Oh, those Brits
Art and literature
Films and TV
Music
Drinks
100
Name at least 3 kinds of sports that were invented in the UK?
Football, rugby, golf, boxing, and cricket
100
A pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist, and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation is ...
Banksy
100
Actors of which famous British TV show do you see?
Killing Eve
100
Which singer is British?
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
Eminem
Britney Spears
Freddie Mercury
100
How much is an "Imperial" British pint?
A British ("imperial") pint of 20 imperial fluid ounces is (568 ml) or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml)
200
Who doesn't need a passport in the UK?
The Queen. The royal family website states, 'as a British passport is issued in the name of Her Majesty, it is unnecessary for The Queen to possess one'.
200
What Brits have written ...?
Great Expectations
Frankenstein
1984
1) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
2) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
3) 1984 by George Orwell
200
What's the name of one of the most loved sci-fi TV programme about the adventures of a Time Lord?
Doctor Who
200
Finish the line by Pink Floyd
We don't need no education ...
We don't need no thought control
200
What is "Low tea" and "High tea" and which is posher?
Low tea was served on low lounge chairs and sofas with low tables (similar to today’s coffee tables), and high tea was served on high chairs around a table.
But here’s the surprising part: “low tea” was enjoyed by the aristocracy and “high tea” by the working class.
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300
When do you add milk to the tea?
For a “proper cuppa”, add milk last
Inferior china cups were inclined to crack when hot tea was poured into them, but the finest china was much stronger and didn’t crack.
So putting the milk in last became a way for the upper class to show they had the best china.
300
What is the name of the artist, who is the namesake of a famous English philosopher and statesman of the 17th century, who painted Three Studies of Lucian Freud
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Francis Bacon
300
What's the name of a British surreal comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show ... Flying Circus? They were as influencial on comedy as the Beatles were on music.
Monty Python
300
Which famous British band became popular in 2006 thanks to handing out their CDs for free and the social media Myspace?
Arctic Monkeys handed out free CDs at all of their gigs. All of the songs on those CDs got collated into an album by fans (which was known as "Beneath the Boardwalk" the boardwalk was a venue in Sheffield where they played a lot early on) and then shared online and uploaded to a Myspace fanpage.
300
What alcoholic drink did doctors use to prescribe to pregnant women in Ireland?
In Ireland, doctors used to prescribe Guinness to pregnant women because Guinness is rich in iron, something that expectant mothers need 50 percent more of in their diets.
400
Which words are considered to be upper-class?
toilet or lavatory?
sorry or what?
napkin or serviette?
sofa or settee?
dessert or pudding?
lavatory, what?, napkin, sofa, pudding
400
What is Bloomsday?
It is a commemoration and celebration of the life of Irish writer James Joyce, observed annually in Dublin and all around the world on the 16th of June, the day his 1922 novel Ulysses takes place in 1904, named after the protagonist Leopold Bloom.
400
Who played:
Princess Margaret
Queen Iracebeth Of Crims
Madame Thénardier
Marla Singer
Dr. Julia Hoffman
Helena Bonham Carter
400
What's the name of a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music from the UK became increasingly popular (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks etc.)?
The British Invasion
400
What's Irish "Uisce beatha" stands for?
Whiskey = water of life
500
How to react to a compliment in the British way?
e.g. Your dress is so lovely!
Make a self-deprecating comment to emphasise modesty. The possible reply might be ‘This old thing? I bought it in Primark ages ago!’.
500
What's a limerick? You've got 3 minutes to make one
A limerick is a humorous five-line poem with a rhyme scheme aabba.
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
500
The main character of which British drama series has said that?
"Principles are like prayers; noble, of course, but awkward at a party."
"I am a woman, Mary. I can be as contrary as I choose."
“Does it ever get cold on the moral high ground?”
The Dowager Countess Violet (Downton Abbey)
500
David Robert Jones born in Brixton, London, on 8 January 1947 is known as ...
David Bowie
500
Under what circumstances are you allowed to drink alcohol in British Parliament?
You can’t drink alcohol in British Parliament, unless you are the chancellor delivering the annual budget statement.
The Chancellor is allowed to do this as a matter of tradition. There's also a practical reason: the Budget speech is often long and complex, and a boost to their morale during the process is reasonable.
