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Pop quiz British Institutions and (all kinds of) trivia

   

Round 1: Royal family and history

Round 2: Sports

Round 3: Language and traditions

Round 4: Mixed

Round 1

The Royal Family and history

Great Britain is...

1. England and Scotland
2. England, Scotland and Ireland
3. England, Scotland and Wales
4. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Who is this lady?

1. Princess Margaret
2. Queen Victoria
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. Princess Diana

What kind of pets did the Queen have?

Trick question:

the UK consists of...

1. England, Scotland and Wales
2. Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3. England and Northern Ireland
4. Britain and its former colonies

"The Virgin Queen"
was a nickname for...

1. Queen Mary I
2. Elizabeth I
3. Anne Boleyn
4. Victoria II

How and where did
Princess Diana die?

1. she died of old age
2. she stepped on a landmine in Africa
3. in a car crash in Paris
4. she was shot in New York

How many wives did Henry VIII (who started the Church of England) have?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

What happened to Henry's first 5 wives?

1. divorced, beheaded, natural death
2. guillotine or put on a boat to Spain
3. he kept them on
4. they all left him

Mary I killed many people during her reign (like other royals before her). What is her nickname?

1. Bloody Mary
2. Pleasant Mary
3. Mary Mary Quite Contrary
4. Dancing Queen

Round 2

Sports

Which British football club won the UEFA Champions League in 2019?

1. Tottenham Hotspur
2. Manchester United
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool

Which tennis player won gold (as a single player) at the Olympics in 2012 and 2016?

1. Jamie Murray
2. Dan Evans
3. Roger Federer
4. Andy Murray

Which colour do cricket players traditionally wear?

1. White
2. Blue
3. Red
4. The colours of their country’s flag

In 2014, the Tour de France started in the UK. In which city did it start?

1. London
2. Leeds
3. York
4. Edinburgh

Darts: how much does bullseye score?

1. 10
2. 25
3. 50
4. 180

Round 3

Language and traditions

What does “codswallop” mean?

1. baby of a cod (a type of fish)
2. a small jump
3. nonsense
4. an alcoholic drink

What does it mean to be “bamboozled”?

1. you are being laughed at by your partner
2. you are deceived
3. you are given spiked drinks
4. you are given a prize

What does “canoodle” mean?

1. to stare intendly at someone
2. to eat canned noodles
3. to twist your body in many ways
4. to kiss and cuddle

American slang:
What does boujee mean in: “She’s so boujee with that Louis Vuitton bag”?

1. fancy
2. extra
3. drip
4. bussin'

What is a "bank holiday"?

1. a holiday for sailors
2. a holiday for banks
3. a public holiday
4. all of these

What is the capital of Ireland?

1. Belfast
2. Dublin
3. Edinburgh
4. Cardiff

Which is the national flower of Scotland?

1. rose
2. thistle
3. shamrock
4. daffodil

Which flower do most people wear on Remembrance Day?

1. a poppy
2. a forget-me-not
3. a white rose
4. a daffodil

Round 5: Mixed questions

What years are typically considered part of Generation Z?

1. mid 1980s - early 1990s
2. mid 1990s - early 2010s
3. mid 2010s - 2020s

Who is the author of “The Hate U Give,” a novel addressing social issues - popular among Generation Z readers?

What video game, first released in 2011, became a cultural phenomenon for Generation Z?

TikTok users spend an average of ____ minutes per day on the platform, higher than any other social media platform (2023).

1. 45
2. 60
3. 95
4. 180

TikTok users open the app an average of ____ times a day.

1. 4
2. 10
3. 19
4. 33

Chemistry: on the periodic table, what element is represented by the letter C?

1. Calcium
2. Copper
3. Cobalt
4. Carbon

Geometry: how many degrees are in a straight angle?

1. 90
2. 180
3. 270
4. 360

Who is this?

1. The Prime Minister of the UK
2. The UK's first ever Michelin star chef
3. The Head of the European Central Bank
4. BBC's head news anchor

What's his name?

1. Rashi Sunik
2. Rishi Sunak
3. Roshi Sanek
4. Rushi Sinak

What is entomophobia?

1. An irrational fear of vomit.
2. An irrational fear of eggs.
3. An irrational fear of insects.
4. An irrational fear of germs.

What was Snapchat's original name (only for a year)?

What is the capital of the USA?

1. Chicago, IL
2. New York, NY
3. Los Angeles, CA
4. Washington, DC

What are GCSEs?

1. medical test results
2. police ranks
3. secondary school exams
4. military ranks