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100
What is the currency of more than one English speaking country, adding the country's name to it?
THE DOLLAR
100
How many stars are there on the US flag?
50, like the number of states
100
What is the symbol of England
THE (RED) ROSE
100
Who was the first elected President of the USA?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
100
What are the wall paintings in the streets of Belfast called?
MURALS
100
What is the name of Her Majesty The Queen of the United Kingdom?
CAMILLA
100
What's the name of this number 1 attraction in England?
STONEHENGE
200
What is the current currency of the U.K.?
THE POUND
200
How many stripes are there on the US flag?
13, like the number of colonies at the beginning of colonisation.
200
What was given from the French people to the USA as a gift, symbolizing freedom and the hope of a better future.
The Statue of Liberty
200
What was the name of a rector (protestant priest) who led the movement for Black Civil Rights in the USA?
(DOCTOR) MARTIN LUTHER KING (JUNIOR)
200
What is the name of the theatre in London associated with the author of Othello, McBeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Richard II, Richard III?
THE GLOBE
(Shakespeare's Globe)
200
Which English speaking country has the world's longest coastline and also the world's longest international land border?
CANADA
200
What's the name of this Australian landmark?
ULURU / AYERS ROCK
300
What is the former currency of the UK?
THE SHILLING
300
The Union Jack in the corner depicts the first colonization,
the Southern Cross is a constellation of stars
that can be seen from all of the country.
What does the flag of Australia look like?
300
Which former US presidents are carved into the granite of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota?
(Name at least two)
(in order from left to right)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
300
Who is the leading figure of the independence of India?
(MAHATMA) GANDHI
(Mohandas Karamchand)
300
What is the English for this supernatural being in Irish folklore called lucharachán, leipreachán or luchorpán in Irish? (no points in case of misspelling)
LEPRECHAUN
300
The nine of them stood vigil at Queen Elizabeth II state funeral on 19 September 2022 (eleven days after her passing on September 8). What relation were they to her?
GRANDCHILDREN
300
What's the name of this iconic sight in India?
THE TAJ MAHAL
400
What is the currency of the Republic of Ireland?
THE EURO
400
Which flag represents the mix of Saint George's cross for England, St Andrew's for Scotland and St Patrick's for Ireland?
The Union Jack
(The Flag of the UK)
400
What is the name of the song that was written in 1814 by an American patriot, and became the US national anthem in 1931?
(Its name is also that of the US flag.)
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
400
Which American President abolished slavery in the USA?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
400
Which well-known character's address is 221B Baker Street believed to be?
SHERLOCK HOLMES
400
Which two native animals (an animal and a bird) hold up the The coat of arms of Australia, officially the Commonwealth Coat of Arms?
The Kangaroo and the Emu.
400
What's the name of this Canada's most famous natural attraction?
THE NIAGARA FALLS
500
What is the subdivision of the pound.
THE PENCE
500
On which country's flag do the colours and symbols represent the following:
* The Y shape represents the convergence of the diverse society and the desire for unity,
* the red is for the blood shed during colonisation,
* the black is for the native population
South Africa's flag
500
What is the elderly man, who personifies the whole of the USA, depicted on a famous recruitment poster during WWII called?
He is often represented wearing a striped top hat, a blue coat and striped pants.
UNCLE SAM
500
What's the name of this American president:
* an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer
* served as the 26th President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909
* A leader of the Republican Party, he was a leading force of the Progressive Era
* Often referred to as Teddy or TR.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
500
What is the traditional foods from Australia's Outback, called?
BUSH FOOD
500
What is the nickname of the government headquarters in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand? (based a bit on the shape of the building)
THE BEEHIVE
500
What is the name of this UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most historic areas of London where time seems to stand still?
GREENWICH