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1. What is the name of the most famous clock in Britain?

a) Big Albert b) Big Stephen

c) Big Wren d) Big Ben

2. What is the name of the London underground?

a) Metro b) Tube

c) Subway d) Metropolitain

3. What is the oldest political party in Great Britain?

a) The Labour Party b) The Liberal Party

c) The Social-Democratic

d) The Conservative party

4. What is the symbol of the Speaker’s Authority in the Parliament?

a) The mace b) The woolsack

c) The ribbon d) The bell

5. What is the way to get membership in the House of Lords and the House of Commons?

a) Appointed by the Queen in both Houses

b) Elected in the upper House and hand down in the lower House

c) Elected by the citizens in both Houses

d) Elected in the Lower House and appointed in the Upper House

6. Which river runs through London?

a) The Thames b) The Severn

c) The Seine d) The Plym

7. Who gave London its first name?

a) The Egyptians b) The Greeks

c) The Romans d) The Vikings

8. Who said ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’?

a) Walter Scott b) Charles Dickens

c) Samuel Johnson d) William Shakespeare

9. Which is the oldest part of London?

a) Westminster b) The City

c) The West End d) The East end

10. Where are the British kings and queens crowned?

a) St Paul’s Cathedral b) Westminster Abbey

c) The House of Lords d) The Tower of London

11. Which birds, according to legend, protect the Tower of London?

a) pigeons b) doves

c) ravens d) swans

12. Which is the most famous shopping street in London?

a) Oxford Street b) Downing Street

c) Baker Street d) King Street

13. What is ‘double-decker’?

a) A bus b) A lorry

c) Two bedrooms apartments

d) Two deckers ship

14. What is ‘the Globe’ in London?

a) The largest department store in Europe

b) The Central Square

c) A Shakespearian theatre

d) An Observation wheel in the center of London

15. What is the London Eye?

a) A giant telescope

b) An Observation wheel

c) A newspaper d) One of the main TV channels

16. What colour is the traditional London taxi?

a) Yellow b) Black

c) Green d) Blue

17. What museum is situated at 221B Baker Street?

a) Sherlock Holmes Museum

b) Madam Tussaud’s

c) Tate Modern d) Princess Diana Museum

18. Why will 2012 be a special year for London?

a) It’s the city’s 2000th anniversary

b) The city will be hosting the Olympic games

c) There will be the Big Political Summit

d) There will be next king crowned

19. What is the only London Bridge that can be raised?

a) London Bridge b) Tower Bridge

c) Waterloo bridge d) Millennium Bridge

20. What colonial country has been called ‘the Jewel in the Crown’ of Britain Empire?

a) Australia b) India

c) Hong Kong d) America

21. Which British monarch reigned for the longest period?

a) Elizabeth I b) Henry VIII

c) Queen Victoria d) George V

22. How many wives did Henry VIII have?

a) 10 b) 8

c) 6 d) 4

23. What is the family name of the present royal family?

a) Smith b) Tudor

c) Stuart d) Windsor

24. What is the emblem of Wales?

a) Rose b) Leek

c) Thistle d) Shamrock

25. What is the symbol of Ireland?

a) Oak leaf b) Robin bird

c) Shamrock d) Tulip

26. What party is in power in Great Britain now?

a) The Labour b) The Conservative

c) The Liberal d) The Social-Democratic

27. Which political party represented Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill?

a) The Labour b) The Conservative

c) The Liberal d) The Social-Democratic

28. What are the two currencies that are used on the territory of the United Kingdom?

a) US Dollars and Great Britain Pounds

b) Scottish Pounds and Great Britain Pounds

c) The Euro and Great Britain Pounds

d) Irish Dollars and Great Britain Pounds

29. What is the country from the listed below, which has never been the part of British Empire?

a) Afghanistan b) Singapore

c) Cyprus d) Canada

30. Please pick the national flag of England from the listed below?

a) b)

c) d)

31. What is the name of Prince William young wife?

a) Camilla Parker-Bowles b) Kate Middleton

c) Britney Spears d) Chelsy Davy