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Great Britain

1. What is the official name of Great Britain?

a) the United Kingdom

b) Britannia

c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  

d) the United Kingdom of England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.

2. What is the name of the British national flag?

a) the Union Jack  b) the Saint Andrew’s Cross

c) the Saint David’s Cross  d) the Stars and Stripes

3. What is the official religion in the United Kingdom?

a) Catholicism  b) Orthodoxy 

c) Protestantism  d) Judaism

4. What is the most important airport in Great Britain?

a) Heathrow Airport  b) Gatwick Airport

c) Stansted Airport  d) Vnukovo Airport

5. Where is Greenwich?

a) in England b) in Scotland 

c) in Wales  d) in Ireland

6. What lake does the famous Scottish monster live in?

a) Loch Erne  b) Loch Lomond

c) Loch Ness  d) Loch Dove

7. What is the longest river in Great Britain?

a) the Severn  b) the Avon 

c) the Thames  d) the Tyne

8. What is the name of the highest mountain in Scotland?

a) Ben Nevis  b) Snowdon

c) Scaffel Pike  d) Alps

9. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff   b) Dublin

c) Belfast  d) London

10. What city in Britain has nickname “The Smoke”?

a) Edinburgh  b) Cardiff

c) London  d) Aberdeen

11. What natural resources bring the most profits to the British economy?

a) coal reserves b) oil reserves

c) water reserves  d) gold reserves

12. What is Britain famous for?

a) its rains  b) its winds

c) its fogs  d) its cold

13. What is the state system of the United Kingdom?

a) a constitutional monarchy b) a parliamentary republic

c) a limited monarchy d) a federal republic

14. What chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

a) the Senate and the House of Representatives

b) the House of Lords and the House of Commons

c) the Cabinet of Ministers and the Shadow Cabinet

d) the House of Lords and the House of Representatives

15. Who presides in the House of Lords?

a) the Lord Chancellor b) the Speaker

c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer d) the Prime-Minister

16. Who presides in the House of Commons?

a) the Lord Chancellor b) the Speaker

c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer d) the Prime-Minister

17. Where does the British Premier live and work?

a) at 10 Downing Street b) in the Houses of Parliament

c) in Buckingham Palace d) in Fleet Street

18. For what period are the members of the House of Commons elected?

a) 2 years  b) 3 years 

c) 4 years d) 5 years

19. In which century was the Oxford University established?

a) 15  b) 10 

c) 13 d) 12

20. What universities have the highest academic reputation in the UK?

a) London University and Bristol University

b) Redbrick Universities

c) Cambridge University and Oxford University

d) Glasgow University

21. Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

a) Mark Twain  b) Oscar Wilde 

c) Edgar Poe  d) Walter Scott

22. Who is the creator of the electronic motor?

a) Thomas Edison  b) Isaac Newton 

c) James Watt d) Michael Faraday

23. How many voyages around the world did James Cook make?

a) 3  b) 4 

c) 2  d) 5

24. Who wrote “Oliver Twist”?

a) Charles Dickens  b) Robert Burns

c) William Shakespeare  d) Robert Stevenson

25. Who was the British Prime Minister in 1979-1996?

a) Margaret Thatcher  b) James Callaghan

c) Stanley Baldwin  d) John Major

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