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