Great Britain Alphabetically - Part M

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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? Macclesfield Middleton Mansfield Marple

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? Monmouth Merioneth Montgomery 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 Mull Muckle Roe Mingulay

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

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? Moffat Montrose Melrose Musselburgh

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? Milford Haven Merthyr Tydfil Machynlleth Merioneth