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Pub Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims set out for America?

a)

Merrimack

b)

The Black Pearl

c)

Mayflower

d)

The Great Rose

2.

What is Jack O-Lantern?

a)

A cabbage

b)

A turnip

c)

A pumpkin

d)

An eggplant

3.

Which department store sponsors New York's Thanksgiving Parade?

a)

Walmart

b)

Macy's

c)

Tesco

d)

Boots

4.

Where in the United States do they dye a river to celebrate St Patrick's Day?

a)

New York

b)

Boston

c)

Chicago

d)

Washington

5.

When is Boxing Day celebrated?

a)

24th December

b)

26th December

c)

28th December

d)

29th December

6.

Which do many Welsh people wear on St David's Day?

a)

A rose or a daffodil

b)

A leek or a daffodil

c)

A thistle or a rose

d)

A rose or a poppy

7.

Eisteddfod is the festival of ...... culture.

a)

Welsh

b)

Scottish

c)

Irish

d)

English

8.

Who is Guy Fawkes?

a)

A national hero of Britain

b)

An English poet

c)

The man who wanted to set fire to the British Parliament

d)

One of Great Britain's most famous politicians

9.

Which of the following holidays is not a bank holiday in England?

a)

Easter Monday

b)

Boxing Day

c)

St Patrick's Day

d)

St David's Day

10.

In which month does the Notting Hill Carnival take place in London?

a)

August

b)

July

c)

June

d)

May

11.

Where does the most famous Pancake Race take place in Britain?

a)

Yorkshire

b)

Westminster

c)

Buckinghamshire

d)

Berkshire

12.

When is St Patrick's Day?

a)

19th March

b)

17th March

c)

21st March

d)

18th March

13.

Which holiday is celebrated on 4 July in the USA?

a)

Columbus Day

b)

Independence Day

c)

Martin Luther King Day

d)

Freedom Day

14.

Which song do the Scottish people sing as the clock strikes midnight for New Year's Day?

a)

Jingle Bells

b)

Silent Night

c)

Auld Lang Syne

d)

Greensleeves

15.

What's the name of Britain' most famous racecourse?

a)

York

b)

Ascot

c)

Newbury

d)

Bath

16.

Which is the main national holiday in Canada?

a)

Labour Day

b)

Thanksgiving Day

c)

Dominion Day

d)

Maple Day

17.

1952 saw the first performance of which Agatha Christie play, a drawing-room murder mystery and the longest-running West End show?

a)

Witness for the Prosecution

b)

The Murder in the Orient Express

c)

The Mousetrap

d)

Verdict

18.

Robert Burns is regarded as the national poet of Scotland, in which month of the year is Burns' Night?

a)

February 21st

b)

January 25th

c)

January 27th

d)

March 2nd

19.

When is St George's Day, England's patron saint celebrated?

a)

17th March

b)

28th June

c)

1st May

d)

23rd April

20.

Which of the Beatles was walking barefoot over the zebra crossing on The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover?

a)

John Lennon

b)

Paul McCartney

c)

Ringo Starr

d)

George Harrison

21.

Henry VIII had two of his wives executed, Anne Boleyn was one, can you name the other?

a)

Catherine Howard

b)

Jane Seymour

c)

Anne of Cleves

d)

Catherine Parr

22.

Churchill called them "the good companions" and George Orwell referred to them as a "chief comfort" of the working class. They were created in 1860 in the East End of London by a Jewish immigrant, Joseph MalinWinston, what are they?

a)

Sheperd's pie

b)

Sunday roast & Yorkshire pudding

c)

Steak & kidney pie

d)

Fish & chips

23.

What is the name by which the Royal Opera House is often known in London?

a)

Camden

b)

Covent Garden

c)

Carnaby

d)

Brick Lane

24.

Great Britain is an island made up of...

a)

England, Ireland and Wales

b)

Scotland, Ireland and England

c)

England, Wales and Scotland

d)

England, Scotland and Ireland

25.

Which is the motivational poster produced by the British Government in 1939 during World War II?

a)

Keep Calm & Go on

b)

Keep Calm & Carry on

c)

Keep Calm & Don't give up

d)

Keep Calm & Chin up