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  1. Which queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, led a failed uprising against the Roman Empire?
  2. Bristol is home to which famous suspension bridge?
  3. What is the name of the British royal yacht that was decommissioned in 1997?
  4. In 1991, who became the first British person in space?
  5. Which George Eliot novel is 'A Study of Provincial Life'?
  6. Who became the first monarch of Great Britain following the Act of Union of 1707?
  7. David Cameron was given the title of Lord Cameron of which Cotswold's market town?
  8. The TV series "Peaky Blinders" is set in which city?
  9. What is the name of the British river that runs through the city of York?
  10. Which fictional character lives in the village of St. Mary Mead?
  11. Which manor house is the official country residence of the British Prime Minister?
  12. Which British author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983?
  13. Which Beano comic strip created by Leo Baxendale was originally called 'When the Bell Rings!"?
  14. On 3 June 2002, which musician played a solo version of "God Save the Queen" from the roof of Buckingham Palace?
  15. Doctor Who is produced by the BBC in which British city?
  16. Which famous British novelist wrote "To the Lighthouse"?
  17. What is the better known title of the "Pet Shop Sketch" from Monty Python's Flying Circus?
  18. Stornoway is the capital of which large Scottish island?
  19. What is the name of the test that London black cab drivers must pass to demonstrate their knowledge of every street in the city
  20. The Casual Vacancy is a 2012 novel written by which author?
  21. According to the lyrics of a 1960's song, where is there a barber showing photographs?
  22. Which British patriotic hymn was created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it?
  23. Which river separates 'Man of Kent' from 'Kentish Man'?
  24. Which barbecue sauce was popularised by creator Levi Roots' appearance on Dragons' Den?
  25. The seaside town of St Ives is on the coast of which sea?
  26. Who was driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job at Sunshine Desserts?
  27. Which geologic period was named after a Celtic tribe living in present-day North Wales and England?
  28. We're looking for a vegetable to complete the saying: "Fine words butter no..." what?
  29. Which national park changed its name to Bannau Brycheiniog?
  30. Which town is the birthplace of George Formby and also the hometown of Wallace and Gromit?


Answers



  1. Boudica
  2. Clifton Suspension Bridge
  3. HMS Britannia
  4. Helen Sharman
  5. Middlemarch
  6. Queen Anne
  7. Chipping Norton (Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton)
  8. Birmingham
  9. The Ouse
  10. Miss Jane Marple
  11. Chequers
  12. William Golding
  13. The Bash Street Kids
  14. Brian May
  15. Cardiff
  16. Virginia Woolf
  17. The Dead Parrot Sketch
  18. Lewis and Harris
  19. The Knowledge
  20. J. K. Rowling
  21. Penny Lane
  22. I Vow to Thee, My Country
  23. River Medway
  24. Reggae Reggae Sauce
  25. Celtic Sea
  26. Reginald "Reggie" Perrin
  27. Ordovician Period
  28. Parsnips (Fine words butter no parsnips)
  29. Brecon Beacons National Park
  30. Wigan