England Quiz - 88 Trivia Questions!

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Discover the history, landmarks, and culture of England, a country rich in tradition, from its royal heritage to its iconic landmarks like Big Ben and Stonehenge.

Who is the Patron Saint of England?

Saint George
Saint Patrick
The Saints
Saint Mary

What was the most populous metropolitan area in the world during the Victorian era?

London
The West End
Sydney
New York

Which Pre-Raphaelite painted 'The Lady Of Shalott' in 1888?

John William Waterhouse
John Ruskin
George Henry
William Holman Hunt

Which government department is responsible for the NHS?

Ministry of Finance
Department of Health
Parliament
The Department for Education

Which government department is responsible for overseeing transport in England?

Department for Transport
Environment Agency
Department of Health
Department for Education

What was the name of the first English settlement in the Americas, founded by Walter Raleigh in 1585?

Virginia
New York
Hampton Roads
Roanoke

Which English author, poet and philosopher is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales?

Henry VIII
Geoffrey Chaucer
John Milton
William Shakespeare

Which is the oldest national scientific institution in the world, founded in 1660?

The British Academy
The Royal Society
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The British Museum

What is the warmest month of the year in England?

July
April
September
June

What is the most intensive research cluster for science and technology in the world?

Oxford
Cambridge
The University of London
New York

Who is regarded as the founder of conservative thought in the Enlightenment period?

Charles Dickens
George Washington
Edmund Burke
Theodore Roosevelt

Who founded Methodism, the third largest Protestant religion in the world?

John Calvin
Charles Dickens
The church of England
John Wesley

Which is the longest river flowing through England?

Severn
River Thames
Thames

What is the most commonly spoken second language in England after English?

Italian
Chinese
Polish
French

Who was the 16th century English poet who wrote a collection of ballads featuring Robin Hood?

Wynkyn de Worde
William Shakespeare
Robert Frost
The Lord of the Rings

Where is the coronation of the British monarch traditionally held?

The Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
The Palace of Windsor
The Palace of Buckingham Palace

Who painted 'The Haywain' in 1821?

Charles Darwin
Theodore Roosevelt
John Constable
William Hogarth

What material was used to make drinking and food vessels in the Neolithic 'Beaker Culture'?

Stone
Wood
Stones
Clay

What is the name of the UK's central bank, founded in 1694 as a private banker to the government of England?

The Royal Bank of Scotland
Bank of England
The Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland

What holiday is celebrated on 5th November to commemorate Guy Fawkes foiling of the Gunpowder Plot?

Bonfire Night
The Gunpowder Plot
Halloween
Thanksgiving Day

Which English scientist and mathematician developed the Law of Elasticity?

Robert Hooke
Sir Isaac Newton
William Newton
Newton

What is the average life expectancy in England?

70 years
79
77.5 years
78.7 years

Which artist painted portraits for the English throne during the Tudor era?

Henry VIII
Hans Holbein
John Ruskin
Leonardo da Vinci

What was the name of the Celtic language spoken in Britain during the Iron Age?

Celtic languages
Slavic
Celtic English
Brythonic

What is the oldest major golf tournament in the world?

The Open Championship
The US Open
The PGA Championship
The PGA Tour

Who was the Queen of the Iceni who led an uprising against the Romans in the 3rd century AD?

Iphigenia
Isobel
The Saxons
Boudica

Where in London would you find the British Museum and the National Gallery?

Trafalgar Square
South Bank
Southbank
Buckingham Palace

What is the name of the government department responsible for schooling in England up to the age of 19?

Education Secretary
Department for Education and Training
Department for Education
Ministry of Health

What is the most common bird in England?

Blackbird
Snail
Wren
Goose

What is the most common religion in England?

Hindu
Buddhist
Christian
Roman Catholic

In which English county are the Malvern Hills?

Worcestershire
South Wales
East Yorkshire
Yorkshire

What is the home ground of the England cricket team?

The Lord's Taverners' Arms
Lord's Cricket Ground
The Oval
The Lord's Hotel

What was the name of the three-time Grand National winner at Aintree?

The King's Stand
The Big Ben
The Red Sorghum
Red Rum

The Royal Crescent in Bath is an example of which architectural style?

Modern
Romantic
Victorian
Palladian

Which mountain range is known as the 'backbone of England'?

The Scottish Highlands
The West Highlands
The Pennines
The Lake District

Which is the oldest football club in England?

Derby County.
Sheffield F.C.
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Manchester United.

The Channel Tunnel connects France and England near which town or city?

Folkestone
Dover
Brighton
Folkestone and Folklington

Who is known as the Father of Railways?

George Stephenson
Thomas Edison
Charles Darwin
The Great Northern Railway

Which building is the seat of the British Parliament?

Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
The Houses of Parliament
Palace of Westminster

Which English engineer is best known for building the Great Western Railway?

John Hawkins
Robert Hooke
Brunel
Charles Darwin

Which government department is responsible for higher education in England?

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Education and Skills
Department for Education

In which English city was the first Wimbledon tennis tournament held in the late 19th century?

Birmingham
Manchester
London
Edinburgh

What is the largest lake in England?

Windermere
The Thames
Lakes of the North
Lake District

The St George's Cross on the English flag was originally the flag of which city?

Paris
Genoa
Rome
London

England has land borders with Scotland and which other country?

Wales
The Republic of Ireland
Canada
New Zealand

In which English county would you find the wind turbines at Den Brook?

Cornwall
Devon
Yorkshire
Suffolk

Which animals feature on the Royal Arms of England?

Horses
The elephant and the lion
Elephants
Lions

Which Act of 1534 made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England?

Act of Supremacy
Acts of Supremacy
Act of Union
Act of Parliament

What was the name of the English kingdom that was displaced by Wessex in the early 9th century?

Northumbria
The Kingdom of Anglia
West Anglia
Mercia

What is the busiest airport in England?

London
Heathrow
Glasgow
Manchester

What is the most common form of Neopaganism in the UK?

The occult
Pagan religions
Wiccans
Wicca

Which English King was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?

Henry VIII
Henry VII
Henry VI
Richard III

At which site in East Anglia is there a 7th century ceremonial helmet with studs and decoration?

Sutton Hoo
East Anglian Bronze Age Site
Holkham Hall
The Tower of London

What is the name of the Royal Opera House in London?

Covent Garden
The Globe
The Royal Opera House
West End

Which annual event is held by the Royal Horticultural Society?

The Royal Horticultural Society Awards
Gardening Week
Chelsea Flower Show
The Royal Horticultural Society's Spring Show

Who was the most famous English novelist of the Victorian era?

Charles Dickens
John Steinbeck
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens's wife

Who was the King of England at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?

Charles I
The French King
Henry V
Henry VII

What was the main material used for the roofs of medieval buildings?

Wood
Woolen cloth
Thatch
Wooden planks

In English folklore, who was the leader of the Merry Men of Sherwood?

Robin Hood
Little John
Black Jack
The Black Prince

Who led the British forces at the Battle of Trafalgar in the Napoleonic Wars?

Charles II
Charles Dickens
Horatio Nelson
Admiral of the Royal Navy

Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge and the Tower of London are all managed by which government body?

National Parks
Department of Culture, Media and Sport
English Heritage
Historic England

Who was the most famous English composer of the 20th century?

Edward Elgar
Sir John Williams
John Rutter
John Williams

Which is the second oldest university in the world, founded in 1096?

University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge
Cambridge
University of Oxford

Which is the oldest public school in England?

The King's School, Oxford
St. George's School, London
King's School, Canterbury
The King's School, Bath

What is the most common non-alcoholic drink in the UK?

Tea
Orange juice
Coffee
Water

Who is said to have introduced Christianity to Britain in the 4th century AD?

Saint Andrew
Joseph of Arimathea
St. Paul
The British king

What is the name of England's only indigenous national minority?

Scottish
Cornish
English
Northern Irish

What is the name of the new railway line that will connect London and the Midlands in 2022?

The Channel Tunnel
Crossrail
London to Brighton
The Great Northern rail link

What is the second-largest Christian denomination in the world?

Evangelical
Lutheran
Eastern European
Catholic

Which is the third oldest university in England after Cambridge and Oxford?

University of Oxford
Oxford University
Imperial College
The University of London

Which English stately home's landscape garden was described as a 'living work of art' when first opened in the 1750s?

Holkham Park
Woburn Abbey
Stourhead
Holkham Hall

Which traditional English dish is served with roast beef, vegetables and gravy on a Sunday?

chicken and chips
Yorkshire pudding
mashed potatoes
potatoes

What was the name of the first permanent steam locomotive-hauled passenger railway in the world, opened in 1825?

Stockton and Darlington
Darlington to London
The North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway

Who is the head of the HM Treasury?

The Secretary of State for the Treasury
The Prime Minister
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Queen

What is the national flower of England?

The sunflower
Rose
Orange and yellow
Roses

Who was the English landscape gardener who designed the gardens of Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament?

John Ruskin
Capability Brown
Henry Moore
Sir John Sulston

What was the name of the kingdom of England in the 9th and 10th centuries?

Anglia
Kingdom of Denmark
Britain
Northumbria

The first British Formula One Grand Prix was held at which race track in 1950?

Monza
Woburn Park
Silverstone Grand Prix
Silverstone

At which battle of 1805 did the British Royal Navy defeat the combined fleets of the French and Spanish?

The Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Jutland
The Battle of the Rivers
Trafalgar

Who was the first English author to write in Latin?

Henry VIII
John Milton
Bede
The king

What is the name of the type of school in England for which entrance is subject to passing the eleven-plus exam?

Grammar schools
Private schools
The independent schools
Independent schools

What was abolished in England in 1965?

The boroughs
Civil parishes
A church in the sand
The Church of England

Who was the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the 19th century?

William Holman Hunt
Edward Burnes
John Everett Millais
John Ruskin

Who was the first Englishman to win the Formula One World Championship?

Nigel Mansell
Michael Schumacher
John Surtees
David Coulthard

Rugby League was founded in 1895 in which English town or city?

Huddersfield
Leeds
London
Liverpool

What is the name of the Minister of State for Business, Energy and clean growth?

Business, Energy and Health
Clean Energy
Economy
Business, Energy and Clean Growth

Which scientist had a torso with long white hair and dark coloured jacket?

John Flamsteed
Isaac Newton
Einstein
Charles Darwin

What is the largest music festival in the UK?

Woodstock
The Glastonbury Festival
The Big One
Glastonbury
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