Choose the correct answer in the quiz about the
UK.
1. What is the
official name of the country whose
language you study?
a) Great Britain b) England c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. How
many countries does the United Kingdom
consist of?
a) four b)
three c) two
3. What is the capital of Scotland?
a) Manchester b) Edinburgh c)
Cardiff
4. What is the
capital of Wales?
a) Edinburgh b) Cardiff c) Liverpool
5. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
a) Cardiff b)
Dublin c) Belfast
6. What is the state system of the United Kingdom?
a) a constitutional monarchy b) a parliamentary republic с) a province
7. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?
a) a bald eagle b) Britannia c) a rose
8. What is the name of the British national Flag?
a) the Union Jack b) the Saint Andrew's Cross
c) the Saint David's Cross
9. What is the emblem of England?
a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a leek
10. What is the emblem of Scotland?
a) a daffodil b) a dragon c) a thistle
11. What are the emblems of Wales?
a) a shamrock, a clover and hand b) a rose
and the Saint George's cross
c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek
12. What is
the emblem of Northern Ireland?
a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a thistle
13. Where
does the British Prime Minister live and work?
a) at 10 Downing Street b) in the Houses of Parliament c) in
Buckingham Palace
14. What is the fastest way to cross the English Channel?
a) through the
Channel Tunnel b) by car c)
by ferry
15. What is
the most important airport in Great
Britain?
a) Heathrow Airport b) Gatwick Airport c) Stansted Airport
16. What is the school-leaving age in the United Kingdom?
a) 16
b) 13 c) 18
17. Which of the following stages of British education is not obligatory?
a) nursery school b) primary school secondary school
18. What is
the top boarding school in Great
Britain?
a) Chiswick Community School b) Eton c) Harrow
19. What
universities have the highest academic reputation in the United Kingdom ?
a)Oxford
University and Cambridge University b)London University and Bristol University c)Red-brick universities
20. What is
the London residence of Queen Elizabeth
II?
a)the Tower of London b)Windsor Castle c) Buckingham Palace
21. Where is Nelson's Column situated?
a)in Parliament Square b) in
Trafalgar c) in Piccadilly Circus
22. Where are British kings crowned?
a) in St. Paul's Cathedral b)in Westminster Abbey c) in Canterbury Cathedral
23. Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London?
a)Sir Christopher Wren b) Edward
Bailey c) Henry Tare
24. The ravens are a famous sight, of....
a) the Tower of
London b) London
zoo c) Covent
Garden
25. Scottish surnames begin with....
a) O' b) Mac or Me c) de
26. What is the Scottish national costume for men?
а)the tuxedo b) the
bearskin с) the kilt
27. What
lake does a famous Scottish monster live in?
a) Lough Erne b) Lough Lomond c) Loch Ness
28. What is the most famous sport event in Scotland?
a)the Highland Games b) the
Commonwealth Games c)the Wimbledon Championship
29.
What do they celebrate in Britain on 5th November?
a)
Halloween b) Guy Fawkes Night c)
St. Patrick's Day
30) What is
Boxing Day?
a) a big boxing competition? b) a day to take out all
the unwanted boxes c) a day of giving
gifts at Christmas time
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