Great Britain quiz

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The Union Jack
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name / national flag / United Kingdom
The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent
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titles / British national newspapers
The House of Lords, The House of Commons.
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chambers / British Parliament
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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stand for
The National Gallery, The Tate Gallery.
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famous art galleries / London
Agatha Christie.
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famous / British / detective story / writer
Covent Garden.
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fashionable area / London /used to be / main flower market /now popular tourist attraction
Tower Bridge, Westminster Bridge.
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bridges / river Thames
Stratford-upon-Avon.
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William Shakespeare / place of birth
The house where Sherlock Holmes lived. Now- Sherlock Holmes Museum.
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221b Baker Street
The most famous department store in London.
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Harrods
The British Museum, The Natural History Museum.
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museums / London
Regent’s Park, Hyde Park or St James Park.
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parks / London
The corner of Hyde Park where people are allowed to make speeches.
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Speakers’ Corner
The Beatles.
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British pop group / four young men / Liverpool
To the bell.
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name / Big Ben / refer to
Oscar Wilde.
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‘The picture of Dorian Gray’
A kilt.
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skirt / wear / Scotsmen
At 10 Downing Street.
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British Prime Minister / live
Jane Austin.
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‘Pride and Prejudice’ / ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Introduced Protestantism in England and had six wives.
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for / Henry VIII / famous
The Labour Party, The Conservative Party.
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powerful / political parties / Britain
My home is my castle.
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British saying / concern / privacy at home
Oxford and Cambridge.
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old / university / Britain
St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament.
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famous / historic building / London
At Wimbledon.
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Britain / famous / international tennis tournament / hold
From George Orwell’s novel “Nineteen Eighty Four”.
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‘Big Brother’ / name / come from
A Frenchwoman who set up the museum of wax figures.
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Madame Tussaud
The Tube.
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popular name / London / underground railway

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