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                    British Quiz

1. The official name of the country which language we study is:

1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
2. Great Britain;
3. England.

2. The United Kingdom consists of

1. three parts;
2. two parts;
3. four parts.

3. The emblem of England is

1. a lily;
2.  a rose;
3. a daffodil.

4. The emblem of Scotland is

1. a thistle;
2. a maple leaf;
3. a pine.

5. The emblem of Wales is

a) a poppy;

b) a snowdrop;

c) a leek.

6. The emblem of Northern Ireland is

        a) a dragon;

         b) a shamrock;

         c) a sea.

7. The capital of England is

a) Manchester;

b) London;

c) Birmingham.

8. The capital of Scotland is

a) Edinburgh;

b) Glasgow;

c) Liverpool.

9. The capital of Wales is

a) Swansea;

b) Newport;

c) Cardiff.

10. The capital of Northern Ireland is

a) Londonderry;

b) Belfast;

c) Plymouth.

11. The famous traditional Scottish dress is

a) a mackintosh;

b) a kilt;

c) jeans.

12.This building was a castle, a prison, a zoo, and now it is a museum:

a) The Tower;

b) Whitehall,

c) Westminster Palace;

13. The name of the famous London clock is

a) Big Wren;

b) Big Ben;

c) Big Tom.

14. London double-decker buses are:        

a) red;

b) green;

c) yellow.

15. London stands on the river

a) Clyde;

b) Avon;

c) Thames.

16. Officially the head of the state is

a) the prime minister;

b) the Queen;

c) the parliament.

17. The name of the Queen is

a) Elizabeth the second;

b) Elizabeth the first;

c) Victoria.

18. The official residence of the British Queen is

a) Westminster Palace;

b) Whitehall;

c) Buckingham Palace.

19. The person who ruled in Britain for the longest period was

a) Victoria;

b) Elizabeth the first;

c) Henry the eighth.

20. William the Conqueror invaded the British Isles in  

a)  the eighth;

b) the eleventh;

c) the fifteenth

century.

21. This building is the seat of the Parliament:

a) Buckingham Palace;

b) Westminster Abbey;

c) Westminster Palace.

22. A lot of famous people are buried there:

a) The Tower;

b) Westminster Palace;

c) Westminster Abbey.

23. It is the work of the architect Christopher Wren:

a) Buckingham Palace;

b) Westminster Abbey;

c) St. Paul’s Cathedral.

24. The battle of Trafalgar took place during

a) World War the second;

b) the Civil War;

c) the war against Napoleon.

25. There is a monument to Admiral Nelson there:

a) Hyde Park;

b) Trafalgar Square;

c) Piccadilly Circus.

26. It is one of the most famous museums in the world:

a) The British Museum;

b) Whitehall;

c) The National Gallery.

27. It is the most famous bridge over the river Thames:

a) the Tower Bridge;

b) Millennium ;

c) London  Bridge.

28. There are a lot of banks and offices there:

a) Hyde Park;

b) The Tower;

c) The City.

29. You can see a lot of wild animals there:

a) Whitehall;

b) London Zoo;

c) The Tower.

30. London Zoo is situated in

a) Hyde Park;

b) Regent’s Park;

c) St. James’s Park.

31. “Alice in Wonderland” was written by

a) Alexander Milne;

b) Walter Scott;

c) Lewis Carroll.

32. Hamlet was the Prince of

a) England;

b) Denmark;

c) Great Britain.

33. There were two writers in the UK who are famous for their detective stories:

a) Walter Scott and Charles Dickens;

b) Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie;

c) Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen.

Answers: 1a; 2c; 3b; 4a; 5c; 6b; 7b; 8a; 9c; 10b; 11b; 12a; 13b; 14a; 15c; 16b; 17a; 18c; 19a; 20b; 21c; 22c; 23c; 24c; 25b; 26a; 27a; 28c; 29b; 30b; 31c; 32b; 33b.