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Welcome to the United Kingdom. Did you know that...? Enjoy!
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There are over...languages spoken in England.
300
700
150
1.000
2
Buckingham Palace has its own ... .
bar
police station
train station
hospital
3
If London were a country, it would be...largest in Europe.
the 10th
the 8th
the 1st
the 20th
4
... is the most popular sport in England.
Floorball
Rugby
Football (soccer)
Cricket
5
The Queen sent her first e-mail in...
2013.
1976.
1995.
1420.
6
Big Ben is the name of...
the clock
the bridge
the bell
the tower
7
The British eat over ... sandwiches every year!
50 billion
11.5 billion
115.000
11.000
8
Northern Ireland has many young people. Kids under 16 make up nearly ... of the population.
a tenth
a quarter
a half of
a third
9
Prince William wanted to become...when he was a boy.
a cop (= a policeman)
a fireman
a dustman
an astronaut
10
Some of England's most popular dishes have unusual names such as...
cat in the blender.
toad in the hole.
crocodile on fire.
fish on the wall.
11
London is...city in the world to have an underground subway system.
the fifth
the first
the second
the last
12
The English drink more...than anyone else in the world.
tea
milk
orange juice
coffee
13
...of the people living in London today are born in another country.
15%
90%
50%
25%
14
French was the official language for about...there.
300 years
500 years
74 months
150 years
15
London hasn´t been called...in the past.
Ludenwic
Ludenburg
Londonium
Londay
16
The first fish and chips restaurant was opened in ... .
1860
1960
1920
2001
17
Nowhere in the UK is more than ... from the sea!
50km
2.000km
113km
500km
18
English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented ...
a computer mouse.
Bluetooth.
the World Wide Web.
Mozilla Firefox.
19
...umbrellas are expected to be lost a year in the London tube.
200.000
80,000
8.000
1.000.000
20
In 1945, a flock of birds landed on the minute hand of "Big Ben" and put the time back by...
5 minutes
30 seconds
30 minutes
60minutes
