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100

Which city is not part of the UK?

a. Birmingham     b. Dublin

c. Cardiff             d. Glasgow

b. Dublin

100

What is Ireland known as?

a. Green Island                              b. Emerald Isle

c. Isle Eire

b. Emerald Isle

100

What is the most populous city in Scotland? 

a. Edinburgh                     b. Aberdeen

c. Glasgow

c. Glasgow

100

What is the longest river in Great Britain? 

a. River Severn                 b. River Avon

c. River Thames                c. River Cam

a. River Severn

100

 Name the sea off the east coast of Britain. 

a. Celtic Sea                              b. English Channel

c. North Sea

c. North Sea

200

Select the most popular reason why London is so densely populated.

a. Range of world-class entertainment

b. Huge variety of housing 

c. Excellent transport links 

d. Work & Career opportunities with world renown companies  

d. Work & Career opportunities with world renown companies 

200

Which of these countries is closest to Great Britain?

a. Belgium

b. Canada

c. Denmark


a. Belgium

200

Which series was filmed in Belfast? 

a. Vikings                      b. Game of Thrones

c. Harry Potter               d. Star Wars

b. Game of Thrones

200

What is the highest mountain in the UK?

a. Scafell Pike               b. Yr Wyddfa

c. Slieve Donard           d. Ben Nevis

d. Ben Nevis

200

How do most people commute to work in the UK? 

a. by car                     b. cycling

c. public transport        b. walking

a. by car

300

What generally, but not always, did a settlement need to have to be granted official city status in Great Britain? 

a. an annual fair           b. a cathedral

c. a strategic military location

b. a cathedral

300

Which UK country accounts for 5% of the UK population?

a. Scotland               b. England

c. Wales                   d. Northern Ireland

c. Wales

300

Many places in Great Britain end in the suffix "Chester". Where does this name come from?

a. A French term for hill

b. A Roman term for fort

c. A Viking term for valley


b. A Roman term for fort

300

Which of the following types of landscape is not closely related to the others? 

a. bog                b. fen

c. marsh             d. heath

d. heath

300

If you dug directly through the center of the Earth from London, where would you emerge? 

a. near China

b. near Mexico

c. near New Zealand

c. near New Zealand

400

Which city is on the river Thames?

a. Cambridge

b. Edinburgh

c. Oxford


c. Oxford

400

Which is the wettest country in the UK?

a. England                                   b. Scotland

d. Northern Ireland                      d. Wales

d. Wales

400

What was the capital city of England before London?

a. York                                 b. Canterbury

c. Manchester                       d. Winchester

d. Winchester

400

What is the largest lake in the UK?

a. Loch Lomond              b. Laugh Neagh

c. Loch Ness                   d. Windermere

b. Laugh Neagh

400

What are the white cliffs of Dover made of? 

a. chalk                                    b. tufa

c. marble                                  d. limestone

a. chalk

500

What is the term for people from Liverpool? 

a. Liverpoolers

b. Liverpoolites

c. Liverpudlians

c. Liverpudlians

500

The Channel Tunnel connects Coquelles on the French side and ... on the English side.

a. Folkstone                         b. Dover

c. London

a. Folkstone

500

Where would you find Britain’s only hot springs? 

a. Bath                          b. London

c. Chichester

a. Bath

500

Which range of hills is commonly referred to as the ‘backbone of England’? 

a. Cheviot Hills               b. the Pennines

c. Cumbrian Mountains    d. Lake District

b. the Pennines

500

How long is the Channel Tunnel?

a. 50 kms                                        b. 100 kms

c. 150 kms

a. 50 kms

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