Fact File
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100

What is the personification of the UK called?

Britannia

100
In which hemisphere and which continent is the UK located?
Northern hemisphere / Europe
100
What kind of government does the UK have?
A constitutional monarchy
100
How do you say 36 pence?
36p (thirty six pee)
100
What are the two most popular sports in the UK?
Football and cricket
200
What is the complete name of the UK? Name the countries that make up the UK.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
200
What is the name of the geographical region that refers to the land masses of Great Britain, Ireland and many other smaller islands?
The British Isles
200

What is the royal family name? Who is heir to the throne of the UK?

Windsor 

Prince Charles

200

What are the most popular beverages in the UK? The most popular cheese? What is dessert called in England?

Tea, beer

Cheddar

Pudding

200

Till what age is education compulsory in the UK? How are classes divided?

Till the age of 16

Into Key Stages

300
What is the difference between Great Britain and the UK?
Great Britain = England + Scotland + Wales / The UK = England + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland
300
The UK is located to the _______ of India and the _______ of Canada.
North-west / South-east
300

Who are the current PM and the current monarch of the UK? Where are their residences?

Boris Johnson

HM Queen Elizabeth II   

10 Downing Street 

Buckingham Palace

300
What do the following words mean: A mac, kip, knackered and peckish?
A raincoat, sleep, tired and hungry.
300
What is the flag of the UK called? What are its colours? The flag is a combination of the flags of which countries?
The Union Jack / Red, blue and white / England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
400

What do you call a person from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales or Great Britain?

English / Scottish / Irish / Welsh / British 

400
What are the capitals of the countries that make up the UK?
England – London / Scotland – Edinburgh / Wales – Cardiff / Northern Ireland – Belfast
400

Name 3 famous British people in the arts and state their professions.

Writers: Jane Austen, JRR Tolkien, Roald Dahl, George Orwell, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie

Playwrights / film directors: Shakespeare, Ken Loach, Oscar Wilde, Alfred Hitchcock

Painters: John Constable, Joseph Turner, David Hockney, Thomas Gainsborough, Francis Bacon

400

Miracle question. 

What's your name?

Student answer

400
Name 4 common British icons. What is a Beefeater?
Student’s answer + A guard at the tower of London
500

What is the currency of the UK called? What is its symbol? How is it subdivided? How much is 450 p in pounds?

The Pound Sterling / £ / £1 = 100p / £4.50

500
What are the 5 bodies of water that surround the UK? Say them in the right order giving the appropriate cardinal directions and other geographical references.
The Atlantic Ocean on the west / the North Sea to the North / the English Channel to the south between France and Great Britain / the Celtic Sea to the south / the Irish Sea between the land masses of Great Britain and Ireland
500

Name 2 famous British scientists, their professions and what they're most famous for.

Alexander Fleming   - biologist + penicillin 

Isaac Newton – physicist + gravity   

Alan Turing – Mathematician + Turing Machine   

Charles Darwin – Biologist + evolution

500

If an American went shopping in the UK wanting to buy a pair of pants and a packet of chips, what should he ask for?

If he didn’t change his words, what would he end up with?

A pair of trousers and a packet of crisps  

Underwear and French fries

500
Name the patron saints, the national flowers and the national animals of the nations that make up the UK.
England: St. George + the Tudor Rose + the Lion / Scotland: St. Andrew + the Thistle + the Unicorn / Wales: St. David + Leek or Daffodil + the Red Dragon / Northern Ireland: St. Patrick + the Shamrock + no national animal
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