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Questions only a British person could answer
- Whose Book of Household Management was an extensive Victorian guide to running a household in Britain?
- As of 2022, Prime Minister's Questions Time is held at noon in the House of Commons on which day of the week?
- Which singer was the butt of many a joke by Eric Morecambe?
- Which phrase, meaning excellent or cool, was dropped by Jamie Oliver because even he found it annoying?
- Which London street is famous for its bespoke tailoring?
- With which British store would you associate Percy Pig and Colin the Caterpillar?
- In which building is the grave of the Unknown Warrior?
- What name links the principal railway station in Manchester and a yellow property on the UK version of the Monopoly boardgame?
- Under what brand name was the chocolate bar Snickers sold under until 1990?
- Russ Conway, Bobby Crush and Mrs. Mills are all associated with which musical instrument?
- The traditional recipe for the Cornish pasty contains beef with potato, onion and which other vegetable?
- Which wrapped chocolates were introduced by Cadbury in the UK in 1938 as a competitor to Quality Street?
- In which English county is Constable Country?
- Something that has gone wrong, has gone what shape?
- 'Rain Stops Play' by Andrew Hignall is a book about the geographical history of which sport in England and Wales?
- Which parliament is missing from the list: Westminster, Holyrood, and the Senedd?
- What sort of 'tales' did Geoffrey Chaucer write about?
- Which British car was the first to sell over a million units and was said to typify "Englishness"?
- Arthur George Negus was an expert on what?
- Which three letter phrase was first introduced in 1968 on the London Underground as a visual warning to rail passengers?
- De Montfort Hall is the largest performance and music venue in which British city?
- Desperate Dan was a character in which children's magazine?
- What is a Scottish word meaning "church"?
- The fictional Crossroads Motel was in a fictional village near which British city?
- The London Marathon is the second largest annual road race in the UK, after which race?
Answers
- Mrs. Beeton's (Isabella Beeton)
- Wednesday
- Des O'Connor (referred to as "Des - short for "desperate", and "Death O'Connor")
- Pukka
- Savile Row
- Marks and Spencer
- Westminster Abbey
- Piccadilly
- Marathon
- Piano
- Swede
- Roses
- Suffolk
- Pear shaped
- Cricket
- Stormont (all UK parliaments)
- Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales)
- Morris Minor
- Antiques
- Mind the Gap
- Leicester
- The Dandy
- Kirk
- Birmingham
- The Great North Run (run between Newcastle and South Shields)