Common knowledge
Music
Literature
Multiculturalism
Being British
100

The name of the British Flag

What is Union Jack?

100
Singer-songwriter who performed Castle on the Hill.

Who is Ed Sheeran?

100

She wrote the Harry Potter books.

Who is JK Rowling?

100

The city in which most immigrants live

What is London?

100

A beverage best served hot which all Brits are thought to drink with milk

What is tea?

200

The Head of State and Monarch of the UK and a number of other states

Who is King Charles III?

200

Harry Styles started his career in this band?

What is One Direction?

200

He wrote about a poor boy who got to visit a factory. The factory owner was a bit (W)bonkers.

Who was Roald Dahl?

200

the year the Empire Windrush arrived in Essex


What is 1948?

200

A thing that Brits love to chat about but hate most times of the year.

What is the weather?

300

The biggest country in the UK.

What is England?

300

Piano-playing singer with an obsession with colourful eyeglass frames and hits such as Candle In The Wind and Your Song whose given name is Reginald Kenneth Dwight.

Who is Elton John?

300
He was born on Stratford-upon-Avon. His theatre company had the Globe constructed.

Who was William Shakespeare?

300

What happened in 1959 - as a result of the Notting Hill Riots in 1958?

What was the first Notting Hill Carnival?

300

The British sense of humour which is expressed in exaggerated statements that usually mean the opposite of what is actually being said.

What is irony?

400

The UK's departure from EU as a result of the referendum on 23 June, 2016

What is Brexit?

400

Bohemian Rhapsody.

Who are Queen?

400
This mystery writer was born in 1890. Among her detectives are an elderly lady and a Belgian man. 

Who was Agatha Christie?

400

The most common country of birth for immigrants in the UK

What is India?

400

The place where Brits go to be social.

What is the pub?

500

The Prime Minister before the present one

Who is Liz Truss?

500

The Liverpool band who started out as a rock n' roll band but changed into psychedelic rock after a trip to India and a meeting with drugs. 

Who are The Beatles?

500

This woman writer invented mister Darcy. 

Who was Jane Austen?

500

the percentage of people born outside the UK 

What is 14.4 (2021)

500

It is typically British to suppress your anger or hurt in times of crisis. They are said to keep their mouths in a particular way. 

What is a 'stiff upper lip'?