United Kingdom: Quiz
1. What is the name of the first inhabitants of the British Isles?
The Iberians or Megalithic men arrived from the region of the Mediterranean and inhabited the island between 3000 and 2000 BC
2. What part of Europe
Off the north-west coast of continental Europe
3. When was the battle at Hastings?
14 October 1066
4. What is the current UK population?
More than 62 millions.
5. Longest river in the UK
Severn (220 miles). Flows to the South.
6. Name the longest river in the British Isles.
The Shannon 384 km Ireland
7. Largest lakes
Lough Neigh (396 km2) N. Ireland, Lock Lomond - Scotland
8. What is the UKclimate?
Britain has a generally mild and temperate climate, which is dominated by marine influences and is rainy and equable.
9. Pennines
Backbone of England. Separate England into eastern and western parts.
10. What is Magna Carta and when was it passed?
A charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons in 1215, which came to be seen as the seminal document of English constitutional practice
11. What is the share of non-whites on the UK (2001)?
4,6 million (7.9 per cent) 2001
12. What happened in 1999 as far the House of Lords is concerned?
Since the House of Lords Act 1999, only 92 peers sit by virtue of hereditary peerage, 75 of whom were elected by their respective party groups.
13. What are the smaller islands in the group of the British Isles?
Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Isles, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, Islands of Scilly.
14. What is the backbone of England?
The Pennine hills.
15. What is the second highest mountain ion the UK?
Ben Macdhui 1,309 m, Ben Nevis 1334 m, Grampian Mountains in Scotland
16. Where is oil produced in the UK?
North Sea, Eastern and Northern Scotland and NE England.
17. How many waves of Celts came to Britain?
3 waves: 1 – the Gaels, 2 – the Brythons; 3 – Belgae from Northen Gaul.
The Iberians or Megalithic men arrived from the region of the Mediterranean and inhabited the island between 3000 and 2000 BC
2. What part of Europe
Off the north-west coast of continental Europe
3. When was the battle at Hastings?
14 October 1066
4. What is the current UK population?
More than 62 millions.
5. Longest river in the UK
Severn (220 miles). Flows to the South.
6. Name the longest river in the British Isles.
The Shannon 384 km Ireland
7. Largest lakes
Lough Neigh (396 km2) N. Ireland, Lock Lomond - Scotland
8. What is the UKclimate?
Britain has a generally mild and temperate climate, which is dominated by marine influences and is rainy and equable.
9. Pennines
Backbone of England. Separate England into eastern and western parts.
10. What is Magna Carta and when was it passed?
A charter of liberty and political rights obtained from King John of England by his rebellious barons in 1215, which came to be seen as the seminal document of English constitutional practice
11. What is the share of non-whites on the UK (2001)?
4,6 million (7.9 per cent) 2001
12. What happened in 1999 as far the House of Lords is concerned?
Since the House of Lords Act 1999, only 92 peers sit by virtue of hereditary peerage, 75 of whom were elected by their respective party groups.
13. What are the smaller islands in the group of the British Isles?
Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Isles, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, Islands of Scilly.
14. What is the backbone of England?
The Pennine hills.
15. What is the second highest mountain ion the UK?
Ben Macdhui 1,309 m, Ben Nevis 1334 m, Grampian Mountains in Scotland
16. Where is oil produced in the UK?
North Sea, Eastern and Northern Scotland and NE England.
17. How many waves of Celts came to Britain?
3 waves: 1 – the Gaels, 2 – the Brythons; 3 – Belgae from Northen Gaul.