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ROUND 1

News stories  

PUBQUIZ!

alone or in pairs!

Today:

Round 1: News

Round 2: Commonwealth

Tomorrow: 

Round 3: The United Kingdom

Friday: 

Round 4: The United States

What is the name of the latest royal UK baby?

1. Diana
2. Sophia
3. Charlotte
4. Lilibet

What was the CEO of Titan called?

1. Hamish Harding
2. Stockton Rush
3. Rob McCallum
4. David Pogue

Which country became the first in the world to pay 'bereavement' leave to parents after stillbirth or miscarriage?

1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. United Kingdom
4. South Africa

How old was the Queen of England when she died?

1. 92
2. 86
3. 94
4. 96

Which billionaire CEO is NOT actively part of a modern space race?

1. Jeff Bezos
2. Elon Musk
3. Richard Branson
4. Mark Zuckerberg

Which famous festival just took place in the UK?

ROUND 2

Commonwealth

What English-speaking country participates in the Eurovision Song Contest?

1. South Africa
2. Australia
3. New Zealand
4. Wales

Wales

England

Australia

Northern Ireland

New Zealand

Canada

U.S.A.

Scotland

Australia

New Zealand

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Edinburgh

Dublin

Belfast

Canberra

Wellington

Cardiff

What is the name of this bird?

The world's biggest coral reef, which is in Australia, is called...

1. The Australian Coral Reef
2. The Great Barrier
3. The Great Reef
4. The Great Barrier Reef

In which city can you find this building?

1. New York
2. London
3. Sydney

What is the capital city of Australia?

1. Sydney
2. Canberra
3. Melbourne

Which 2 languages are spoken in Canada?

1. French and English
2. Canadian and English
3. Spanish and English

What is the name of the skirt the man is wearing?

How many countries are in the commonwealth?

1. 42
2. 48
3. 54
4. 56

ROUND 3

United Kingdom

Which countries make up 'Great Britain'?

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

kerfuffle

codswallop

discombubulate

lackadaisical

collywobbles

nudiustertian

commotion

nonsense

to confuse

without enthusiasm

quesiness

the day before yesterday

Where was Shakespeare born?

Who is not a former prime minister of England?

1. Boris Johnson
2. Penny Mordaunt
3. Liz Truss
4. Theresa May

In the UK, it is illegal to put a stamp of the Queen upside down on an envelope.

1. True
2. False

Charles Dickens

C.S. Lewis

J.R.R. Tolkien

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Daphne du Maurier

Jane Austen

Agatha Christie

Oliver Twist

Chronicles of Narnia

Lord of the Rings

Sherlock Holmes 

Rebecca

Emma

Murder on the Orient Express

Roughly how many inhabitants does London have?

1. 5 million
2. 8 million
3. 10 million
4. 12 million

The longest place name in Europe can be found somewhere in the UK.

1. True
2. False

Which flower is associated with England?

What is the longest-running musical in London?

1. The Phantom of the Opera
2. Mamma Mia!
3. The Lion King
4. Les Misérables

ROUND 4

The United States

When did the Americans declare their independence from Great Britain?

1. July 6, 1776
2. July 4, 1776
3. July 4, 1774
4. July 6, 1774

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

Florida

California

Texas

Arizona

Georgia

Sunshine State

Golden state

The Lone Star State

The Grand Canyon State

The Peach State

What is not a borough of New York City?

1. Brooklyn
2. Queens
3. Manhattan
4. Long Island

Unscramble the words and name the US states: Drank a Tooth, Ant Moan, Airfoil Can, Teen Sense, On My Wig (comma and space after each)

What is the address of the White House?

1. 10 Downing Street
2. 742 Evergreen Terrace
3. 1 Washington Street
4. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

How many states are there in the USA?

1. 51
2. 50
3. 52

Who discovered America?

1. Christopher Columbus
2. Amerigo Vespucci
3. Thomas Cook

Which American city is home to the Liberty Bell?

What's the name of this president?

1. Barack Obama
2. Donald Trump
3. George Bush
4. Bill Clinton

Good luck in the test week!