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England
  • 1. What is the capital of England?
A) Manchester
B) London
C) Liverpool
D) Birmingham
  • 2. Which monarch ruled England during the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588?
A) Edward VI
B) Mary I
C) Henry VIII
D) Elizabeth I
  • 3. What is the name of the famous clock tower in London that houses the bell known as Big Ben?
A) Elizabeth Tower
B) Westminster Clock Tower
C) Palace Tower
D) Victoria Tower
  • 4. Who is the author of the classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Jane Austen
B) Emily Brontë
C) George Orwell
D) Charles Dickens
  • 5. Which English city is famous for its university and punting on the River Thames?
A) Cambridge
B) Manchester
C) Oxford
D) Bristol
  • 6. In English folklore, who is known as the famous outlaw who robs the rich to give to the poor?
A) Blackbeard
B) Bluebeard
C) Captain Kidd
D) Robin Hood
  • 7. What is the name of the famous naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
A) Gregor Mendel
B) Albert Einstein
C) Charles Darwin
D) Alfred Russel Wallace
  • 8. What is the highest mountain in England?
A) Great Gable
B) Scafell Pike
C) Snowdon
D) Ben Nevis
  • 9. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
A) Agatha Christie
B) Dorothy L. Sayers
C) Raymond Chandler
D) Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 10. Which English football team is known as 'The Red Devils'?
A) Chelsea
B) Arsenal
C) Liverpool
D) Manchester United
  • 11. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) George Bernard Shaw
C) Oscar Wilde
D) William Shakespeare
  • 12. What is the emblematic flower of England?
A) Daffodil
B) Shamrock
C) Rose
D) Thistle
  • 13. What event led to the end of the English Civil War?
A) Treaty of Newport
B) Restoration of Charles II
C) Execution of King Charles I
D) Battle of Naseby
  • 14. Which English scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Michael Faraday
C) Stephen Hawking
D) Charles Darwin
  • 15. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A) Margaret Thatcher
B) Theresa May
C) Angela Merkel
D) Indira Gandhi
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