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1. What is the title of the person who represents the sovereign on the Isle of Man?
 
Chief Minister
Isle of Man Deputy
Lieutenant Governor
The Lord of Man
 

 
2. Where is the mountain known as Whernside?
 
The Cheviots
The Grampians
The Lake District
The Yorkshire Dales

Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent form Yorkshire's famous "Three Peaks"
 

 
3. The River Thames is the second longest river in England. Where is its source?
 
Near Chippenham in Wiltshire
Near Kemble in Gloucestershire
Near Newbury in Berkshire
Near Shaftesbury in Dorset
 

 
4. What is the approximate population of The Republic of Ireland?
 
2 million
4 million
6 million
8 million
 

 
5. The Longitude of Greenwich is 0 degrees but what is its approximate Latitude?
 
41.5 degrees North
46.5 degrees North
51.5 degrees North
56.6 degrees North
 

 
6. What is the name of the Shetland Island that lies to the North East of Yell?
 
Bressay
Fetlar
Unst
Whalsay
 

 
7. Which Scottish county is between Aberdeenshire and Highland?
 
Angus
Moray
Perth and Kinross
Stirling
 

 
8. Which is the southernmost county in Ireland?
 
Cork
Kerry
Limerick
Waterford
 

 
9. What is the most southerly point on the English mainland?
 
Bill of Portland
Land's End
Lizard Point
Start Point

Land's End is further west but not as far south
 

 
10. The M48 crosses the River Severn on the Severn Bridge. What is the name of the bridge that carries the M4 across the Severn?
 
Caldicot Bridge
Clevedon Bridge
Second Severn Crossing
Severn Estuary Bridge
 

 
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