16 July 2021

Quiz: How well do you know the places around the world named after UK towns and cities?

Is it Somerset, UK, or Somerset, Bermuda? Our tough quiz promises to get you thinking

4 mins

1. The house of horror writer Stephen King is in a city named after a Welsh university city. Which US state is it in?

Maine

Vermont

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

2. As well as being a city in England, Manchester lends its name to a town in which South American country?

Bolivia

Peru

Brazil

Paraguay

3. Bute is a Scottish isle and in which Australian state?

Victoria

South Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

4. Hythe: a British seaside town and a tea plantation in….?

India

Malaysia

Kenya

Sri Lanka

5. The UK county of Cornwall is also the name of a county in which part of the Caribbean?

British Virgin Islands

St Kitts and Nevis

Jamaica

Antigua and Barbuda

6. Warwick is a historic city in England and a city in which US state?

Connecticut

New Jersey

Rhode Island

Delaware

7. There are a few Plymouths around the world. Where is this one?

Trinidad and Tobago

Montserrat

St Kitts and Nevis

Antigua and Barbuda

8. The UK’s Peterborough is in Cambridgeshire. Where is Australia’s Peterborough?

Northern Territories

Victoria

Western Australia

New South Wales

9. Liverpool: the land of The Beatles, or a town in which Central American country?

Panama

Costa Rica

Belize

Nicaragua

10. Where will you find this Portsmouth?

Maine

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

Michigan

11. This beach is in Margate, but which Margate?

The UK

South Africa

Australia

Sri Lanka

12. Australia’s Gloucester is the town closest to Barrington Tops National Park, which is near Chichester! Where is it?

New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Northern Territory

13. This Southampton is about 5,470km from the UK. Where is it?

Cuba

British Virgin Islands

Bermuda

The Bahamas

14. Richmond: an area in London, UK, and a town in which country or territory?

South Africa

Haiti

Sint Maarten

Aruba

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