1.

What year was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland formed? (1922)
2. Who were the oldest settlers in Britain? (Iberians)
3. The Brytons, the Gauls, the Belgae belonged to which tribe? (The Celts)
4. Shakespeare spend his life under which ruler? (Queen Elizabeth I and
King James I)
5. Which dynasty was dominating England in the 16th century? (The
Tudors)
6. King Alfred the Great rules in which period? (Anglo-Saxon period)
7. Which king refused his crown and chose to purse his love? (Edward VIII)
8. When was the Battle of Trafalgar fought? (1805)
9. In which century did King Offa rule? (8th century)
10. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes belonged to which tribe? (Anglo-
Saxon, Germanic tribes)
11. In what year did the UK became republic? (1649-1660)
12. In what century did the UK became constitutional (parliamentary)
monarchy? (17th, 1688 After the Glorious Revolution)
13. What is the largest city in Scotland? (Glasgow)
14. Is the UK member of the EU? (Not since 2016.)
15. What was the relationship between Henry VIII and Bloody Mary?
(father and daughter)
16. Which king was the 1st to be publicly executed? (King Charles I)
17. Which dynasty had been in power since 1603? (The Stuarts)
18. Whose nickname is The Iron Lady? (Margaret Thatchers)
19. Who is the current monarch? (Queen Elizabeth II)
20. Who is the current head of state in Canada? (Queen Elizabeth II)
21. Which current political party succeeded the Tories? (Conservative
Party ex. Royalists)
22. Which king kept his position despite divorcing two times? (Henry
VIII)
23. Who ruled the UK during the First World War? (George V)
24. After what or whom Virginia got its name? (after Queen Elizabeth
I Queen Virgin)
25. What monarch has reigned the longest? (Queen Elizabeth II since
2015 )
26. Which prime minister was on that position the longest? (Robert
Walpole)
27. How many children of Henry VIII were crowned? (three, Edward
VI, Mary and Elizabeth)
28. What year was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
formed? (1801)
29. Queen Elizabeth I ruled England from (1558) to (1603).
30. Which battle marked the beginning of the Norman period? (Battle
of Hastings, 1066)
31. Which battle marked the ending of the middle Ages? (The battle
 of Bosworth, 1485)
32. Who is the current leader of the Conservative Party? (Theresa
May)
33. Who is the current leader of the Labour Party? (Jeremy Corbyn)
34. Whir whom was Henry II in conflict? (with Archbishop Thomas
Becket)
35. Which ruler changed the name of the dynasty? (George V Saxe-
Coburg-Gotha to Windsor)
36. Which war was conducted during Queen Victorias reign? (The
Opium wars, The Crimean War and the Boer War)
37. Who is the prime minister today? (Theresa May)
38. What is the national anthem of the UK? (God Save the Queen)
39. Who ruled the UK during the Second World War? (George VI)
40. Which city is the capital of Scotland? (Edinburgh)
41. Who signed Magna Carta and when? (John the Lackland, 1215)
42. Which radio station is the most popular today? (BBC Radio 4)
43. What are the best-selling newspaper? (Daily Mail)
44. What is the title of Kate Middleton? (the Duchess of Cambridge)
45. Which house type is most widespread across the UK? (Terraced
House)
46. What is the largest minority group in the UK? ( Indian ethnic
minority)
47. Whom Elizabeth II did not like because of the predisposition to
the crown? (Margaret Thatcher)
48. What is the relationship between Margaret and Elizabeth II? (they
are sisters)
49. Who did Tony Blear call the Peoples Princess? (Princess Diana)
50. What does parliament consists of? (The House of Commons and
the House of Lords)
51. What is the head office of the royal family? (Buckingham Palace)
52. How many inhabitants does Scotland have? (5 million)
53. How is the British health organization called? (NHS, National
Health Service)
54. How is electoral system practiced? (First-past-the-post)
55. Where is the crowning performed? (Westminster Abbey)
56. Which day is the Pancake Day? (Shrove Tuesday)
57. When did the UK enter the EU? (1973)
58. Why does the sun never set in the British Empire? (Because it is
always day in one of the colonies)
59. Which prime minister was chosen for that position two times?
(Winston Churchill)
60. What is the name of the flag of the UK? (The Union Jack)
61. Which battle represents the end of the War of Rosses? (Battle of
Bosworth)
62. When is the Election Day? (First Thursday of May)
63. List the names of children of Queen Elizabeth II? (Charles, Anne,
Andrew & Edward)
64. What is the capital city of Wales? (Cardiff, Wels means stranger)
65. Between which dynasties were the Wars of Rosses fought? (York
and Lancaster)
66. During whose reign women got the right to vote? (George V,
1918.)
67. In which century did Cesar visit the island? (1st BC)
68. In which century did the plague and the Great fire happened?
th
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1. Name two play writers from the Renaissance. (Christopher Marlowe,

Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare)
2. What movement was founded in 1897? (National Union of Women's
Suffrage Societies)
3. What king translated bible? (King James Bible)
4. In what year did the Boston tea party happened? (1773)
5. Who has been elected prime minister twice, 1940. and 1951. again?
(Winston Churchill)
6. What was the last Celtic tribe to come to the Britain? (Belgae)
7. Who wrote Piers Plowman and when? (William Langland, 1370-1390)
8. Who was the most famous Irish ruler who ruled 1002-1014? (Brian
Boru)
9. *The Priestley Riots took place in 1791 in Birmingham, against Joseph
Priestley
10. Who was the youngest prime minister in UK since 2010? (David
Cameroun)
11. *1553- Mary became queen, nobles wanted to make Lady Jane
Grey a queen
12. What did nobles do in 1258? (took over the government and
elected a council Parliament, Simon de Montfort)
13. What is the most populated part of the island? (Southeast)
14. *Edward I commanded each shire and borough to send
representatives to his parliament
15. Which party or parties formed a government in 2015?
(Conservative party)
16. Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales? (Geoffrey Chaucer)
17. Who signed Magna Carta? (John the Lackland)
18. Who is the first ruler from the house of Tudors? (Henry VII)
19. During whose reign the UK was formed? (Queen Anna)
20. Who was the longest serving Labour party prime minister? (Tony
Blair)
21. The War of the Rosses lasted from (1455) to (1485).
22. What does the word sheriff stand for? (Shire reeve)
23. Who were the soldier poets of Renaissance? (Sir Edmund
Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney and Sir Walter Raleigh)
24. Name the sons of William I that were crowned. (William II and
Henry I)
25. What is the name of the Roman emperor that designed the wall
in Britain? (Hadrian)
26. In what year was the Napoleon defatted at Waterloo? (1815)
27. What prime minister was appointed to that position twice, in
1964. and in 1974. again? (Harold Wilson)
28. What tribes attacked Britain in 5th century? (Angles, Saxons and
Jutes)
29. Who wrote The Pilgrims Progress? (John Bunyan)
30. Between whom was the Hundred Years War waged? (England
Plantagenet and France Valois 1337-1453)
31. Who wrote Principia and published it in 1687? (Sir Isaac
Newton)
32. The American War of Independence lasted from (1775) till
(1783).
33. Who was the only Celt to oppose to Romans? (Boadicea)
34. Who wrote Ecclesiastical History of the English People?
(Venerable Bede)
35. What is the name of the economic survey from 1086?
(Domesday book)
36. In what century did the South Sea Bubble take place? (18th)
37. What country did the UK support in the war against Russia?
(Turkey)
38. What is the name of the heresy which expanded during the 14th
century? (Lollardy to say prayers; John Wycliffe)
39. Who put Edward V and his younger brother in the Tower?
(Richard III)
40. Who was the head of the Scottish resistance movement formed
as a response to the reign of King Edward I? (William Wallace)
41. Who was the main political enemy of Robert Walpole? (William Pit
Lord Chatham)
42. Who did Matilda fight against? (King Stephen)
43. What is the name of the religious movement created by John
Wesley? (Methodism)
44. What stream brings warm water and winds to Britain? (Gulf
Stream)
45. In what year did the Indian Mutiny take place? (1875)
46. Where was King Cnut from? (Denmark)
47. Who was the first Welsh king to rule all the Wales? (Gruffydd ap
Llewelyn)
48. What was the name of the working class movement in Victorian
 age? (Methodism)
49. Who was the first king of Northumbria to support Roman Catholic
Church? (Oswiu 663.)
50. When was the slave trade abolished? (1807)
51. Name the two nonconformist sects. (Quakers and Baptists)
52. Who was the first to translate Bible? (John Wycliffe 1396)
53. Which rioters tried to break up the machinery in 1799? (Luddites)
54. What happened to parliament in 1275? (House of Common was
formed by Edward I)
55. Name two radicals from 18. century. (Edmund Burke and Tom
Paine)
56. What is semi-detached house? (House that has one other house
attached to it)
57. Which law was brought because of Vikings? (Danelaw)
58. Who projected St. Pauls Cathedral? (Christopher Wren and
Lorenzo Gafa)
59. Who was killed in 1327? (Edward II)
60. In what century did the feudal class system flourished? (11th)
61. What is the other name for Protestants in Northern Ireland?
(Huguenots)
62. In what year did the first population census take place? (1086)
63. Who wrote Paradise lost? (John Milton)
64. What does the name Whigs mean? (rude name for cattle drivers)
65. Who repaired St. Pauls Cathedral? (John B. Chambers)
66. Who wrote Utopia? (Thomas More)
67. How did Romans call the Scotland? (Caledonia)
68. What is the most important source for study of the Anglo-
Saxons? (Anglo-Saxon chronicles)
69. What churches existed during the Anglo-Saxon period? (Celtic
Church and Roman Church)
70. Who was the first prime minister? (Robert Walpole)
71. Who was the longest serving prime minister of the 20th century?
(Margaret Thatcher)
72. When was the first Census take place? (1801)
73. When was the Labour party formed? (1900)
74. What is the name of the state of mind that got its name after a
famous Music Hall song of 1878? (Jingoism)
75. In what year did the Easter rising take place? (1916)
76. What is the name of the protestant church in the Northern
Ireland? (Presbyterian Church)
77. Which ruler was parent of King James I? (Queen Mary)
78. What is the name of the first king to be set by parliament? (King
William of Orange)
79. When did the Indian Mutiny happened? (1857)
80. What year marks the end of the Dark Ages? (1476 William Caxton)c