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Villages, Towns And Cities 0001   Easy

 
 
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1. Which town or city in Great Britain has the tallest building?
 
Birmingham
Blackpool
London
Manchester

Canary Wharf in London docklands is the tallest at 800 feet
 

 
2. Which town northwest of Wells on the edge of the Mendip Hills gave its name to a famous cheese?
 
Cheddar
Cheshire
Cottage
Coverdale
 

 
3. Which Bedfordshire village boasts an abbey that is the seat of the Dukes of Bedford?
 
Crowland
Thornton
Winchecombe
Woburn
 

 
4. Which town on the South Coast of England is famous for its white cliffs?
 
Dover
Eastbourne
Folkestone
Hastings
 

 
5. Clovelly, with its famous cobbled high street, is in which county?
 
Cornwall
Devon
Dorset
Somerset
 

 
6. Which town was the birthplace of William Shakespeare?
 
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Stow-on-the-Wold
Stratford-upon-Avon

Born (1564) and died (1616) on the same date - 23rd April
 

 
7. Which city is 30 miles due South of Manchester and nearly 60 miles due North of Worcester?
 
Chester
Derby
Stoke-on-Trent
Wolverhampton
 

 
8. The second largest castle in the country is about 10 miles East of Chichester - what is the name of the town?
 
Aberdour
Alnwick
Appleby
Arundel

The largest castle is at Windsor
 

 
9. Which Salmon fishing river flows through Hereford?
 
River Dee
River Tawe
River Usk
River Wye
 

 
10. What is the closest city to Glasgow?
 
Aberdeen
Dundee
Edinburgh
Stirling
 

 
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