The United Kingdom of Great Britain

Which part of Great Britain is it?
Northern Ireland -
Scotland - Wales -
England -
a)
b)
c)
d)

Match the flags with four parts of the UK
d)
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
a)
b)
c)

Capitals of four
parts of the UK
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast

St. George
23 April - is St George's Day.
St. Andrew
30 November - is St Andrew's Day
St. David
1 March - is St David's Day.
St. Patrick
17 March - is St Patrick's Day
Saint Patrons for every part of the UK
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern
Ireland

2. The national flower of Scotland is the thistle
1. The national flower of Wales is the daffodil (sometimes it is called "Peter's Leek“)
3. The national flower of England is the red rose
4 . The national flower of Northern Ireland is the trifoil (shamrock)
Floral emblems of four parts of the UK
1)
2)
3)
4)

Traditional Cuisine
Haggis made from lamb’s lungs, liver and heart mixed with onion and spices
A cup of tea
Irish stew, made from lamb, or mutton as well as potatoes,
onions, and parsley.
Bara brith, "speckled bread“. It is traditionally made with raisins, currant, and candied peel.
Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit is a dish made with a savoury sauce of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot.
National symbol of England
Traditional Scottish food
Representative Irish dish
Welsh croutons
Yeast bread originated in Wales
A type of beer brewed with and
without hops.
ale

The top of Christmas pudding in Great Britain is traditionally decorated with …
fruits
a sprig of holly
a sprig of mistletoe
a candle

On Christmas the doors and fireplaces in Great Britain are traditionally decorated with …
branches of fur tree
sprigs of mistletoe
sprig of holly
flowers

1. What is the Scottish name of New Year’s Eve?
November 1 is called …
October 31 is called …
The first or second weekday after Christmas Day is …
Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection
of Jesus Christ is …
A day for choosing sweethearts and exchanging
love tokens is…
Traditional spring holiday is ...
Shrove Tuesday has another name
Carnival on Shrove Tuesday, a day before Lent, is called
The first day of Lent which occurs 46 days before Easter is
Hogmany
All Saints' Day
Halloween
Boxing Day
Easter
St. Valentine's Day
on February 14
May Day
Pancake Day
Mardi Gras
Ash Wednesday
Traditions and Festivals

There is the custom for women to cook flat cakes in a frying pan, and run down
the street, throwing the pancake in to the air, and catching them in the pans
This is the traditional pancake race, which is held on Shrove Tuesday
Once a year a group of young men roll a large cheese down a hill, and
then run down after it
This is the custom of cheese rolling , which happens on Whit Monday (also
known as Monday of the Holy Spirit)
It is an old custom to tie ribbons to a tall post, and dance around it until
all the ribbons are wound round it
This is the old English maypole. Many villages still have a maypole, although the
dancers are usually children nowadays
Sometimes men tie bells onto their legs and dance in the streets, waving
their handkerchiefs in the air
It is Morris dancing and it is still sometimes seen, especially in villages and country
towns, in summer
It is the custom on one day in the year to put apples into a bowl full of
water, and try to pick them with your teeth
This is the part of traditional Halloween celebration held on 31 October

What is Halloween?
People once believed that there
were many ghosts and witches
on the Earth and that they met
on October 31 to worship the
devil. Today, people do not believe
in ghosts and witches but they like
to tell stories about them
on Halloween.

An Irish legend says that Jack-o'-lantern is named after the man called Jack. He could not enter heaven because he was a miser,
and he could not enter hell because he had played jokes on devil. As a result, Jack has to
walk on the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day.
What is it?
Who is Jack-o’-lantern?
It is called Jack-o'-lantern, a
pumpkin with a face carved into
one side. It contains a candle inside.

Children dress in costumes and masks and go from door
to door saying "trick or treat". The neighbours give children
such treats as candy, fruit and pennies so that children do
not play tricks on them.
What custom is it?

What is the longer river in the UK?
What is the highest mountain in the UK?
The low mountain range, separating the North West of England from Yorkshire and the North East.
What Hills Divide England And Scotland?
In which part of Britain can you find
the Snowdonia National Park?
Which island lies between England and Ireland in the Irish Sea?
In which part of the UK is the Lake District?
Administrative and geographical divisions of the UK
Which country shares a land border with The UK?
The point and peninsular, the southernmost point of the UK, where the Battle of the same name took place in 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession?
Geographical Quiz:
1. The Severn
2. Ben Nevice
3. The Pennines
4. Cheviot Hills
5. Wales
6. The Isle of Man
7. England
8. County
9. Republic of Ireland
10. Lizard

Political Structure
What is the supreme legislative body in the UK?
Where is it located?
Who is the head of the Parliament?
The parliament is bicameral, with an upper house
and a lower house. They are called …
5. The House of Lords includes two different types of members who are not elected by the population:
6. The House of Commons is a democratically elected chamber with elections to it held at least every
7. The Conservative Party used to be called
The liberal Party used to be called
The presiding officer in the House of Lords...
Where does he sit?
the British Parliament
Westminster Abby
Sovereign. Queen Elizabeth II
the House of Lords
the House of Commons
the Lords Spiritual (senior bishops)
the Lords Temporal (Peerages)
five years
Tory Party
Whig Party
Lord Speaker (Lord Chancellor until 2006)
on the sack of wool

Historical Quiz
The first tribes lived in the British Isles were …
Britons, Scots, Picts
Anglo-Saxons and Juets
Celts
Normans
Which Roman Emperor didn’t visit the British Isles?
Julius Caesar
Hadrian
Claudius
Nero
Lady Boudicca was ...
a noble lady lived in the epoch of Queen Victoria
a queen of Iceni tribe who led an uprising against the Romans
King Arthur’s wife
a fictional character of a legend

King Arthur is a legendary British leader who led the defence of Britain against …
The Romans in the 1st century
The Saxons in the 6th century
The Normans in the 11th century
d) The French in the 14th century
5. Viking invasions began in the …
1st century
5th century
4th century
9th century
An Old English heroic epic poem is …
King Arthur
Robin Hood
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales

Whose portraits are these?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
Charles I (1600 – 1649)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952 – present day)
King Henry VIII (1509 – 1547)
Queen Victoria (1837 – 1901)
King George VI (1936 – 1952)
Queen Elizabeth I (1558 – 1603)
King William I, the Conqueror (1066 – 1087)
King Richard I the Lionheart (1189 – 1199)
Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary) (1553 – 1558)
George I (1714 – 1727)
Lady Jane Gray (10.06 – 19.06 1553)
j)
k)

Can you make up the timeline?
Queen Elizabeth I –
King William I, the Conqueror –
King Henry VIII –
King George VI –
Charles I –
King Richard I the Lionheart –
Queen Victoria –
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Mary I (Bloody Mary)
1558 - 1603
1066 – 1087
1509 – 1547
1936 - 1952
1600 – 1649
1189 – 1199
1837 – 1901
1952 – present
1553 - 1558

What language did William the Conqueror
and his court speak?
English
French
German

Battle of Hastings took place between…
the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II.
two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York for the thrown of England.
the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy.

Is it a holiday or disaster?
This Guy belonged to a group of provincial Catholics who wanted to assassinate the
Protestant King James I through the blowing up the Parliament. He was given charge
of the explosives but this “Gunpowder Plot” was revealed and all members were executed.
Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November.
Its history begins with the events of 1605, celebrating the thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
At night people lit fireworks and bonfires.
Curiously, in the popular 2006 film “V for Vendetta,” the character “V” wears a
mask based on a caricature of Guy Fawkes.
“Remember, remember
the fifth of November,
The gunpowder, treason and plot,
I know of no reason,
Why the gunpowder treason,
Should ever be forgot.”
Guy Fawkes

Vice Admiral (1540 – 27 January 1596), an English sea captain,
navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. He was second-in-command
of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
He also carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580.
Sir Francis Drake
Did you recognize him?

Take a guess who he is?
English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the
Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. The leader of English Revolution. He was one of the signatories of King Charles I's death warrant in 1649
Oliver Cromwell

The Georgians – what’s this?
It’s a period of over a hundred years from 1714 - 1830 when four kings who ruled
the country were all named George. During this period Britain became the most
important manufacturing country in the world as a result of revolution in industry.

Are these pictures related?..
1. Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), the first Duke of Wellington,
a victor of the Battle of Waterloo (1815). It was the last battle of
Napoleon against the British-German Army. Wellington was greeted
as a national hero and later became the Prime Minister of the UK.
His name was given to Wellington boots, after the
custom-made boots he wore instead of traditional Hessian boots.
His name was given to the capital of New Zealand as well.
Arthur Wellington was berried in St Pail Cathedral

Who is he?
British politician, best known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
Winston Churchill

Did you recognize her?
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only
woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist nicknamed her the
"Iron Lady", which became associated with her uncompromising politics and
leadership style.
Margaret Thatcher

Do you know who he is?
English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide
fame as a founder member of the Beatles. On 8 December 1980, he was shot in the back by insane Mark David Chapman.
John Lennon

Royal Family
George V
George VI
Elizabeth (Queen Mother)
Charles
Anna
Henry
William
Andrew
Edward
Margaret
Edward III
Elizabeth II
+
Philipp

Do you recognize them ?
Queen Mother
George VI
Elizabeth II Queen of the UK
Prince Philipp Duke of Edinburgh
Princes Margaret
Prince Charles Prince of Wales
Princes Diana
Princes Anna
Prince William
Prince Harry
Kate Middleton

English Literature

Who wrote these books?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Oliver Twist; David Copperfield; Great Expectations
Robinson Crusoe
Gulliver's Travels
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Pride and Prejudice
Ivanhoe; Rob Roy; Quentin Durward
Harry Potter
Animal Farm ; 1984;
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings,
Romeo and Juliette; Othello; Richard III; Hamlet
Jane Eyre
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Ulysses
The Jungle Book
Winnie-the-Pooh
Lewis Carroll
Charles Dickens
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jane Austen
Walter Scott
J. K. Rowling
George Orwell
J.R.R. Tolkien
William Shakespeare
Charlotte Bronte
Oscar Wilde
James Joyce
Rudyard Kipling
Alan Alexander Milne

Famous English Writers. Do you know them?
William Shakespeare
Jonathan Swift
Robert Burns
Lord John Gordon Byron
Sir Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Lewis Carroll
Oscar Wilde
Agatha Christie
J.R.R. Tolkien
George Orwell
Arthur C. Clarke
J. K. Rowling
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

He developed the Theory of Evolution and Natural Selection
English mathematician and physicist who invented calculus and formulated the laws of gravitation
British physicist and cosmologist. His work centers on the physics of black holes and singularities in space-time.
English Scientists
Everybody knows them:
Charles Darwin
1809 - 1882
Isaac Newton
1642-1727
Stephen Hawking
1942-

He invented first reflecting telescope in 1663.
English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Comet.
Scottish scientist and inventor. Famous for his work on the telephone.
British scientist who discovered the existence of the electron in 1897.
James Gregory
1753 - 1821
Edmond Halley
1656 - 1742
Alexander Graham
Bell 1847-1922
Joseph John Thomson
1856 - 1940

The man designed the temperature scale in which 0 K is defined as absolute zero
He discovered Penicillin in 1928.
English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer. Originated the idea of a programmable computer.
Scottish mathematical physicist. Formulated a set of equations on the basic laws of electricity and magnetism.
Lord William Thomson
Kelvin
1824 - 1907
Alexander Fleming
1881 - 1935
Charles Babbage
1791-1871
James Clerk Maxwell
1831-1879

English physicist who studied the heat, mechanical work and energy. Discovered the relation between current through a resistance and heat dissipated. SI unit of work is named after him.
Scottish inventor and engineer. Implemented improvements to the steam engine which were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution.
English electrical engineer and physicist. Invented the first vacuum tube and diode. Famous for the left hand rule (for electric motors).
English chemist and physicist. One of the best experimentalist in the history of science, he is commonly regarded as the father of electrical engineering.
James Prescott
Joule
1818-1889
James Watt
1736-1819
John Ambrose Fleming
1849–1945
Michael Faraday
1791-1867

13. British theoretical physicist . Founder of the field of quantum physics. Shared the Nobel Prize in physics for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger.
14. He is famous for his work on human DNA.
15. British physicist and inventor who co-invented the transistor. Awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics.
16. British computer scientist and the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Paul Adrien Maurice
Dirac 1902-1984
Francis Crick
1916 - 2004
William B. Shockley
1910-1989
Tim Berners Lee
1955 -

True or False?
Hooligan was the name of an Irish family who were
famous for their quarrels and fights.
In Wales there are more sheep that people.
Britain is a constitutional monarchy but it doesn't
have a constitution.
The British newspaper “The Financial Times” is printed
on yellow paper.
5. Stonehenge is a megalith of about 4000 years old
Richard III was an ugly hunchback
Henry VIII had eight wives
Mother of Elizabeth I was beheaded in Tower
English Civil War (1642–1651) sometimes is call the
War of Red and White Roses
10. Russia tsar Nicolas II had a strong resemblance to English King
Georg V
The state Virginia was named after English Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria was a carrier of haemofilia gene
True
True
True
False. On pink
True
False.
False. Only six
True
False
True
True
True

The most frequently used English word is …
The English are Anglo-Saxon in origin, but the Welsh,
the Scottish and the Irish are not. They are …
In Britain, everyone’s favourite bird is the …
The longest period of reign is referred to Queen…
But the shortest – just 9 days – to Lady…
The Scottish national garment – kilt – is made of special
checked fabric called
The most popular music quartet stated in Liverpool
In English folklore is a heroic outlaw , a highly skilled archer
and swordsman
A famous explorer who discovered Australia and Hawaii
The oldest University in Britain is …
The
Celts
Robin
Victoria
Jane Grey 10-19.06.1553
Tartan
The Beetles
Robin Hood
James Cook
Oxford
Answer in one or two words

Sports and games
What is the most popular sport game in the UK?
Which game was created by British military officers stationed in India at the end of the
18th centuryfrom the early game called Battledore and shuttlecock
It is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field, at the centre
of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Since the 18th century it has become a national
English sport game.
4. New but very popular racquet sport played by two players in a
four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball.
It is a form of horse racing originated in Ireland in the 18th century.
Оne of the four great world tennis tournaments played on grass?
А famous stadium in London where football matches take place?
This activity remains legal only in Northern Ireland but it used to popular all over the UK
Football
Badminton
Cricket
Steeple-chase
Squash
Wimbledon
Wambley
Fox hunting

What is it?
How many members are there ?
What is its flag like?
Where is its headquarter?
When was it developed?
Which countries were not the part of British Empire?
Who is the head of Commonwealth?
How many countries form so called "Commonwealth realms“ that currently have
Elizabeth II as their reigning constitutional monarch?
It is an intergovernmental organization independent member states
There are 54 members
London. Westminster
In 1926
Mozambique and Rwanda
Queen Elizabeth II
16 countries, among them Canada, Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Jamaica,
The Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Solomon Islands and etc.
The Commonwealth of Nations or
the British Commonwealth

London Quiz
Who founded London?
The Romans
The Normans
The Celts

Where are the British kings and queens
crowned?
St Paul Cathedral
Westminster Abby
The Tower

One of these persons was not buried in Westminster Abby?
Newton
Shakespeare
Darwin
Chaucer
Dickens
Hardy
Kipling
Admiral Nelson
Faraday
Livingstone

Which is the only London Bridge
that can be raised?
Tower Bridge
Westminster Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
The hydraulic mechanism can raise and lower the bridge in about one and a half minutes.

What’s another name of “the City of London”?
The Center
The Square Mile
The Square Kilometer

When did the great fire of London break out?
In 1066
in 1666
In 1766

What’s the popular name for the
underground system in London?
The Tunnel
The Channel
The Tube
There are about 280 stations
and about 40 stations that no
one used today.

What are the famous guards of the
Tower of London called?
Bobbies
Pearlier
Beefeaters

What is Big Ban?
A bell
A clock tower
A clock

Which London Park is famous
for its Speakers’ Corner where you can make any speech you like?
St. James Park
Hyde Park
Regent’s Park

What colour is a traditional London taxi?
Yellow
Red
Black

Who designed St. Paul Cathedral?
Christopher Wren
Benjamin Hall
Indigo Jones

Who founded the Tower of London?
Henry-VIII
James-I
William-I
The Conqueror

Where do Prince William and
Prince Henry Live?
Buckingham Palace
Kensington Palace
Clarence House

Which of these buildings is The National Gallery?
a)
b)
c)
d)

St. Patrick's Day
B) Trooping of the Colour
C) Victory Day
The national holiday which takes place each year on the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II marked by a military parade is called …

What does a word “cockney” mean?
a Londoner dressed trendy
a Londoner born in a noble family
a working class Londoner with a specific accent and rhyming slang.
Pearly King
and Queen

Who lives here?
Downing Street 10
Boris Beresovsky
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Sherlock Holms and Dr. Watson

West End of London is called ...
Shakespeare theatre is called ...
The epidemic of Plague in London in 1665 was spread by
Policeman in London is called
A tall fur hat, usually worn as part of a military uniform.
A giant Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames is called
Оne of the pieces of street furniture which is red in colour and which history goes back to 1853?
The big red double-decker bus is officially called….
Soho
Globe
Rats
Bobby
Bearskin
London eye
Pillar box
Routemaster
One more Quiz

The wheel of the London Eye carries 32 capsules, each capsule representing one of the …
London Boroughs
B) England cities
C) London Royal residences

Who said “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life” ?
William Shakespeare
Samuel Johnson
Margaret Thatcher
Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) is an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer.

Burghers of Calais, Victoria Tower Gardens (by Rodin)
Monument to Admiral Horatio Nelson
Monument to George IV, Trafalgar Square
Monument to Queen Boudicca
Monument to Eros, Piccadilly Circus
Monument to Sherlock Holms
Monument to Chinggis Khaan
“Vroom Vroom” by Lorenzo Quinn
Do you know these places and monuments?

Parliament

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

Westminster Abby

Buckingham Palace
This is the official residence of Her Majesty the Queen and her family. It isn’t open to the public. The first monarch who
took residence there was Queen Victoria. When Her Majesty is in residence the Royal Standards flies over the east of the Palace.

Queen Victoria
monument

National Gallery

Royal Albert Hall

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Royal Opera House in Covent Garden

Admiralty Arch

Wellington Arch

Museum of Natural Science

Monument to
Prince Albert

Trafalgar Square

Royal Courts of Justice

Piccadilly Circus

Old Church in Chelsea
Monument to
Tomas Moor

A boy with a dolphin by David Wynne

Trocadero

London Eye

St Mary Axe, the 41 floor skyscraper known as “The Gherkin” designed by Norman Foster