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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) Elizabeth I
B) Mary I
C) Edward VI
D) Henry VIII
  • 3. What is the name of the famous clock tower in London that houses the bell known as Big Ben?
A) Victoria Tower
B) Palace Tower
C) Westminster Clock Tower
D) Elizabeth 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) Manchester
B) Oxford
C) Bristol
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) Blackbeard
C) Bluebeard
D) Captain Kidd
  • 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) Albert Einstein
D) Gregor Mendel
  • 8. What is the highest mountain in England?
A) Scafell Pike
B) Ben Nevis
C) Great Gable
D) Snowdon
  • 9. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?
A) Dorothy L. Sayers
B) Raymond Chandler
C) Agatha Christie
D) Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 10. Which English football team is known as 'The Red Devils'?
A) Manchester United
B) Liverpool
C) Arsenal
D) Chelsea
  • 11. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) William Shakespeare
C) Oscar Wilde
D) George Bernard Shaw
  • 12. What is the emblematic flower of England?
A) Shamrock
B) Thistle
C) Daffodil
D) Rose
  • 13. What event led to the end of the English Civil War?
A) Restoration of Charles II
B) Battle of Naseby
C) Treaty of Newport
D) Execution of King Charles I
  • 14. Which English scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
A) Michael Faraday
B) Isaac Newton
C) Charles Darwin
D) Stephen Hawking
  • 15. Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Angela Merkel
D) Theresa May
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