London
Misc 1
Geography
Misc 2
Culture
100

The population of London

100

What animal is on the Welsh flag?

What is a dragon?

100

A country with 3 million people and more than 10 million sheep 

Wales

100

Name of the actor who has created Mr. Bean

Rowan Atkinson

100

First names of the four members of The Beatles

Paul, John, George and Ringo

200

The Great Fire of London happened in ...

What is September 1666?

200

Scotland´s national animal?

the unicorn

200

Which continent was used as a penal colony by Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries?

Australia

200

Age of children when they start school in Britain

5

200

Document that limits the power of the monarch

Magna Carta

300

What bird is believed to protect the British crown and the Tower of London?

What is

the raven?

300

How many London Underground lines are there?

+/- 2 

11

300

What group of islands are farthest to the north? 

The Shetland Islands 

300

The Queen has visited over 100 different countries and not a single time has made it with a passport. Why doesn´t the Queen have a passport?

Because British passports are issued in the name of the Queen

300

About how many words did Shakespeare add to the English language? 

+/- 100

about 3000 words

400

How many members are there in the House of Commons?

650

400

What is Royal Ascot?

a horse race, also an important society event. Has been a tradition since around 1711 

400

The name of the highest mountain in Great Britain and its height

Ben Nevis, 1,345 m

400

According to the 2011 census, English or Welsh was the main language of 92.3% of the residents of England and Wales. Among other languages, which 3 are the most common?

  1. Polish 546,000 or 1.0%
  2. Punjabi 273,000 or 0.5%
  3. Urdu 269,000 or 0.5%
400

Pub is a place to drink, eat and have fun. But "pub" is a short form of which words?

Public house

500

It is forbidden to do that in the Houses of Parliament.

die

500

On August 1896 the United Kingdom and an another country fought for around 40 minutes, being this way the shortest war ever happened in history.  Only one British sailor was injured while casualties in the other party reached 500 people. Name the other country!

the Zanzibar Sultanate

500

What is the largest island of the UK?

Great Britain

500

Cornish Blue, Stilton, Cornish Yarg and Lancashire are all?

British cheeses