British Trivia Questions II

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Who was the Prime Minister of Britain before Margret Thatcher?

       a. James Callaghan
       b. Tony Blair
       c. Sir Alec Douglas-Home
       d. David Cameron


Which royal married Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel?

       a. Mary
       b. Queen Victoria
       c. Queen Elizabeth
       d. Princess Anne


Where is the famous Ascot Racecourse?

       a. Devon
       b. York
       c. Berkshire
       d. Kent


Which British sporting event traditionally has spectators eating strawberries and cream?

       a. Rowing
       b. Horse racing
       c. Tennis
       d. Cricket


Which British artist painted The Blue Boy?

       a. Thomas Gainsborough
       b. James Thornhill
       c. William Blake
       d. Edwin Long


Chislehurst Caves are manmade. What were they mining?

       a. Salt
       b. Chalk
       c. Coal
       d. Nickel


In the 1970s, whose grave located in London was the target of a bomb?

       a. Winston Churchill
       b. Karl Marx
       c. Queen Victoria
       d. Margret Thatcher


The famous Piccadilly Circus is located at the corner of Piccadilly and what?

       a. Downing Street
       b. Regent Street
       c. Baker Street
       d. Portobello Road


One of the most famous Beatle album covers shows them crossing which famous street in London?

       a. Abbey Road
       b. Strawberry Lane
       c. Fleet Street
       d. Park Lane


Who was the prime minister of Britain during the Falkland Island Crisis?

       a. David Cameron
       b. Margret Thatcher
       c. Gordon Brown
       d. Harold Wilson


Which of these famous landmarks was constructed by the Romans?

       a. Pontefract Castle
       b. Chislehurst Caves
       c. Hadrian's Wall
       d. Stonehenge


When did the Battle of Hastings occur?

       a. 754
       b. 1066
       c. 1252
       d. 938


Who succeeded Queen Elizabeth the I?

       a. Charles II
       b. James I
       c. Henry V
       d. Edward


Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument found in which English county?

       a. West Yorkshire
       b. Nottinghamshire
       c. Wiltshire
       d. Suffolk


Who was the last state prisoner kept in the Tower of London?

       a. Rudolf Hess
       b. Josef Jakobs
       c. Simon Fraser
       d. Flora MacDonald




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