You are here: Quizzes - British People
Welcome to our British People Quiz
Famous British People Questions
- Who in 2008 had a gold statue sculpted in her image, entitled Siren?
- The Rich brothers are famous in which field?
- Which writer is famous for his fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials?
- What sort of guy is Neil Oliver?
- Who was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories in 2015?
- David Bryant is often considered the best ever in which sport?
- Who is the longest-serving female dragon in the TV series Dragon's Den?
- Tony Blair was born in which British city?
- Who was known for her catch-phrases "walkies" and "sit!"?
- Rachael Blackmore is the first female to do what?
- What is the real last name of English singer and songwriter, Johnny Rotten?
- Which musician earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007?
- Who replaced long-serving Carol Vorderman on Countdown?
- Who played the title character in Willow and is the presenter of TV game show Tenable?
- Which footballer is known for his 2020 campaign to give children free school meals?
- On 26 July 2021 who won an Olympic Gold Medal with partner Matty Lee?
- Who was appointed Poet Laureate in May 2009?
- What is the surname of Chloe, who had a son with convicted felon Jeremy Meeks in 2018?
- When Simon Cowell said to Susan Boyle "OK, and who would you like to be as successful as?", who did she say?
- What name is shared with Manchester University's professor of particle physics and the actor who was first to portrayed Hannibal Lecter on film?
- Name the British explorer born in 1944 who has been listed as the "greatest living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records?
- Which British animator created Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep?
- Which English computer scientist is best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web?
- Who writes crime fiction under the pen name Robert Galbraith?
- Who in 1994 became the youngest editor of a British national newspaper in more than half a century?
- Which musician was born Harry Webb?
- Sky Brown is pretty good at doing what?
- What did John Lennon formally change his middle name to in 1969?
- By what name do we better know David James Myers and Si King?
- Street artist Banksy's work grew out of which British city's underground scene?
Answers:
- Kate Moss
- Gardening
- Philip Pullman
- The Coast Guy
- Bear Grylls
- Lawn bowls or bowls
- Deborah Meaden
- Edinburgh
- Barabara Woodhouse
- Win the Grand National
- Lydon
- Brian May
- Rachel Riley
- Warwick Davis
- Marcus Rashford
- Tom Daley
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Green
- Elaine Paige
- Brian Cox
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Nick Park
- Tim Berners-Lee
- J. K. Rowling
- Piers Morgan
- Cliff Richard
- Skateboarding (13-year-old skateboarder who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympic)
- Ono
- Hairy Bikers
- Bristol