Music
Inventions
Famous Britons
History
Trivia
100
The future singer was born on February 7, 1991. His parents were art consultants and natives of London. Grandfather and grandmother on his father's side were Irish, perhaps that from them he inherited his bright red hair. Who is in the picture?
Ed Sheeran
100
The inventor of the Victorian period Charles Babbage was the first scientist to pioneer ...
a computer
100
He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
William Shakespeare
100
What is his name? What is he?
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
100
What's this?
The London Eye, an observation wheel
200
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in 1960. Where did the Beatles come from?
Liverpool
200
Tim Berners-Lee is known worldwide as ...
"the Father of the Internet"
200
She was the first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Margaret Thatcher
200
When and where was Admiral Nelson fatally wounded?
Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
200
What is the UK's second largest city by population?
Birmingham
300
Who sings the song?
Adele (Skyfall)
300
Scotsman John Logie Baird created
...
television
300
Future Queen, style icon and mother of Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. Who is SHE?
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton
300
Which monarch formed the Church of England after the Pope refused to annul their marriage?
Henry VIII
300
Which three countries are represented in the current UK flag also known as Union Jack?
England, Ireland, Scotland
400
It is a rock band which was formed in 1970 in England. Within ten years it became one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. When the lead singer was born, he was named Farrokh Bulsara as he belonged to an Indian family. The band invented a stand-free microphone.
Queen
400
Ada Lovelace made...
the first computer programme
400
The first writer to ever become a billionaire.
J.K. Rowling
400
The Doomsday Book was a survey of land and wealth throughout England, Wales, carried out under William the Conqueror. When was it completed?
1086
400
Which Nobel Prize did Winston Churchill win?
Literature
500
It is believed that this musical instrument originates from ancient Egypt and was brought to Scotland by invading Roman Legions. Others maintain that the instrument was brought over the water by the colonising Scots tribes from Ireland
Bagpipes
500
John Montagu invented something most of us have eaten in our lifetime. What was it?
a sandwich
500
Scottish bacteriologist and Nobel Prize winner who discovered penicillin.
Alexander Fleming
500
The Great Fire of London started in a shop. When did it happen and what shop was it?
September 1666
Baker's
500
According to the legend, the kingdom and the Tower of London will fall when ...
six resident ravens ever leave the fortress.