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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following authors wrote Macbeth?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Emily Bronte

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Virginia Woolf

2.

What is the capital of England?

a)

Nottingham

b)

London

c)

Leicester

d)

Birmingham

3.

What is the most important monument in London?

a)

Leaning Tower of Pisa

b)

The Pyramids of Giza

c)

Big Ben

d)

London Eye

4.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Drinking coffee with milk is typical in England.

b)

English weather is usually cloudy, but there are not rainy days.

c)

English breakfast is composed of beans, fish and toast bread.

d)

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-living, longest-reigning British monarch.

5.

What is the name of the highest mountain in Britain?

a)

Everest

b)

Snowdon

c)

Ben Nevis

d)

White Cliffs

6.

What's the name of the British flag?

a)

Commonwealth

b)

Good John

c)

Union Jack

d)

Britlag

7.

Which Londoner building does the famous Big Ben belong to?

a)

Buckingham Palace

b)

Picadilly Circus

c)

The Parliament

d)

London Eye

8.

Which Londoner park is this statue of Peter Pan in?

a)

Covent Garden

b)

Hyde Park

c)

Buckingham Palace Garden

d)

St. James's Park

9.

What's the name of the current Queen of England?

a)

Elizabeth I

b)

Elizabeth II

c)

Elizabeth III

d)

The Great Lisa

10.

What's the name of these famous characters? (Choose the 2 correct answers)

a)

Beefeaters

b)

The Queen's Knights

c)

Yeomen Warders of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London

11.

Which Spice Girl is David Beckham's wife?

a)

Posh Spice (Victoria Adams)

b)

Sporty Spice (Mel C.)

c)

Ginger Spice (Geri Haliwell)

d)

Baby Spice (Emma Bunton)

12.

What's the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?

a)

Belfast

b)

Cork

c)

Wales

d)

Dublin

13.

What's the capital city of Northern Ireland

a)

Belfast

b)

Londonderry

c)

Dublin

d)

Derry

14.

What's the capital city of Wales?

a)

Swansea

b)

Cardiff

c)

Newport

d)

Southampton

15.

What's the capital city of Scotland?

a)

Glasgow

b)

Aberdeen

c)

Edinburgh

d)

Dundee

16.

What makes up the United Kingdom?

a)

England and Scotland

b)

England, Scotland and Wales

c)

England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland

d)

England, Scotland, Wales, North Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

17.

What's the name of this famous British dish?

a)

Chicken Tikka Masala

b)

Beef Wellington

c)

Cornish Pasty

d)

Shepherd's Pie

18.

Who is on top of the column in Trafalgar Square?

a)

Trafalgar Square

b)

bucaneer Henry Morgan

c)

Sir Francis Drake

d)

Admiral Lord Nelson

19.

What do the British celebrate on Bonfire night on 5 November?

a)

The end of the Great Fire of London

b)

The formation of the United Kingdom

c)

The failure of Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament

d)

The Chinese New Year's Eve