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UK General Knowledge Challenge

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which river flows through London?

a)

River Mersey

b)

River Thames

c)

River Severn

d)

River Tyne

2.

Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Jane Austen

d)

J.K. Rowling

3.

What is the capital city of Scotland?

a)

Glasgow

b)

Edinburgh

c)

Aberdeen

d)

Dundee

4.

Which element has the chemical symbol 'O'?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Osmium

c)

Gold

d)

Silver

5.

What is the square root of 144144 ?

a)

1010

b)

1212

c)

1414

d)

1616

6.

Which British monarch was on the throne during World War II?

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

King George VI

c)

Queen Elizabeth II

d)

King Edward VIII

7.

What is the boiling point of water at standard atmospheric pressure?

a)

100100^\circ Celsius

b)

00^\circ Celsius

c)

5050^\circ Celsius

d)

212212^\circ Celsius

8.

Which football team plays its home games at Old Trafford?

a)

Liverpool FC

b)

Manchester United

c)

Chelsea FC

d)

Arsenal FC

9.

What is the value of 01x2dx\int_0^1 x^2 dx ?

a)

12\frac{1}{2}

b)

13\frac{1}{3}

c)

11

d)

22

10.

Which is the largest county in England by area?

a)

Yorkshire

b)

Cornwall

c)

Kent

d)

Devon

11.

What is the main ingredient in traditional haggis?

a)

Beef

b)

Lamb

c)

Sheep's offal

d)

Pork

12.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

a)

Venus

b)

Mars

c)

Jupiter

d)

Saturn

13.

How many ounces are there in a pint (UK)?

a)

16 ounces

b)

20 ounces

c)

18 ounces

d)

12 ounces

14.

Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"?

a)

Emily Brontë

b)

Jane Austen

c)

George Eliot

d)

Virginia Woolf

15.

Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?

a)

Paris

b)

London

c)

Athens

d)

Sydney

16.

What is the chemical formula for table salt?

a)

NaCl

b)

KCl

c)

NaCO 3_3

d)

CaCl 2_2

17.

Which mountain is the highest in Great Britain?

a)

Snowdon

b)

Scafell Pike

c)

Ben Nevis

d)

Slieve Donard

18.

What is the value of 252^5 ?

a)

1010

b)

1616

c)

3232

d)

6464

19.

Which author created the detective Sherlock Holmes?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Arthur Conan Doyle

c)

Ian Fleming

d)

Roald Dahl

20.

If a person weighs 9 stone, how many pounds do they weigh? (1 stone = 14 pounds)

a)

126 pounds

b)

98 pounds

c)

112 pounds

d)

84 pounds