English Grammar
What do you call the tense you use for habits?
present simple
"say the same again" in one verb
repeat
What political form of state is Great Britain?
monarchy
What nationality was the inventor of the zip fastening in 1925?
Swiss
Whose popstar's name is also a colour?
Pink
What do you call the tense you use for actions that are happening at the time of speaking?
present continuous
How do you pronounce the word "photographer"?
phoTOgrapher
What do you a bird with very thin, long legs, white and pink?
flamingo
What is a sabbatical?
a holiday
a timeout
a gown
a hymn
timeout
Whose popstar's fans are called "Beliebers"
Justin Bieber
What is the past tense form of the verb "swim"?
swam
Another word for the noun "looks"
appearance
How many parts make up Great Britain?
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
In which century did Thomas Savory invent the first steam engine?
17th
16th
18th
in 1698 (17th century)
From which song lyrics are these lines “Dashing through the snow, In a one-horse open sleigh”?
Jingle Bells
What is the past tense form of the verb "hit"?
hit
beautiful to woman is like ............ to man
handsome
The French call the sea between France and England "La Manche", what is it in English?
The English Channel
What did the chemist George Mackintosh invent in 1823?
The Mackintosh raincoat. His innovation enabled rubber to be placed inside fabric and maintain its shape and not degrade during extremes in temperature throughout summer and winter.
Which two instruments can Ed Sheeran play?
The piano and the guitar
How do you spell the number 40?
forty
Another word for "simple" (hotel room)
basic
Can you name the fictional private detective created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
Sherlock Holmes
What did Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989?
The World Wide Web
Which singer's last name is also a planet?
Bruno Mars
Freddy Mercury