UNITED KINGDOM
Let's start with the United Kingdom
1. What is the name of the capital city of Wales?
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Bristol
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Cardiff
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Chester
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Winches
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2. What is the name of the group of islands north of Scotland?
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Channel Islands
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Hebrides
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Isles of Scilly
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Shetland Islands
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3. Only one of the following cities is situated at the seaside. Which one?
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Leeds
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Manchester
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Leicester
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Blackpool
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4. Jacket potatoes are…
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boiled
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baked
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deep-fried
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5. A beefeater is…
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The nickname for a police officer
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A guard at the Tower
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the opposite of vegetarian
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6. The White Cliffs of Dover are made of which rock?
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granite
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chalk
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sandstone
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slate
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7. Who was the Roman Emperor who first led his armies to Britain?
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Alfred the Great
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Winston Churchill
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Julius Caesar
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Buzz Lightyear
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8. The last time that Britain was successfully invaded by another country was in 1066. The invaders were ...
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the Normans
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the Saxons
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the Danes
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the Romans
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9. In 1605 a group of men tried to blow up parliament. They took barrels of gunpowder down into the cellars of the Houses of Parliament in London. However, soldiers caught them before they could set the gunpowder off. One of the men was Guy Fawkes and as a punishment for trying to kill the king he was burned to death.
Now every year on Bonfire Night people in Britain build bonfires and burn a model of Guy Fawkes made from old clothes. The skies are full of fireworks. The bonfire parties take place on ...
Now every year on Bonfire Night people in Britain build bonfires and burn a model of Guy Fawkes made from old clothes. The skies are full of fireworks. The bonfire parties take place on ...
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5 August
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5 September
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5 November
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5 December
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10. What does Wales have more of per square mile than any other country in western Europe?
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castles
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sheep
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mines
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cows
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