1) What’s the name of the most famous clock in Britain?

     a) Big Albert     b) Big Stephen     c) Big Wren   d) Big Ben

2) What’s tartan?

     a) a dish     b)a pattern of the kilt     c) a bird     d) a dance

3) Where is Glasgow situated?

     a) in Scotland     b) in Wales     c) in England     d) in Northern Ireland

4) What’s the name of the London underground?

     a) Metro     b) Tube     c) Subway     d) Underground

5) What’s the nickname of the liberal party?

     a) the Tories     b) the Whips     c) the Libs     d) the Whigs

 6) What is the symbol of the Speaker’s authority?

     a) the mace     b)the woolsack     c) the ribbon     d) the bell

7) Who presides over the House of Lords?

    a) Prime Minister     b) Lord Chancellor     c)Lord Protector     d) the Speaker

8) What’s the name of the British flag?

      a) Star-Spangled Banner     b) Stripes and Stars     c) Union Jack     d) John Bull

9) What London street is famous for shops?  

     a) Oxford Street     b)Fleet Street     c) Lombard Street     d) Charing  Cross Road

10) What was J. Constable?

       a) a musician     b) a politician     c) a poet     d) a painter

11) What is the Barbican?

       a) a river     b) an art center    c) a pop group     d) a cinema

12) Where is Ben Nevis situated?

      a) in Scotland     b) in Wales     c) in England     d) in Northern Ireland

13) Who is the head of the state in Britain?

       a) Mayor     b) Prime Minister     c) Queen     d) Speaker

14) What is standing in the middle of Piccadilly?

       a) the Statue of Eros     b) the Statue of Pan      c) the Statue of Cromwell     d) the Marble Arch

15) What is soccer?

     a) American football     b) hockey     c) squash     d) boat- racing

16) What is Humpty Dumpty?

     a) a toy     b) an egg     c) an animal      d)a bird

17) Where is the official residence of the Queen?

     a) Chatham  House     b) Regent  Palace     c) Westminster Palace     d)Buckingham Palace

18) What is Benjamin Britten?

       a) an architect     b) a composer     c) a writer    d) a politician

19) What is the emblem of Wales?

       a) Rose     b) Leek     c) Thistle    d) Shamrock

20) What’s the name of the Queen’s eldest son?

       a) Charles     b) Philip     c) Andrew     d) Edward

21) What is the nickname of the Conservative Party?

     a) the Tories     b) the Whigs     c) the Libs     d) the Whips

22) What monument is there in the centre of  Trafalgar Square?

      a) Cromwell’s  statue        b) Nelson’s Column     c) Queen’s statue d) Edward  Elgar’s statue

23) Which animal can look at the Queen?

      a) a dog     b) a cat     c) a lion     d) a tiger

24) What’s the name of Sir Churchill?

       a) Winston     b) George     c) Christopher     d) Benjamin

25) Who presides over the House  of Commons?

       a) Lord Mayor     b)Lord Chancellor      c) Prime Minister      d) Speaker

26) For Christmas dinner the English usually have…

        a) chicken     b) roast beef     c) fish     d) turkey

27) The Whispering Gallery is situated in …

       a) Westminster Abbey     b) St. Paul’s Cathedral      c) Tower       d) Hyde Park

28) What is Eisteddfod?

       a) a county     b) a dish     c) a festival     d) a dance

29) Who wrote  "Winnie-the-Pooh”?

       a) L. Carroll     b) O. Wilde      c) J. R. Tolkien      d) A.Milne

30) What is custard?

       a) cream     b) a pudding      c) a pie     d) a tart

31) What is the most ancient monument in Great Britain?

       a) the Lower West  Gate     b) Stonehenge     c) Hadrian’s Wall     d) the Tower Gate

32) What is M. Thatcher by profession?

       a) an engineer     b) a doctor      c) a chemist     d) a teacher

33) Who is the head  of the government in the UK?

       a) Prime Minister     b)Queen     c) Speaker     d) Chancellor

34) Where is the Bank of England situated?

       a) in the West End     b) in the East End      c) in the City     d) in the South

35) What is English marmalade?

       a) apple jam     b) orange jam     c) sweets     d) a cake   

 36)The Romans first invaded Britain in …

      a) the 5th  century AD     b) the 5th  century  BC    c) the 1st  century BC    d) the 1st  century AD

37) Guy Fawkes is …

       a) a national hero of Britain      b) a poet     c) a famous historian   d) the man that wanted to set fire to the House of  Parliament

38) The telephone was invented by…

       a)Isaak  Newton     b) Alexander Bell     c) Michael Faraday     d) James Watt

39) The midday meal in Britain is called …

       a) breakfast      b) lunch     c) dinner   d) snack

40) Which party was Margaret Thatcher the leader of?

       a) Labour     b) Social – Democratic      c) Liberal    d) Conservative.  

41) The Irish Sea is …

        a) to the west of England     b) to the east of England    c) to the north of England    d) to the south of England

42) The official language of Canada is …

       a) English     b) French     c) English and French     d) English and Spanish

43) The capital of the US is …

        a) New York     b) Washington     c) Boston     d) Philadelphia

44) On  the whole the climate  of  Great Britain is …

       a) dry      b) frosty     c) mild     d) tropical

45) Elisabeth II lives in …

       a) No 10, Downing Street     b) the Tower of London    c) Buckingham Palace    d) Westminster Palace

46) The London Royal Opera House is called …

       a) Covent Garden      b) the National Theatre     c)”Old Vic” Theatre     d) the Barbican

47) The traditional English drink is …

       a) coffee     b) tea    c) cocoa    d) milk

48) The symbol of the US is…

       a) Union Jack   b) Uncle Sam    c) Big Ben   d) Pall Mall

49) The Colorado is …

       a) in Africa    b) in North America   c) in South America   d) in Brazil

50) New England is …

       a) a separate country     b) part of Great Britain    c) part of the US   d) an island