United Kingdom Quiz

United Kingdom Quiz Questions

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1) United Kingdom was formed in which year?
a) 1603
b) 1707
c) 1837
d) 1945

2) Who was the monarch of United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901?
a) George III
b) Elizabeth I
c) Mary
d) Victoria

3) Who is the first woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom?
a) Margaret Thatcher
b) TansuCiller
c) Golda Meir
d) Agatha Christie

4) The monarch of United Kingdom is not the monarch of which country?
a) South Africa
b) Canada
c) Australia
d) New Zealand

5) In England foolish jokes are told about which people?
a) Scottish
b) Welsh
c) French
d) Irish

6) In Ireland foolish jokes are told about which people?
a) Scottish
b) Welsh
c) Kerrymen
d) English

7) Who was the King of England during the War of American Independence?
a) Edward VII
b) James II
c) George III
d) Henry VIII

8) Which King ordered the waves to go back?
a) Edward VI
b) Alfred
c) William II
d) Canute

9) Who is the last Emperor of India?
a) Edward VII
b) George V
c) Edward VIII
d) George VI

10) When was Magna Carta signed?
a) 1066
b) 1215
c) 1483
d) 1558

11) Who personifies England?
a) Uncle Sam
b) Yankee
c) G.I.
d) John Bull

12) Which city is on the banks of river Thames?
a) Dublin
b) Cardiff
c) Glasgow
d) London

13) The fictional spy James Bond belongs to which organization?
a) MI6
b) CIA
c) KGB
d) Scotland Yard

14) Who wrote Pygmalion?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Bernard Shaw
c) H. G. Wells
d) Jules Verne

15) What is Scotland?
a) Province
b) Principality
c) Kingdom
d) Dominion

16) Who crowns the monarch of United Kingdom?
a) Prime Minister
b) Lord Chancellor
c) Lord Great Chamberlain
d) Archbishop of Canterbury

17) When did England win the Football World Cup?
a) 1966
b) 1950
c) 1982
d) 1990

18) Who is the patron saint of England?
a) St. Patrick
b) St. Andrew
c) St. George
d) St. Mark

19) How is the flag of United Kingdom known?
a) Stars and stripes
b) Rising sun
c) Maple leaf
d) Union Jack

20) Who was the last Governor of Hong Kong?
a) John Major
b) Christopher Patten
c) Geoffrey Howe
d) Michael Heseltine

21) In 1982 United Kingdom and Argentina fought over which territory?
a) St. Helena
b) Gibraltar
c) Falkland Islands
d) Christmas Islands

22) Which country proclaimed Unilateral Declaration of Independence from United Kingdom in 1965?
a) Nyasaland
b) S. Africa
c) Rhodesia
d) Namibia

23) In which war did the British use concentration camps?
a) Boer War
b) Boxer War
c) Seven Years War
d) Thirty Years War

24) Which title is held by the Crown Prince of United Kingdom?
a) Duke of York
b) Prince of Wales
c) Duke of Kent
d) Prince of Asturias

25) Who said “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”?
a) Johannes Kepler
b) Isaac Newton
c) John Dalton
d) Harold Wilson

United Kingdom Quiz Questions with Answers

1) United Kingdom was formed in which year?
b) 1707

2) Who was the monarch of United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901?
d) Victoria

3) Who is the first woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom?
a) Margaret Thatcher

4) The monarch of United Kingdom is not the monarch of which country?
a) S. Africa

5) In England foolish jokes are told about which people?
d) Irish

6) In Ireland foolish jokes are told about which people?
c) Kerrymen

7) Who was the King of England during the War of American Independence?
c) George III

8) Which King ordered the waves to go back?
d) Canute

9) Who is the last Emperor of India?
d) George VI

10) When was Magna Carta signed?
b) 1215

11) Who personifies England?
d) John Bull

12) Which city is on the banks of river Thames?
d) London

13) The fictional spy James Bond belongs to which organization?
a) MI6

14) Who wrote Pygmalion?
b) Bernard Shaw

15) What is Scotland?
c) Kingdom

16) Who crowns the monarch of United Kingdom?
d) Archbishop of Canterbury

17) When did England win the Football World Cup?
a) 1966

18) Who is the patron saint of England?
c) St. George

19) How is the flag of United Kingdom known?
d) Union Jack

20) Who was the last Governor of Hong Kong?
b) Christopher Patten

21) In 1982 United Kingdom and Argentina fought over which territory?
c) Falkland Islands

22) Which country proclaimed Unilateral Declaration of Independence from United Kingdom in 1965?
c) Rhodesia

23) In which war did the British use concentration camps?
a) Boer War

24) Which title is held by the Crown Prince of United Kingdom?
b) Prince of Wales

25) Who said “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”?
b) Isaac Newton