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Great Britain Alphabetically - Part M

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Great Britain Alphabetically  Part M game quiz
"Part 12 of my geographical tour of Britain features places begining with M."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which town in the English Midlands is famous for pork pies and Stilton cheese?
    Market Harborough
    Malvern
    Melton Mowbray
    Matlock


2. Which Cheshire town has been nicknamed both "Silk Town", after a once-thriving local industry, and "Treacle town", after an incident where treacle spilled by a merchant was scooped off the streets by local residents?
    Marple
    Mansfield
    Macclesfield
    Middleton


3. Which town on the River Wye has a ruined castle which was the birthplace,in 1387, of King Henry V, and was the county town of a county with the same name as itself?
    Montgomery
    Monmouth
    Merioneth
    Mold


4. The Transporter Bridge is the best known landmark of which northern English city?
    Middlesbrough
    Mansfield
    Manchester
    Morecambe


5. Tobermory is the capital of which Scottish island?
    Muck
    Mingulay
    Muckle Roe
    Mull


6. Which town is home to the Open University, and is famous for its "concrete cows", sculpted by Liz Leyh?
    Milton Keynes
    Marlborough
    Marlow
    Motherwell


7. Which town has been a leading seaside resort for over 250 years, and was the first such resort to introduce donkey rides (1890) and deckchairs (1898)?
    Minehead
    Millport
    Margate
    Mablethorpe


8. Which city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002, and has both a football stadium and test cricket ground called Old Trafford?
    Answer: (One Word - 10 letters, begins with M..)


9. Which small Scottish Borders town has a ruined abbey in which the heart of King Robert the Bruce is buried?
    Montrose
    Moffat
    Musselburgh
    Melrose


10. Which town in the historic county of Glamorgan saw its population soar from 700 to 80,000 in the 18th century due to its position as a major centre of the iron industry?
    Merthyr Tydfil
    Machynlleth
    Milford Haven
    Merioneth


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