How much do you know about Great Britain? What do you know about its people? We give you 10 questions, each divided into 3 parts. And we give you 6 answers. Make your choice and write down your answers. For every correct answer you get 1 point. If you answer correctly on all 3 parts of the same question you get 1 extrapoint, that is 4 points on that question.

All set? Good luck!

Question  1: In which cities play the following soccer-teams?

A: Aston Villa		1: Birmingham
B: Fulham		2: Liverpool
C: Everton		3: London
		4: Manchester
		5: Newcastle
		6: Oxford

Question  2: Who has written the following?

A: The Merchant of Venice		1: Jane Austen
B: Brave New World		2: Charles Dickens
C: Pride and Prejudice		3: Aldous Huxley
		4: D.H. Lawrence
		5: William Shakespeare
		6: Mary Shelley

Question  3: Whose songs are these?

A: Abbey Road		1: Beatles
B: Guns in the Ghetto		2: Eurythmics
C: Sweet Dreams		3: Tom Jones
		4: Cliff Richard
		5: UB 40
		6: Wet Wet Wet

Question 4: In which century did they reign?

A: Henry VIII		1: 10th century
B: Richard Lionheart		2: 12th century
C: George II		3: 14th century
		4: 16th century
		5: 18th century
		6: 20th century

Question 5: Which three cities are situated in Wales?

	1: Anglesey
	2: Bristol
	3: Cardiff
	4: Exeter
	5: Norwich
	6: Swansea

Question 6: Golf is an "invention" from Scotland. Put each statement together with the right place.

A: In 1810 the first ladies competition was held here.		1: Carnoustie
B: "The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers" plays here.		2: Loch Lomond
C: This is the home of "The Royal and Ancient Golf Club"		3: Muirfield
		4: Musselburgh
		5: Prestwick
		6: St. Andrews

Question 7: In which county can you find the following history-loaded sights?

A: Hadrian's Wall		1: Cornwall
B: Stonehenge		2: Dorset
C: Tintagel Castle		3: Kent
		4: Northumberland
		5: Suffolk
		6: Wiltshire

Question 8: Where can you visit the following places of interest?

A: Glenfiddich Distillery		1: Aberdeen
B: Macduff Marine Aquarium		2: Aberfeldy
C: The Piping Centre		3: Dufftown
		4: Dundee
		5: Edinburgh
		6: Glasgow

Question 9: The following theories were developed by Britons. Who is responsible for which?

A: blood pressure		1: David Abraham
B: evolution		2: Charles Darwin
C: gravity		3: Stephen Hales
		4: Isaac Newton
		5: Robert Stevenson
		6: Christopher Wren

Question 10: Which year responds to the following inventions?

A: postage stamp		1: 1723
B: penicillin		2: 1757
C: sextant		3: 1809
		4: 1840
		5: 1894
		6: 1928

© Bernhard Kauntz, 2004

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