The UK
How many countries is the UK made up of?
4
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
In the UK it is compulsory to go to school between the ages of ...
5 and 16.
Thanksgiving in the USA is held on the ...
(day + month)
fourth Thursday of November.
How many ravens must live in the Tower of London?
6
How many lines are there in the London Underground System?
12
What's the capital city of Wales?
Cardiff
In the UK GCSEs are taken at the age of ...
16.
The name of the New Year celebration in Scotland is ...
Hogmanay.
UK teenagers are allowed to start doing a part-time job from the age of ...
13.
This animal brings good luck in England.
(colour + animal)
white rabbit
Which castle in the UK was built at the top of an extinct volcano?
Edinburgh Castle
When you finish your university studies and take your final exams, you get a university ...
degree.
Which festival was originally a Celtic festival called Samhain?
Halloween
The sport or activity of descending a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope fixed round the body and at a higher point.
abseiling
How old do you have to be to buy a National Lottery ticket in the UK?
16
Where was the ocean liner, Titanic built?
Belfast (capital of Northern Ireland)
In American high schools subjects that you can choose to do are called ...
electives.
Which festival is related to the Gunpowder Plot?
Bonfire Night
The year when MTV was launched.
1981
The name of one of the new seven wonders of the world that can be found in Peru.
Machu Picchu
(a 15th-century Inca citadel)
In which UK capital can the Royal Mile be found?
Edinburgh
When you apply to a university in the UK, you have to write a description of yourself and why you're interested in studying the subject you want to study. What is this description called?
personal statement
What was the name of the ship that took the Pilgrims from England to the USA in 1620?
Mayflower
The name of the main shopping street that can be found in NYC.
Fifth Avenue
What do Americans call 'curtains'?
drapes