What's the word in British English?
Riddles
General Trivia
London
Finish the quote
100

cookie

biscuit

100

What did the ocean say to the beach?

nothing, it just waved


100

True or false: Halloween originated as an ancient Irish festival

True

100

IRL, it spans the Thames just south of the Monument to the Great Fire of London. In Fergie’s 2006 bop, it’s falling down every time you come around. What is it?

London Bridge

100

To be or .............

not to be

200

garbage can

rubbish bin

200

“This thing all things devours;
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats mountain down.”

time


200

What is the capital of Ireland?

Dublin

200

"The Whitechapel Murderer" and "Leather Apron" are two alternative monikers used to refer to what famous London serial killer?

Jack the Ripper

200

A ______ by any other name would smell as sweet.

rose

300

apartment

flat

300

You answer me, but I never ask you questions. What am I?

A phone

300

In what country is the Chernobyl nuclear plant located?

Ukraine

300

The Sherlock Holmes Museum in London is located at what iconic address, familiar to readers of Doyle's classic detective stories? 

221B Baker Street

300

__________, my dear Watson.

Elementary

400

sneakers

trainers

400

I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?

piano


400

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Marie Curie

400

What fictional London street, whose shops stock everything a Hogwarts student needs, is located behind the Leaky Cauldron pub?

Diagon Alley

400

Not all those who _______ are lost.

wander

500

flashlight

torch

500

Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

a fish
500

Queen guitarist Brian May is also an expert in what scientific field?

astrophysics

500

With reference to the iconic London Tube map, what color is associated with the Central Line of the London Tube?

red

500

the ______ is rarely pure and never simple.

truth