Great Britain. Quiz

1.

General
Facts
Traditions
Famous
People
Symbols
and Sights
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100
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1
1
2
200
2
2
2
3
300
3
3
3
4
400
4
4
4
5
500
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5
5

2. General Facts 1

• What’s the official name
of this country?
Answer: the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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3. General Facts 2

• What countries make up the UK?
• Answer: England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland
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4. General Facts 3

What’s the name of the UK flag?
Answer: the Union Jack
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5. General Facts 4

• Name the capital cities of the UK parts:
• England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
• Answer: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast
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6. General Facts 5

• Listen and say the name of this song. What’s
this?
• Answer: “God Save the Queen”, it’s the
National Anthem of the UK
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7. Traditions 1

• On what holiday do people give each other
chocolate eggs that are wrapped in silver
paper?
• Answer: Easter
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8. Traditions 2

• What do people usually celebrate on the 31st
of October?
• Answer: Halloween
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9. Traditions 3

• On this day you have to play the joke before
12 o’clock midday, otherwise the joke is on
you. How is it called?
• Answer: April Fools Day
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10. Traditions 4

• What is the name of a day when people send
cards or give red roses or chocolates to the
person they love.
Answer: Saint Valentine’s Day
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11. Traditions 5

• It is the birthday of Jesus Christ. People give
each other presents, and decorate their
houses
• Answer: Christmas
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12. Famous People 1

• In his honour the most famous bell in Britain
was named.
• Answer: Sir Benjamin Hall
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13. Famous People 2

• This person is the originator of the theory of
evolution through natural selection and
author of “On the Origin of Species”.
• Answer: Charles Darwin
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14. Famous People 3

• The greatest English poet, play wright and
actor also often called the "Bard of Avon"
• Answer: William Shakespeare
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15. Famous People 4

• One of the most famous English author, best
known for his books about the teddy bear the
Winnie-the-Pooh
• Answer: Alan Alexander Milne
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16. Famous People 5

• What is the name of a popular monarch of
England (reigned 1558–1603) who brought a
period of relative internal stability.
• Answer: Queen Elizabeth I
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17. Symbols and Sights 1

• What British country does this flag represent?
• Answer: England
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18. Symbols and Sights 2

• What is the national flower of Wales?
• Answer: Daffodil
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19. Symbols and Sights 3

• What famous sight of Great Britain is shown
on this picture?
• Answer: London Eye
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20. Symbols and Sights 4

• What is the name of famous London buses?
• Answer: Double-deckers
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21. Symbols and Sights 5

• What’s the popular name of London
Underground?
• Answer: The Tube
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