Questions 1. LITERATURE SHAKESPEARE Q) When was Shakespeare born? A) 1564. Q) How many plays did Shakespeare write? A) 38 plays. Q) How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? A) 154 sonnets. Q) How many children did Shakespeare have? A) 3 children. Q) Who did Shakespeare marry? A) Anne Hathaway. Q) What are Shakespeare s famous plays? A) Macbeth, Hamlet, Twelfth night, Romeo and Juliet. CHARLES DICKENS Q) When was Charles Dickens born? A) 1812 Q) What are Charles Dickens famous books? A) Oliver Twist, a Christmas Carol, David Copperfeild. Q) When did Charles Dickens write Oliver Twist? And a Christmas Carol? And David Copperfield? A) 1838, 1843, 1849-50. Q) When did Charles Dickens die? A) 1870. 2. J. K. ROWLING Q) What s the real name of J.K. Rowling? A) Her name is Joanne Murray Q) Where was she born? A) She was born in Gloucestershire. Q) What s her most famous book? A) It s Harry Potter.
Q) How many books has she sold? A) She has sold 4.000.000.000 copies. Q) How many lanuages have the books been translated into? A) The books have been translated into 65 languages. Q) When she was born? A) She was born on 31 July of 1965. 3. FOOD When did Fish & Chips first appear? Fish & Chips appeared in 1858. When did the first Fish & Chips restaurant open? It opened in 1860. What type of fish is used in Fish & Chips? Cod is the type of fish used in it. What % of white fish is eaten as Fish & Chips in the UK? 25%. How many eggs do people in Britain eat every day? They eat 26,000,000 every day. How many kg of chips do people in Britain eat every week? They eat 38,000,000 kg every week. 4. TEA How many kg of tea do British people drink each year? 2.1 kg How many people drink tea with milk in Britain? 98% of people And how many people drink tea with sugar in Britain? 30% of people Where does tea came from? From China What happened between 1997-2002 to sales of tea? The sale of tea went down 10% When did the people of UK drink tea for the time? In 1660s
5. UK The area of the UK is about: a) 200,000 Km 2 b) 400,000 Km 2 c) 245,000 Km 2 Where are the 10 tallest mountains in the UK? In Scotland What s the tallest mountain in the UK? Ben Nevis How metres high is Ben Nevis? a) 1,344 m b) 1,345 m c) 1,343 m The River Severn in the: a) The shortest River b) The longest river c) It doesn t exist 12,429 Km in the length of: a) The UK s biggest city b) The UK s coastline c) Ireland The population of the UK is about: a) 61,000,000 people b) 60,000,000 people c) 50,000,000 people What proposition of Ireland is in the UK? a) 1/2 b) 1/4 c) 1/6 6. UK What proportion of Ireland is in the UK? 1/6 of the area. How many parts are there in the UK? What are their names? Four; heir names are: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. What s the capital of Wales? It s Cardiff What s the capital of Scotland? It s Edinburgh What s the capital of Northern Ireland? It s Belfast
What percentage of the UK population lives in England? 84% What percentage of the UK lives in Wales? 2,9% What percentage of the population lives in Wales? 4,9% 7. SPORTS When did football with rules start in England? In the middle of the 18 th century. What percentage of people watch football? 46% of people watch football. What percentage of people watch rugby? 21% of people watch rugby. What percentage of people watch tennis? 18% of people watch tennis. Which international teams are from the U.K.? Scotland, Wales and England. How many teams are in the Premier League? 20 teams. Which team has won the Premier League the most times? Manchester United. How many times have Manchester U. won the Premier League? 11 times. What year did England win the World Cup? In 1966. 8. MUSIC How many copies has Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd sold? Over 45,000,000 When did Coldplay start? They started in 1997 Where did Coldplay start? They started in London How many albums has Coldplay sold? Over 50,000,000
9. CULTURE How many languages are spoken in the U.K? Seven Has the U.K got an official language It hasn t got any official languages. What is the official language in England? English What is the official language in Wales? Welsh Where is the Scottish Gaelic spoken? In Scotland. Where is Irish spoken? Northern Ireland. How many people live in London? 7,500,000 How many languages are spoken in London? 250 languages How many cities have got more than 300,000 people? 11 cities 10. CINEMA What s the % of people that go to the cinema once a year or more in the UK? 68 % When did the first James Bond film appear? In 1962 What is the title of the first James Bond film? Doctor No How many James Bond films have there been? 22 How many actors have performed as James Bond in the James Bond films? 6 Who wrote the James Bond books? Ian Fleming
What came into the market first, James Bond books or James Bond films? James Bond books What is the oldest film of these three? - The life of Brian - The Italian Job : Answer - A clock work orange - What is the most recent film of these three? - The life of Brian: Answer - The Italian Job - A clock work orange 11. LITERATURE Q) What is JK Rowling s most famous book? A) Harry Potter Q) How many books has JK Rowling sold? A) She has sold 4,000,000,000 Q) When did Charles Dickens write Oliver Twist? A) 1838 Q) Who wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four? A) George Orwell Q) When did George Orwell write Homage to Catalonia? A) 1938 Q) Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? A) JRR Tolkien Q) How many languages has The Lord of the Rings been translated into? A) It has been translated into 65 languages. Q) Who wrote Romeo and Juliet? A) William Shakespeare Q) When did the Romans leave Britain? A) They left Britain in 410AD Q) When was the Battle of Hastings? A) 1066 Q) How many times did Henry VIII marry? A) Henry VIII married eight times. Q) When did they cut off King Charles I s head? A) 30 January 1649 Q) When did England, Wales and Scotland become Great Britain? A) In 1707.
Q) When did Great Britain and Ireland unite? A) In 1800 Q) When was the War of Independence between Britain and America? A) 1775 to 1783 Q) Who was Lord Protector in England when there was no King? A) Oliver Cromwell Q) When did Britain become a Protestant country? A) In 1534 12. HISTORY What % of British people want to keep the monarchy? 70% When was the Republican Revolution in England? It was in 17 th century How much do the British pay each for the monarchy? They pay 62 pence What used to happen when people said: I don t want monarchy!? They were deported to Australia What year did they prohibit people saying I want a republic with the Treason Felony Act? In 1848 13. TEA How many KG of tea does a Britain person drink in a year? A British person drinks 2.1kg of tea in a year What % of people drink tea with milk? 98% What was the first year that people drank tea in the UK? The first year was 1660 Where does tea come from? It comes from China What % of people drink tea with sugar? 30% When did tea consumption go down by 10%? It went down from 1997 to 2002 How many countries drink more tea per person than the UK? One, because UK is the second country that drinks more tea. 1 st is Turkey
14. HISTORY How many people were there in the British Empire in 1921? There were 458.000.000 people. When did Ireland leave the UK? It left the UK in 1922. Who did Britain fight against from 1938 to 1945? They fought against Germany. When did Britain Join the EEC? It joined the EEC in 1973. Who became the queen of Britain on 6th. Feb. 1953? Queen Elizabeth II became the Queen of Britain. Who became the prime minister of Britain on 27th. June 2007? Gordon Brown became the prime minister of Britain.