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Which
country did NOT gain its independence from the British Empire in 1947?
Bangladesh
Diwali
is the _____?
Festival
of Lights
Who
is the author of ‘Lucky Jim’?
Sir
Kingsley Amis
Which
of the following is associated with the Elizabethan period in England?
Growing
patriotism
Wales
wasn’t under Anglo-Saxon rule?
True
The
Bore War took place in which country of the British Empire?
South
Africa
Magna
Carta is Latin for what?
The
Great Charter
When
did the first farmers start settling in Britain?
6000
years ago
Other
than London universities which other university is credited with the discovery
of the DNA molecule in 1953?
Cambridge
Which
novel is the satirical novelist Evelyn Waugh best known for?
Brideshead
Revisited
The
Bronze Age was followed by what?
The
Iron Age
The
first of Henry VIII’s six wives Catherine of Aragon was a _____?
Spanish
princess
The
Channel Islands are self-governing?
True
Which
country in 1982 invaded The Falklands prompting UK to send its naval force in
Defense?
Argentina
Rudyard
Kipling was born in South Africa?
False
Who
is the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Roald
Dahl
The
invasion of which country by Germany provoked UK to declare war on Germany in
1939?
Poland
How
many colonies in 1776 in American declared their independence from Britain?
13
Which
of these is NOT an element of the British Constitution?
The
media
What
is the percentage of Muslims in the UK?
4%
In
which year was Britain’s first woman Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, elected
to join the Parliament of United Kingdom?
1959
Women
make up __ % of the total employed in the UK?
50%
How
many Olympic gold medals has the Scottish cyclist, Sir Chris Hoy, won?
6
What
service does the TV licence pay for?
BBC
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