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British Trivia: A Fun and Challenging UK Quiz


Quiz Questions


  1. Which loch in Scotland has the largest surface area?
  2. Which seaside town, known for its historic harbour called the Cobb, received its "Regis" status during the reign of Edward I?
  3. The smallest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the United Kingdom is the Isles of Scilly. What is the largest?
  4. Which English town is slightly further north than Denmark's capital, Copenhagen?
  5. Whose grave does not bear his name, merely the warning rhyme: "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, to dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones"?
  6. In which museum can you see the Alfred Jewel and the lantern that Guy Fawkes carried when caught during the Gunpowder Plot?
  7. Which line of the London Underground has the most stations?
  8. Fictional landlord Amos Brearly used to run which pub?
  9. Which Suffolk river, approximately 25 miles long, gave its name to a famous British author?
  10. What is the biggest town in the Peak District National Park?
  11. With which TV programme do you associate 'Approaching Menace' by the British composer Neil Richardson?
  12. The comics the Beano and Dandy were published in which Scottish city?
  13. Where is Charles Dickens buried?
  14. What was officially opened on 8 May 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II?
  15. Which market town in Staffordshire is known for its brewing and Marmite?
  16. In the poem by A.A. Milne, who did Christopher Robin go down to Buckingham Palace with?
  17. The Alan Turing Memorial is situated in Sackville Gardens, in which English city?
  18. In the 1950s, the government was concerned about the apparent deterioration of morals in the UK and decided to crack down on artist Donald McGill for producing what?
  19. Which Bolton-born television personality described himself as a "backstreet mechanic"?
  20. Labelled England's most iconic signpost, a sign in East Kent points to Sandwich, three miles away, and which small hamlet half a mile away?
  21. Which town and civil parish in Devon first appeared in the Domesday Book as Bovi?
  22. The town with the longest name in Europe is on which island?
  23. Can you name Britain’s only man-made National Park?
  24. Who, after her 1962 role as Honey Ryder, is widely regarded as the first Bond girl?
  25. Caroline Graham's books were dramatised for which television series?

Answers

  1. Loch Lomond
  2. Lyme Regis
  3. Cotswolds
  4. Berwick-upon-Tweed
  5. William Shakespeare
  6. Ashmolean (Oxford University)
  7. The District Line
  8. The Woolpack
  9. Orwell
  10. Bakewell
  11. Mastermind
  12. Dundee
  13. Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey
  14. Thames Barrier
  15. Burton, or Burton upon Trent
  16. Alice
  17. Manchester
  18. Saucy seaside postcards
  19. Fred Dibnah
  20. Ham
  21. Bovey Tracey
  22. Anglesey (Wales)
  23. The Norfolk Broads
  24. Ursula Andress
  25. Midsomer Murders