United kingdo1
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United KingdomYour score is 100%.
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The United Kingdom is made up of...
A. ? England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.
B. :-) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
C. ? England, Scotland and Wales.
D. ? England, Scotland, Wales and France.
2. The full name of the United Kingdom is...
A. :-) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
B. ? United Kingdom of Northern Britain and Great Ireland.
C. ? United Kingdom of Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
D. ? United Kingdom of Northern Britain and Southern Ireland.
3. What is the population of the United Kingdom?
A. :-) About sixty million people.
B. ? About sixteen million people.
C. ? About six hundred people.
D. ? About six people.
4. Cornish is spoken in...
A. ? Wales
B. :-) Cornwall
C. ? London
D. ? Scotland
5. What is the name of the national anthem?
A. ? God Blame the Queen
B. ? God Save the Prince
C. :-) God Save the Queen
D. ? God Save the United Kingdom
6. Wales was taken over by England in the...
A. ? eighteenth century.
B. ? sixteenth century.
C. ? fourteenth century.
D. :-) thirteenth century.
7. When was the Irish Free State created?
A. :-) 1922
B. ? 1976
C. ? 1943
D. ? 1921
8. In World War II Britain was bombed by...
A. ? Spain.
B. ? Portugal.
C. :-) Germany.
D. ? the United States of America.
9. When did Elizabeth II become Queen?
A. ? 1972
B. :-) 1952
C. ? 1962
D. ? 1942
10. The capital city of the United Kingdom is...
london
11. What is the name of the river that flows through London?
A. ? Severn
B. ? Trent
C. :-) Thames
D. ? Tweed
12. Who is the current Prime Minister?
A. ? Winston Churchill
B. :-) Gordon Brown
C. ? Tony Blair
D. ? Margaret Thatcher
13. The United Kingdom is a(n) ...
A. ? Dictatorship
B. ? Anarchy
C. ? Absolute Monarchy
D. :-) Constitutional Monarchy
14. Gordon Brown is the leader of the...
A. ? Conservative Party
B. :-) Labour Party
C. ? Liberal Democrats
D. ? Democratic Unionist Party
15. The United Kingdom is a member of the...
A. ? European Union
B. ? NATO
C. ? World Trade Organization
D. :-) All of the above
16. Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
A. ? Jane Austen
B. :-) William Shakespeare
C. ? Dylan Thomas
D. ? H. G. Wells
17. Who wrote the Sherlock Holmes detective novels?
A. ? Charles Dickens
B. ? William Shakespeare
C. :-) Arthur Conan Doyle
D. ? J. R. R. Tolkien
18. Where was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Born?
A. ? London
B. ? Cardiff
C. :-) Edinburgh
D. ? Liverpool
19. In the United Kingdom, cars drive on the ________ hand side of the road.
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20. What is the largest airport in the United Kingdom?
A. :-) London Heathrow Airport
B. ? London Gatwick Airport
C. ? Manchester Airport
D. ? Glasgow Airport