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England
  • 1. What is the capital of England?
A) Manchester
B) Birmingham
C) London
D) Liverpool
  • 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) Victoria Tower
B) Elizabeth Tower
C) Palace Tower
D) Westminster Clock Tower
  • 4. Who is the author of the classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) George Orwell
B) Jane Austen
C) Charles Dickens
D) Emily Brontë
  • 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) Alfred Russel Wallace
B) Gregor Mendel
C) Charles Darwin
D) Albert Einstein
  • 8. What is the highest mountain in England?
A) Great Gable
B) Snowdon
C) Ben Nevis
D) Scafell Pike
  • 9. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
A) Raymond Chandler
B) Arthur Conan Doyle
C) Dorothy L. Sayers
D) Agatha Christie
  • 10. Which English football team is known as 'The Red Devils'?
A) Liverpool
B) Manchester United
C) Arsenal
D) Chelsea
  • 11. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) George Bernard Shaw
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Christopher Marlowe
  • 12. What is the emblematic flower of England?
A) Thistle
B) Daffodil
C) Rose
D) Shamrock
  • 13. What event led to the end of the English Civil War?
A) Battle of Naseby
B) Treaty of Newport
C) Execution of King Charles I
D) Restoration of Charles II
  • 14. Which English scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Stephen Hawking
C) Michael Faraday
D) Isaac Newton
  • 15. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Angela Merkel
C) Theresa May
D) Margaret Thatcher
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