British History
Name the artist and the song
High Art and Culture
British TV and Popular Culture
General Knowledge
Modern British Politics
The Royal Family
100

Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour, Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon are the wives of ...

100

Character in a play who says the line ‘To be or not to be?’

Who is Hamlet?


100

Netflix TV series about the Royal Family

What is The Crown?


100

The capital of Scotland

What is Edinburgh?


100

Current British Prime Minister

Who is Keir Starmer?


100

TV show Meghan Markle was in before she married Prince Harry

What is Suits?


200


Who is Elizabeth I?

200

Who are One Direction, What Makes You Beautiful?


200

Street artist known for his satirical and often subversive stencilled graffiti art.

 


Who is Banksy?



200

The English title of the first book published in the Harry Potter series

What is 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone'?

200

Who is SIR David Beckham?


200

UK political party that was in national government for 14 years until 4 July 2024

What is the Conservative (or Tory) party?


200

Breed of dog commonly associated with Queen Elizabeth II

What is a corgi?


300

Longest reigning monarch in British history

Who is Elizabeth II?


300

London theatre district that is Britain’s equivalent of Broadway


What is The West End?


300

Name this tv personality

Who is Paul Hollywood?

300

Most popular British pet

What are dogs?


300

The democratically elected house of the UK Parliament, responsible for making laws and checking the work of Government.

What is the House of Commons?


300

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding took place in this London location

What is Westminster Abbey?


400

Former king who imprisoned his nephews in the Tower of London, never to be seen again. Shakespeare famously depicted him as a villain who murders his way to the throne.

Who is Richard III?


400

British author who wrote 'A Christmas Carol', 'Nicholas Nickleby' and 'Bleak House'

Who is Charles Dickens?


400

He wrote and starred in the original tv series of ‘The Office’ here in the UK

400

the UK’s favourite family meal (according to a 2021 survey of 2000 adults)

What is a roast dinner?


400

1215 document that put into writing the principle that the king and his government were subject to the law

What is the Magna Carta?


400

This person worked as a kindergarten teacher before marrying into the Royal Family at the age of 20

Who is Diana?


500

Traitor who tried to blow up the king and Houses of Parliament in 1605. His effigy is burned on bonfires across the country every 5 November.

Who is Guy Fawkes?


500

British author who wrote ‘Northanger Abbey’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility’

Who is Jane Austen?


500

Comedy troupe made up of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin

Who are Monty Python?


500

Two universities that compete in the annual Boat Race

Who are Oxford and Cambridge?


500

Age you have to be to vote in a general election in the UK

What is 18?


500

The current Royal Family changed their name from the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the House of ..... in 1917?


What is The House of Windsor?


600

Roman general who led led two expeditions to Britain, in 55 BCE and 54 BCE but failed to conquer it

Who is Julius Caesar?

600

Famous fictional detective who lives at 221B Baker Street


Who is Sherlock Holmes?



600

Who is Catherine Tate?

600

England’s official national sport

What is cricket?


600

Labour Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007

Who is Tony Blair?


600

King Charles's only sister

Who is Princess Anne?


700

Monarch who was beheaded in 1649

Who is Charles I?



700

British fashion house closely associated with trench coats and worn by artists like Rihanna and Harry Styles

What is Burberry?



700

Star of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', 'Notting Hill', and 'Love, Actually'. Plays  Phoenix Buchanan in 'Paddington 2'

Who is Hugh Grant?


700

The second-most spoken language in England (after English)

What is Polish?


700

Current head of the Conservative Party

Who is Kemi Badenoch?


700

Sport Prince William is famously associated with as a patron and fan?

What is football?


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