WorksheetsBritain Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
After the end of the last ice age there was an increase in sea levels and modern day Britain split away from Europe. This was only ... years ago.
80
800
8000
800000
How many colleges are there in Cambridge?
10
31
52
73
The white cliffs of Dover are world famous, but only two hours away, in south-east England, there is another series of white chalk cliffs. This scenery is also breathtakingly beautiful. They are called ....
the Seven Dwarfs
the Seven Seagulls
the Seven Seas
the Seven Sisters
Maybe London's most famous landmark is Big Ben. The nickname originally only referred to the .... .
bell
clock
tower
stairs
.... has served as the official London residence of the British queens and kings since 1837.
Westminster Palace
Windsor Castle
Kensington Palace
Buckingham Palace
At first .... was a fishing village and did not become popular until about 1800 when King George IV decided to build a house there - the Royal Pavilion. Then it became a very fashionable seaside resort.
Brighton
Canterbury
Cambridge
Leeds
Londos is famous for its .... doubledecker buses and .... taxis.
black - orange
red - black
yellow - brown
purple - blue
When the Queen/King is in the Buckingham Palace, the flag called the Royal Standard is flown. When .... is flying above the Palace, that means that the monarch is not at home.
the Union Jack, the British flag
the Welsh flag
the Scottish flag
the Irish flag
The Channel Tunnel (or the Chunnel) is a 50 km underwater railway tunnel that connects the island of Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest point, it is more than .... metres below sea level!
15
50
100
500
The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world. It was founded in ....
1209
1390
1290
1309
