Description : What is the capital of Wales? (A) London (B) Edinburgh (C) Cardiff (D) Belfast
Last Answer : (C) Cardiff
Description : What is the historical name of Northern Ireland? (A) Ulster (B) The Irish Republic (C) The Republic of Eire (D) The Emerald Isle
Last Answer : (A) Ulster
Description : The country was called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in __________ (A) 1707. (B) 1801. (C) 1922. (D) 1931.
Last Answer : (C) 1922.
Description : Which part of the UK is not represented in the Union Jack? (A) Scotland (B) Wales (C) England (D) Northern Ireland
Last Answer : (B) Wales
Description : The United Kingdom consists of __________ (A) England, Scotland, Wales. (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (C) England and Scotland. (D) Great Britain and the Irish Republic.
Last Answer : (B) Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Description : What is the emblem of the world famous Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama? (A) The poppy (B) The daffodil (C) The thistle (D) The leek
Last Answer : (C) The thistle
Description : Which is Scotland’s biggest city? (A) Edinburgh (B) Glasgow (C) Liverpool (D) Aberdeen
Last Answer : (B) Glasgow
Description : What is the noble title of the British monarch’s eldest son? (A) The Prince Royal (B) The Duke of York (C) The Duke of Edinburgh (D) The Prince of Wales
Last Answer : (D) The Prince of Wales
Description : If a pint of Guinness costs less in Belfast than in Edinburgh this would reflect which of the following pricing methods? A)Price differentiationB)Base-point pricing C)Freight absorption pricing D)Transfer pricing E)Zone pricing
Last Answer : E)Zone pricing
Description : St. Patrick is the patron of __________ (A) England. (B) Scotland. (C) Ireland. (D) Wales.
Last Answer : (C) Ireland.
Description : Great Britain includes __________ (A) England, Scotland, Wales. (B) England and Scotland. (C) England and Wales. (D) England and Ireland.
Last Answer : (A) England, Scotland, Wales.
Description : Is it rare for someone from Dublin, Ireland to speak Irish fluently?
Last Answer : I believe it will be rare since only 10% of the Irish population are still able to use Irish fluently.
Description : How much is it to mail a 1.1 oz letter to Dublin Ireland?
Last Answer : That depends on where you are mailing it from.
Description : Is 45000 euros considered a good salary for a single person in Dublin Ireland?
Last Answer : Yes.
Description : What year did Dublin win their first All-Ireland football title?
Last Answer : 1891
Description : Which of the following differs from the rest? (A) “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” (B) “Don Juan” (C) “The Age of Bronze” (D) “Song to the Men of England”
Last Answer : D (D is written by P.B. Shelley; the rest – by G.G. Byron.)
Description : Which of the following is different from the rest? (A) “The Forsyte Saga” (B) “A Modern Comedy” (C) “End of the Chapter” (D) “The Man of Property”
Last Answer : D (A, B, C are trilogies by J. Galsworthy; D is the first novel of the trilogy “The Forsyte Saga”.)
Description : Joan Rowling wrote __________ books about Harry Potter. (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
Last Answer : (C) 7
Description : __________ wrote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” (A) George Orwell (B) Alan Sillitoe (C) Dylan Thomas (D) Oscar Wilde
Last Answer : (A) George Orwell
Description : Which of the following dramatists wrote in the style of the Theatre of the Absurd? (A) G.B. Shaw (B) Sean O’Casey (C) T.S. Eliot (D) Samuel Beckett
Last Answer : (D) Samuel Beckett
Description : Which of the following authors is an Irish writer? (A) Oscar Wilde (B) Arthur Conan Doyle (C) William Golding (D) Walter Scott
Last Answer : (A) Oscar Wilde
Description : __________ is a Scottish writer. (A) Archibald Cronin (B) Jonathan Swift (C) Bram Stoker (D) Joseph Conrad
Last Answer : (A) Archibald Cronin
Description : Which of the following writers did not belong to the Angry Young Men? (A) John Braine (B) Kinsley Amis (C) John Wain (D) John Osborne
Last Answer : (A) John Braine
Description : __________ is not a Lake Poet. (A) Samuel Coleridge (B) William Wordsworth (C) Thomas Moore (D) Robert Southey
Last Answer : (C) Thomas Moore
Description : __________ is considered “the father of the English poetry”. (A) Robert Burns (B) George Gordon Byron (C) Percy Bysshe Shelley (D) Geoffrey Chaucer
Last Answer : (D) Geoffrey Chaucer
Description : George Berkeley, Jeremy Bentham, Adam Smith were __________ (A) British philosophers. (B) British inventors. (C) British composers. (D) British painters.
Last Answer : (A) British philosophers.
Description : Which of the following names is not appropriate for the list? (A) James Maxwell (B) Henry Cavendish (C) Charles Darwin (D) Thomas Moore
Last Answer : D (D is a poet; the rest are scientists.)
Description : Which of the names is different from the rest? (A) Christopher Wren (B) Joshua Reynolds (C) Thomas Gainsborough (D) John Constable
Last Answer : A (A is an architect; the rest are painters.)
Description : Which of the names differs from the rest? (A) Walter Scott (B) Arthur Conan Doyle (C) Robert Stevenson (D) George Bernard Shaw
Last Answer : D (D is an Irish dramatist; the rest are Scottish writers.)
Description : Which name is inappropriate for the list? (A) Jonathan Swift (B) Oscar Wilde (C) Benjamin Britten (D) Daniel Defoe
Last Answer : C (C is a composer; the rest are writers.)
Description : Which of the names does not fit the list? (A) William Blake (B) William Wordsworth (C) William Shakespeare (D) William Byrd
Last Answer : (D) William Byrd
Description : Who were King Arthur’s companions? (A) Merry men (B) The Knights of the Round Table (C) Legendary heroes (D) Common warriors
Last Answer : (B) The Knights of the Round Table
Description : Which of the following holidays is not a bank holiday in the UK? (A) Christmas Day (B) St. Patrick’s Day (C) Easter Monday (D) Boxing Day
Last Answer : (B) St. Patrick’s Day
Description : Englishmen eat their dinner at __________ (A) 12 a.m. (B) 2 p.m. (C) 6 p.m. (D) 8 p.m
Last Answer : (C) 6 p.m.
Description : Guy Fawkes is __________ (A) a famous historian. (B) a national hero of Britain. (C) an English poet. (D) the man who wanted to set fire to the British Parliament.
Last Answer : (D) the man who wanted to set fire to the British Parliament.
Description : Madame Tussaud’s is __________ in London. (A) a circus (B) a theatre (C) a museum (D) an art gallery
Last Answer : (C) a museum
Description : The limerick is named after __________ (A) the person who invented it. (B) the pub where it was first introduced. (C) the town in which it was created. (D) the genre it belongs to.
Last Answer : (C) the town in which it was created.
Description : The kilt is __________ (A) an English hat. (B) a Scottish skirt. (C) an Irish coat. (D) a kind of Welsh trousers.
Last Answer : (B) a Scottish skirt.
Description : Which prefix is used in Scottish family names? (A) O’… (B) Mac… (C) Gil… (D) Fitz…
Last Answer : (B) Mac…
Description : Cockney is __________ (A) bookish English. (B) plain English. (C) spoken English. (D) illiterate English.
Last Answer : (D) illiterate English.
Description : The nickname of the Liberal Party is __________ (A) the Whigs. (B) the Tories. (C) the Elephants. (D) the Liberals.
Last Answer : (A) the Whigs.
Description : Wimbledon is associated with __________ (A) horse racing. (B) soccer. (C) tennis. (D) cricket.
Last Answer : (C) tennis.
Description : Which sport is not originated in the UK? (A) Football (B) Tennis (C) Golf (D) Horse racing
Last Answer : (D) Horse racing
Description : How many universities and colleges are there in Great Britain? (A) total 10 (B) total 100 (C) total 1000 (D) not known
Last Answer : (B) total 100
Description : What is the student quarter in London? (A) Westminster (B) The City (C) Bloomsbury (D) Latin Quarter
Last Answer : (C) Bloomsbury
Description : Which name does not fit the list? (A) Eton (B) Harrow (C) Rugby (D) Sussex
Last Answer : (D) Sussex
Description : Common Entrance is associated with __________ (A) a primary school. (B) a secondary school. (C) a public school. (D) all of the above.
Last Answer : (C) a public school.
Description : The public school is __________ (A) a comprehensive school for bright children in which the tuition is free. (B) a specialized school for talented children in which the tuition fee is quite low. (C) a ... children in which the tuition fee is very high. (D) a common boarding school for all children.
Last Answer : (C) a private school for privileged children in which the tuition fee is very high.
Description : Eisteddfod is the festival of __________ culture. (A) Welsh (B) Scottish (C) Irish (D) English
Last Answer : (A) Welsh