British Background Knowledge Test

Question 1

What happens at 4:00 every day in England?

Answer 1

Tea time

Question 2

Who is the Present day King of England?

Answer 2

King Charles

Question 3

Where do English people go to drink ale and argue politics or talk buisness?

Answer 3

Pubs

Question 4

What famous college filmed scenes from Harry Potter?

Answer 4

Oxford University

Question 5

What U.S. state is England the size of?

Answer 5

Alabama

Question 6

What type of land is England?

Answer 6

An island

Question 7

What is England’s relationship with America?

Answer 7

An ally

Question 8

How many countries is the United Kingdom made of?

Answer 8

4

Question 9

What are the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom?

Answer 9

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Question 10

What is the capital of both the UK and England?

Answer 10

London

Question 11

What is the major river in England?

Answer 11

The Thames River

Question 12

What body of water separates England and France

Answer 12

The English Channel

Question 13

What type of government is the UK?

Answer 13

Constitutional monarch

Question 14

Who makes most of the political decisions for the UK?

Answer 14

The prime minister

Question 15

Who is the current prime minister?

Answer 15

Rishi Sunak

Question 16

How many houses does UK’s parliament have?

Answer 16

2

Question 17

What are the names of the houses of the UK’s parliament?

Answer 17

The House of Lords and The House of Commons

Question 18

What is the unit of money in the UK?

Answer 18

Pounds

Question 19

What is the type of church in England unlike the rest of Europe which is mostly catholic?

Answer 19

Anglican

Question 20

who is the head of the Anglican church like the Pope is the head of the Catholic church?

Answer 20

The Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 21

What are the most famous schools in the UK that Harvard was patterened after?

Answer 21

Oxford and Cambridge University

Question 22

what is Great Britain’s flag called?

Answer 22

The Union Jack

Question 23

What was the place where spies and traitors were tortured, beheaded, or imprisoned that was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 to protect the city of London? Tourists go here to see the collection of guns, armor, and the Crown Jewels.

Answer 23

The Tower of London

Question 24

What animal can be seen on the grounds of the Tower of London and what is the legend about them?

Answer 24

Ravens. They clip their wings to prevent them from flying away because the legend is: if they do, both the raven and the tower would fall.

Question 25

What is the 1000 ton drawbridge with gothic style towers that is near the Tower of London?

Answer 25

Tower Bridge

Question 26

What is the 13 1/2 ton bell on the clock tower that is often seen in pictures of the Houses of Parliament?

Answer 26

Big Ben

Question 27

What is the church founded in 1065 by Edward the Confessor where coronations of kings and queens and is the burial place for them? This is also where Princess Diana's funeral was held

Answer 27

Westminster Abbey

Question 28

What is the place where 3300 famous poets and writers are either buried or have a memorial and is located at Westminster Abbey?

Answer 28

Poet's Corner

Question 29

What is the offical residence of the British Prime Minister?

Answer 29

10 Downing Street

Question 30

What is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world about 100 miles outside of London, which covers 1/2 a mile in length, that serves as a royal residence for the King today, and was built by William the Conqueror? The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also took place here

Answer 30

Windsor Castle

Question 31

Where did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get married?

Answer 31

St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

Question 32

What is so fascinating about Queen Mary's Doll House at Windsor castle?

Answer 32

It and everything in it is exactly 12 to 1 in scale and if you were 6 inches tall, you could actually live in it because it is all fully functional

Question 33

What is the London residence of the King where the Changing of the Guard takes place and the royal family makes formal appearances on important occasions on the balcony?

Answer 33

Buckingham Palace

Question 34

What color is the road leading up to Buckingham Palace and what happens when the King is there

Answer 34

The road is red for royalty and a flag will be flying when the King is at the palace

Question 35

What is a famous church that contains monuments to famous heroes and statesmen and where Charles and Diana's wedding was held?

Answer 35

St. Paul's Cathedral

Question 36

Where is a famous tennis tournament held that stops when the King arrives until he is seated, and that offers strawberries and champagne as concessions?

Answer 36

Wimbledon

Question 37

What is Shakespeare's birthplace?

Answer 37

Stratford

Question 38

Where is the "mother church" located?

Answer 38

Canterbury

Question 39

What is the oldest site in England which is a rock formation that was probably used for religious purposes or a calendar, but still remains a mystery of what it was actually used for?

Answer 39

Stonehenge