Literature
British Christmas
Famous people
Traditions
Shoot out
100
How many Harry Potter books are there?
7
100
If you are born on Christmas Day, what's your star sign?
a. Scorpio
b. Capricorn
c. Virgo
d. Aries
b. Capricorn
100
What name does the J. stand for in the name of J.K. Rowling?
Joanne
100
Which day is a Boxing day?
a. 24.12.
b. 26.12
c. 25.12
26. December
1.12. Advent Sunday
24.12. Christmas Eve
25.12. Christmas Day (Christian Festival)
(Bank Holiday / Public Holiday)
Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Observed by prayers, exchanging of gifts, and family parties.
26.12. Boxing Day
31.12. Hogmanay (Scotland)
100
How did Princess Diana die?
A) she was hit by a bus
B) she had a car accidend
C) died of cancer
D) she was shot
B) she had a car accident
200
What was the name of at least one of the sisters in the book Pride and Prejudice?
Jane, Mary, Catherine, Lydia, and Elizabeth
200
What words follow 'Silent Night' in the song?
Holy Night
200
Which king of England had six wives?
Henrich VIII.
The monarch’s chaotic love life led to an unstable succession, foreign policy changes and a break with Rome.
He sent two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, to their deaths on the executioner's block at the Tower of London.
Another popular mnemonic device is:
Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived
This is respectively:
1.Katherine of Aragon,
2. Anne Boleyn,
3. Jane Seymour
4. Anne of Cleves,
5. Katherine Howard,
6. Katherine Parr.
200
Which famous person gave a Christmas speech every year? (except 1969) since 1957
Queen Elizabeth II.
200
Where is the Museum of Sherlock Holmes located
A) 211B Baker St.
B) 221B Baker St.
C) It does not exist
D) 221B Butchers St.
B)221B Baker St.
300
On what street did Sherlock Holmes live?
221B Baker Street, London
300
Which popular Christmas beverage is also called 'milk punch'?
a. eggnog
b. mulled wine
c. hot black tea & honey & milk
a eggnog
300
Famous WW2 Prime Minister.
Winston Churchill
Born in 1874, Winston Churchill is one of the UK's most famous people and politicians.
300
What is the name of the tradition in which they roll cheese down a hill and compete to be the first?
Cheese .......
Cheese rolling
300
What is the name of a popular British band whose member was shot by a fan in New York?
The Beatles
400
Who wrote The Christmas Carol?
Charles Dickens
400
What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
a. a silver coin
b. a silver ring
c. nothing
d. a penny
a. a silver coin
It was common practice to include small silver coins in the pudding mixture, which could be kept by the person whose serving included them. The usual choice was a silver threepence or a sixpence. The coin was believed to bring wealth in the coming year, and came from an earlier tradition.
400
Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, theologian and natural philosopher. Originator of universal gravitation and laws of classical mechanics and laws of motion. His Principia is one of the most influential works in the history of science.
Issac Newton
400
What is the most popular type of tea in England? Y........ tea
Yorkshire tea
400
What did Alexander Fleming discover?
Penicillin
500
What is Lewis Carroll's most famous book?
Alice in Wonderland
500
What sauce is traditionally served with Christmas pudding?
a. plum sauce
b. cranberry sauce
c. brandy sauce
d. chocolate top
Brandy sauce
500
Famous English queen, known as the "Virgin Queen".
She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
Elizabeth I
She was relatively tolerant in religion, and her reign saw the re-establishment the Church of England.
500
Guy Fawkes night is celebrated on November 5, which building did he want to blow up?
The house of parliament
500
Who was Queen Elizabeth the II. married to?
Prince Philip