Category: United Kingdom

1. When was Samuel Richardson baptised? a) 4 February 1694 b) 2 May 1692 c) 19 August 1689 d) 22 December 1685 2. Where was Samuel Richardson born? a) Mackworth b) Salisbury c) Perth d) Richmond 3. Who as speaker of the House of Commons helped Samuel Richardson get government contracts? a) William Hogarth b) David Young c) Arthur Onslow d) Edward Garrick

1. When was James Henry Leigh Hunt born? a) 26 March 1788 b) 31 May 1786 c) 4 September 1782 d) 19 October 1784 2. Where was James Henry Leigh Hunt born? a) Genoa b) Southgate c) Hertford d) Florence 3. Which school did James Henry Leigh Hunt attend? a) Boston Grammar School b) St. George’s School c) Christ’s Hospital d) Mary Magdalene School

1) From which place close to its headquarters did London’s Metropolitan Police derive the name Scotland Yard? a) A castle b) A tower c) A small, enclosed field in Whitehall d) A churchyard 2) When was Scotland Yard formed? a) 29 September 1829 b) 18 June 1826 c) 22 February 1824 d) 7 December 1815 3) Which of the following is the rank of an officer in Scotland Yard? a) Admiral b) Commander c) Brigadier d) Midshipman

Thomas Gainsborough Quiz Questions and Answers/ 1. When was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) 1 January 1734 b) 14 May 1727 c) 15 July 1723 d) 5 October 1716 2. Where was Thomas Gainsborough baptized? a) Sudbury b) Ipswich c) Bath d) Plymouth 3. To which painter was Thomas Gainsborough an assistant? a) Hubert Gravelot b) Anthony Van Dyke c) Gaspard Dughet d) Claude Lorrain

1. Who won men’s doubles championship in Wimbledon 2021? a) Nikola Mektic, Mate Pavic b) Rajeev Ram, Joe Salisbury c) Juan Sebastian Cabal, Robert Farah d) Lukasz Kubot, Marcelo Melo 2. Who were runners up in men’s doubles championship in Wimbledon 2021? a) Simone Bolelli, Maximo Gonzalez b) Marcel Granollers, Horacio Zeballos c) Rohan Bopanna, Divji Sharan d) Raven Klaasen, Ben McLachlan 3. Who won women’s doubles championship in Wimbledon 2021? a) Alexandra Krunic, Nina Stojanovic b) Marie Bouzkova, Lucie Hradecka c) Su-Wei Hsieh, Elise Mertens d) Caroline Dolehide, Storm Sanders

1) What is the official name of MI6? a) Secret Intelligence Service b) Home Service c) Defence Service d) Foreign Service 2) What does MI mean in MI6? a) Maximum Impact b) Military Intelligence c) Minimum Income d) Mental Inertia 3) When was Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau set up? a) 1901 b) 1907 c) 1909 d) 1914

1. When was Robert Cecil first Prime Minister of UK? a) 1885-1886 b) 1875-1876 c) 1912-1914 d) 1939-1945 2. When was Robert Cecil born? a) 3 February 1830 b) 11 March 1826 c) 14 July 1822 d) 3 November 1821 3. Where was Robert Cecil born? a) Chester b) Winchester c) Leicester d) Hatfield

1. What was Ruth Rendell’s original name? a) Mary Ann Evans b) Ruth Barbara Grasemann c) Margaret Mitchell d) Ruth Jane Brunswick 2. When was Ruth Rendell born? a) 17 February 1930 b) 4 June 1915 c) 28 August 1929 d) 14 December 1925 3. Where was Ruth Rendell born? a) Aldeburgh b) Belfast c) London d) Dublin

(This quiz is about British poet Alexander Pope.) 1) When was Alexander Pope born? a) 14 March 1751 b) 21 May 1688 c) 11 November 1650 d) 12 December 1700 2) Where was Alexander Pope born? a) Dublin b) Glasgow c) Liverpool d) London 3) How did being a Catholic affect Alexander Pope? a) He was exiled. b) He could not get good education. c) He was beaten. d) He was imprisoned.

1. When was Christopher Lee born? a) 14 February 1924 b) 27 May 1922 c) 16 August 1920 d) 18 December 1918 2. Where was Christopher Lee born? a) London b) Salisbury c) Durban d) Wengen 3. When was Dracula starring Christopher Lee released? a) 1946 b) 1952 c) 1958 d) 1948