPOOL

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Which street in Edinburgh is named after sons of King George III – the Duke of Rothesay (later King George IV) and Frederick Duke of York?

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PRINCES STREET

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Which complex in Cornwall which opened in 2001 has two geodesic biome domes which simulate a Rainforest environment and a Mediterranean environment?

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EDEN PROJECT

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Belfast City Airport was renamed in 2006 in honour of which footballer?

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GEORGE BEST

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Dundee and Perth both lie on which river the longest river in Scotland?

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TAY

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The largest castle in England which medieval castle in Kent has been described as the “Key to England” due to its defensive significance throughout history?

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DOVER CASTLE

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Which city in Wales was a key centre of the copper industry during the Industrial Revolution earning the nickname “Copperopolis”?

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SWANSEA

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Chequers Hughendon Manor and Stowe Landscape Gardens are all located in which English county?

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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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Which village near Bideford in Devon takes its name from the title of a novel by Charles Kingsley and is the only place name in the British Isles that contains as exclamation mark?

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WESTWARD HO!

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The most southerly point of Ireland which rock was known as “Ireland’s Teardrop” because it was the last part of Ireland that 19th century Irish emigrants saw as they sailed to North America?

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FASTNET ROCK

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Following its reopening in 2006 after refurbishment which museum in Glasgow was the most visited museum in the United Kingdom outside London?

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KELVINGROVE

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What is the name of the row of three distinctive chalk stacks that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight?

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THE NEEDLES

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Designed by Robert Adam and completed in 1774 which bridge in Bath has shops built across its full span on both sides?

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PULTENEY BRIDGE

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Douglas is the capital and largest town of which self-governing British Crown Dependency?

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ISLE OF MAN

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What is the name of the ancient trackway described as Britain’s oldest road which follows the chalk hills between Avebury in Wiltshire and Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire?

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THE RIDGEWAY

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Lying at the foot of Skiddaw which is the only body of water in the Lake District to use the word “lake” in its name?

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BASSENTHWAITE LAKE

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Constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan what is the largest castle in Wales?

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CAERPHILLY CASTLE

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Which building in central Birmingham completed in 2003 has a curved façade comprising 15000 anodised aluminium discs mounted on a blue background?

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SELFRIDGES BUILDING

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Corinium was the Roman name for which market town in Gloucestershire?

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CIRENCESTER

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What is the name of the open-air museum in Cardiff which chronicles the historical lifestyle culture and architecture of the Welsh people?

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ST FAGANS

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The Giant’s Causeway is made up of interlocking columns of which volcanic rock?

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BASALT

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Also known as Number One London what is the name of the London townhouse of the Dukes of Wellington that stands alone at Hyde Park Corner?

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APSLEY HOUSE

23
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The Blarney Stone is built into the battlements of Blarney Castle 8 km from which city?

A

CORK

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What is the name of the fire festival in Shetland at which a replica of a Viking longship is burned?

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UP HELLY AA

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Which is the only county of Northern Ireland that does not border Lough Neagh?

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FERMANAGH

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Owned by the National Trust which historic estate near Knutsford contains a mansion a medieval manor house and a deer park of 2000 acres?

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TATTON PARK

27
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Slieve Donard the highest mountain in Northern Ireland is in which granite mountain range in County Down?

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MOUNTAINS OF MOURNE

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Which lighthouse is situated 2 km off the coast of Land’s End?

A

LONGSHIPS

29
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The Shambles is a meandering narrow medieval street in which city in northern England?

A

YORK

30
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Which green common located near the centre of Cambridge is now regarded as the birthplace of the rules of Association Football?

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PARKER’S PIECE

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The Black Cuillin and Red Cuillin are mountain ranges on which island of the Inner Hebrides?

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SYKE

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Which town in Moray produces more malt whisky than any other town in Scotland?

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DUFFTOWN

33
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Situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park what is the highest peak in South Wales?

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PEN Y FAN

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Which castle in North Yorkshire constructed from 1071 onwards was used during the First World War as the base of the Non-Combatant Corps made up of conscientious objectors?

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RICHMOND CASTLE

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Grainger Town is the historic heart of which English city?

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NEWCASTLE

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Which coastal plain in Lancashire is bounded by Morecambe Bay the Ribble estuary the Irish Sea and the Bowland hills?

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THE FYLDE

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Which river is said to divide Kent into two parts: ‘Kentish Men’ and ‘Men of Kent’?

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MEDWAY

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What is the name of the Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria which consists of 59 stones set in an oval shape?

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LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS

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The longest and highest aqueduct in Britain which aqueduct carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee in Wrexham?

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PONTCYSYLLTE

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Which castle at Chester-le-Street forms a picturesque backdrop for Durham County Cricket Club’s Riverside Ground?

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LUMLEY CASTLE

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What is the name of the brewery founded in 1759 in Dublin by Arthur Guinness?

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ST. JAMES’S GATE BREWERY

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Which area of London was known as Battle Bridge until a monument to George IV was erected in 1835?

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KING’S CROSS

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Drogheda is the last bridging point on which river before it enters the Irish Sea?

A

BOYNE

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What is the name of the prominent limestone headland next to the town of Llandudno whose English name derives from the Viking word for “sea serpent”?

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GREAT ORME

45
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Which limestone gorge in northeast Derbyshire contains the only known examples of Paleolithic cave art in Britain?

A

CRESWELL CRAGS

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What was the name of the shopping centre in Portsmouth which was an example of 1960s Brutalist architecture and was demolished in 2004?

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TRICORN CENTRE

47
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Which cathedral is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires known as the “ladies of the vale”?

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LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL

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The only working railway in the Channel Islands a diesel locomotive pulling two former London Underground 1959 Tube Stock cars is on which island?

A

ALDERNEY

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Which canal tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal opened in 1811 and is the longest and highest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom?

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STANDEDGE TUNNEL

50
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Situated on the island of St. Mary’s what is the main settlement on the Isles of Scilly?

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HUGH TOWN

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