English Culture
What popular chocolate bar shares its name with the Red Planet?
Mars
Which Italian location is known as the Eternal City?
Rome
What year saw the first man walk on the Moon?
1969
What is used to make hummus?
Chickpeas
What do the letters GM stand for on a tin of tomatoes?
Genetically modified
What is Britain's best selling mint with a hole in the middle?
Polo
Which ocean is linked to the Pacific by the Panama Canal?
Atlantic
Which city was divided by a wall from 1961 to 1989?
Berlin
Which is the only food that can never go off or go bad?
Honey
How many fingers do human characters in the Simpsons have on each hand?
4
What is the name of the largest bell in the Palace of Westminster clock tower?
Big Ben
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada
What were Roman Catholics expected to eat instead of meat on Fridays until 1966?
Fish
What is the most expensive spice (by weight) in the world?
Saffron
What decade saw the first text message being sent?
1990s (1992)
Which plant with prickly leaves is the symbol of Scotland?
Thistle
What is the island formerly known as Ceylon now called?
Sri Lanka
What month takes its name from the Latin word for ten because it came tenth in the Roman calendar?
December
Where were French fries invented?
Belgium
What English town attracts millions of tourists thanks to its connection with William Shakespeare?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
What is the most prominent religion in the UK?
Anglicanism
Which southern country's two main islands are separated by the Cook Strait?
New Zealand
Where was Valentina Tereshkova the first woman to go?
Into space.
What was the first food eaten in space?
Apple sauce
Who was the only British Minister with a husband?
Margaret Thatcher