How well do you know England?

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How well do you know England, America and the English language?

Which English football club has won the most top-flight league titles?

1. Liverpool
2. Arsenal
3. Manchester United
4. Chelsea

What is the name of the river that flows through London?

1. Mississippi
2. Thames
3. Seine
4. Danube

What is the name of the famous prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England?

1. Stonehenge
2. Tower of London
3. Hadrian's Wall
4. Big Ben

Which monarch is the longest-reigning in English history?

1. Queen Elizabeth II
2. Henry VIII
3. Queen Victoria
4. George III

What is the best selling album of all time in the UK?

1. Greatest Hits by Queen
2. Thriller by Michael Jackson
3. Abbey Road by The Beatles
4. Back in Black by AC/DC

What is the name of the famous English writer who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?

1. William Shakespeare
2. Charles Dickens
3. Virginia Woolf
4. Jane Austen

What is the name of the famous street in London where many theaters are located?

1. West End
2. Broadway
3. Piccadilly Circus
4. Covent Garden

What is the name of the famous university located in Cambridge?

1. Harvard University
2. Oxford University
3. Yale University
4. Cambridge University

What is the name of the famous London clock tower?

1. Big Ben
2. The Shard
3. Westminster Abbey
4. Tower of London

What is the national flower of England?

1. Lily
2. Tulip
3. Rose
4. Daisy

What is the collective noun for a group of crows?

1. Herd
2. Murder
3. Flock
4. School

What is the most commonly used letter in the English language?

1. A
2. S
3. T
4. E

Which word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary?

1. Misspelled
2. Mistakenly
3. Inaccurately
4. Incorrectly

What is the only word in the English language that ends with the letters 'mt'?

1. Dreamt
2. Movement
3. Sentiment
4. Element

What is the longest word in the English language?

1. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
2. Antidisestablishmentarianism
3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
4. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?

1. The Santa Maria
2. The Titanic
3. The Mayflower
4. The Endeavour

What was the name of the first Queen of England?

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

What is the most populous city in America?

1. New York City
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. Houston

What is the longest river in the United States?

1. Amazon River
2. Yangtze River
3. Mississippi River
4. Nile River

What is the tallest mountain in North America?

1. Mount Everest
2. Mount Fuji
3. Denali (Mount McKinley)
4. Kilimanjaro

What year did America gain its independence from Great Britain?

1. 1865
2. 1776
3. 1917
4. 1492

What is the capital city of the United States of America?

1. Washington, D.C.
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. New York City