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England
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  • 1. What is the capital of England?
A) Birmingham
B) Manchester
C) London
D) Liverpool
  • 2. Which monarch ruled England during the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588?
A) Henry VIII
B) Edward VI
C) Elizabeth I
D) Mary 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) Victoria Tower
D) Palace Tower
  • 4. Who is the author of the classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) George Orwell
B) Charles Dickens
C) Jane Austen
D) Emily Brontë
  • 5. Which English city is famous for its university and punting on the River Thames?
A) Bristol
B) Cambridge
C) Oxford
D) Manchester
  • 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) Charles Darwin
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Albert Einstein
  • 8. What is the highest mountain in England?
A) Ben Nevis
B) Scafell Pike
C) Great Gable
D) Snowdon
  • 9. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
A) Dorothy L. Sayers
B) Arthur Conan Doyle
C) Raymond Chandler
D) Agatha Christie
  • 10. Which English football team is known as 'The Red Devils'?
A) Liverpool
B) Arsenal
C) Chelsea
D) Manchester United
  • 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) Daffodil
C) Rose
D) Shamrock
  • 13. What event led to the end of the English Civil War?
A) Execution of King Charles I
B) Restoration of Charles II
C) Battle of Naseby
D) Treaty of Newport
  • 14. Which English scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Charles Darwin
B) Isaac Newton
C) Stephen Hawking
D) Michael Faraday
  • 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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