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About Great Britain

 

1. What does the United Kingdom consist of?

a) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

b) England, Scotland and Wales

c) Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

d) England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

 

2. The name of the clock in the Clock Tower of the Houses of Parliament is …

a) Big Sam

b) Big Ned

c) Big Ben

d) Big Mac

 

3. What river is London situated on?

a) Thames

b) Tyne

c) Clyde

d) Severn

 

4. What are the oldest universities in Great Britain?

a) Edinburgh and London universities

b) Oxford and Cambridge universities

c) Reading and Glasgow universities

d) Harvard and Yale universities

 

5. From the European Continent the British Isles are separated by …

a) the North Sea and Irish Sea

b) the North Sea and the English Channel

c) the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean

d) the Irish Sea

 

6. The United Kingdom is a …

a) parliamentary monarchy

b) constitutional monarchy

c) parliamentary republic

d) constitutional republic

 

7. The administrative unit of the United Kingdom is a…

a) state

b) province

c) canton

d) county

 

8. The climate of Great Britain is generally …

a) mild

b) frosty

c)  cold

d) freezing

 

9. Which is the most popular drink in Britain?

a) tea

b) coffee

c) juice

d) vine

 

10. Where are the Metropolitan Police headquartered in London?

a) Westminster Abbey

b) the Houses of Parliament

c) the Tower

d) Scotland Yard

 

11. Who founded the waxwork museum in London?

a) Madam Bovary

b) Madam Tussaud

c) Madam Curie

d) Madam Butterfly

 

12. The official residence of Queen is …

a) Whitehall

b) the Barbican Center

c) Buckingham Palace

d) St. James’s Palace

 

13. How many chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

a) three

b) four

c) two

d) one

 

14. What is one of the two oldest universities cities of Great Britain?

a) Reading

b) New Haven

c) Princeton

d) Oxford

 

15. What is the longest river of the Great Britain?

a) Thames

b) Tyne

c) Clyde

d) Severn

 

16. What is the deepest river of Great Britain?

a) Tyne

b) Thames

c) Clyde

d) Severn

 

17. What is the highest peak in Great Britain?

a) McKinley

b) Ben Nevis

c) Ai-Petri

d) Scafell

 

18. What is the capital of Wales?

a) Cardiff

b) Birmingham

c) Oxford

d) Dublin

 

19. What is Heathrow?

a) the largest industrial center in Great Britain

b) the airport near Belfast

c) the largest London airport

d) the biggest seaport in Great Britain

 

20. What is the unit of currency in the UK?

a) euro

b) pound

c) dollar

d) franc

 

21. Many banks and offices are located in …

a) Westminster

b) the West End

c) the East End

d) the City

 

22. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff

b) Belfast

c) Edinburg

d) Dublin

 

23. What is the capital of Scotland?

a) Liverpool

b) Manchester

c) Leeds

d) Edinburg

 

24. What is the Union Jack?

a) flag of England

b) flag of the UK

c) flag of Wales

d) flag of the USA

 

25. Where are the Highlands situated?

a) Ireland

b) Scotland

c) England

d) Wales

 

26. Who built London?

a) the Britons

b) the Romans

c) the Angles

d) the Celts

 

27. … washes the west of the British Isles.

a) the Indian Ocean

b) the Atlantic Ocean

c) the Red Sea

d) the Pacific Ocean

 

28. What Scottish scientist invited penicillin?

a)  James Maxwell

b)  Isaak Newton

c)  Alexander Fleming

d)  Ernest Rutherford

 

29. What English poet and dramatist was actor of the theatre “The Globe”?

a) Oscar Wilde

b) William Shakespeare

c) Rudyard Kipling

d) Robert Burns

 

30. Who wrote the novel “Jane Eyre”?

 a) William Shakespeare

 b) Oscar Wilde

 c) Robert Burns

 d) Charlotte Bronte

 

31. What was Charles Chaplin?

a) singer

b) writer

c) actor

d) scientist