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British Quiz Questions I
- What is the earliest known name for Great Britain?
- The Norfolk Black is a British breed of what domestic animal?
- Which city is just 8 miles from Southampton?
- What sort of fruit would you find on top of Heather Phillipson’s 'The End'?
- Which county is known as "The Garden of England"?
- Can you name Cornwall's only city?
- We want the year and month - when did the Brexit referendum take place?
- Which British medal carries the words "For Gallantry"?
- Whose coffin was transported on the London Underground before his state funeral at Westminster Abbey, at which the future monarchs Edward VII and George V acted as pallbearers?
- Which city's telephone area code is 0161?
- Who was the last British king born outside the UK?
- Which island off the north-west coast of Wales is the seventh largest in the British Isles?
- The Shambles with overhanging timber-framed buildings is an old street in which British city?
- True or false? The border separating Scotland and England runs for 48 miles?
- How many Tudor monarchs were there?
- What is the name of the three chalk stacks that rise out of the sea at the furthest western point of the Isle of Wight?
Answers:
- Albion
- Turkey
- Winchester
- A cherry (a work of art on display on the Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, since 2020.)
- Kent
- Truro
- June 2016
- George Cross
- William Gladstone
- Manchester
- George II
- Anglesey
- York
- False (it's double that at 96 miles)
- Five (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I)
- The Needles
Quiz II
- Which street in Mayfair, London, is known for its traditional bespoke tailoring for men?
- Was the last private resident of 10 Downing Street named Mr. Chicken, Mr. Lamb, or Mr. Fox?
- In the 1960s, politican Priti Patel's parents emigrated to the UK from which country?
- Billingsgate in London is associated with the selling of which product?
- What does the 'J' stand for in the name J.K. Rowling?
- Can you name the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?
- On what day of the week is Pancake Day?
- The closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics featured which actor as Winston Churchill?
- Who first appearing in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet?
- Former Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill was born in which British city?
- In the British army what ranks between Major General and Colonel?
- Which American city was named after a British Prime Minister?
- Founded in 886, what has its headquarters in Llantrisant, Wales?
- Andy Murray became the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years in which year?
- How many runways does Heathrow airport have?
- The Royal Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in which city?
Answers:
- Saville Row
- Mr. Chicken
- Uganda
- Fish
- Joanne
- Spencer Perceval
- Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday)
- Timothy Spall
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sheffield
- Brigadier
- Pittsburgh
- The Royal Mint
- 2013
- Two runways (the northern runway and the southern runway)
- Liverpool
Quiz III
- Which British postage stamp, issued in 1841, continued as the main type of postage stamp in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1879?
- What was the name of the small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century?
- Which London street is the most expensive of the green-coloured set on the British Monopoly board?
- Who was beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649, in London?
- Which British film and television studio is well known as the home of the James Bond and Carry On film franchises?
- A group of at least how many ravens are always resident at the Tower of London due to an ancient decree put in place by King Charles II?
- Which river runs through the grounds of Balmoral castle?
- Which London building completed in 2012 is as of 2021 Europe’s tallest building?
- What was built by Sir John Fowler, Benjamin Baker and over 4,500 men to link North Queensferry and Queensferry in the late 19th century?
- The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area of which city?
- James II's Act of Parliament in 1457 banned which two sports so that men would instead practise archery?
- The UK headquarters of Mars, Incorporated is in which English town?
- Which city in central Scotland is 26 miles north-east of Glasgow and 37 miles north-west of Edinburgh?
- The Armada Memorial depicting Britannia can be seen in which city?
- At just 117 square miles, can you name the smallest national park in the United Kingdom?
- Which British chemist and astronaut who was the first British citizen to go into space?
Answers:
- Penny Red
- Martello towers
- Bond Street
- King Charles I
- Pinewood Studios
- Six ravens
- River Dee
- The Shard
- The Forth Bridge
- Nottingham
- Football and golf
- Slough
- Stirling
- Plymouth
- The Broads
- Helen Sharman
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