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2. JADWIGA UK culture- cities, painters, literature, royal family 2023
2. JADWIGA UK culture- cities, painters, literature, royal family 2023
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1
One of the famous London's landmarks is NOT:
The Tower
Madame Tussaud's
the Windsor Castle
the Millenium Wheel
2
T/F? In 1980 John Lennon was shot in front of his house in New York.
No
Yes
3
A band from Liverpool which wanted someone to 'Help!' them in the 'Yellow Submarine' was:
The Beatles
The Corrs
The Angry Monkeys
The Rolling Stones
4
The song 'We Don't Need no Education' was written and sung by:
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
5
Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
Anne
Charlotte
Emily
Jo
6
Arthur Conan Doyle, Alexander Graham Bell and Charles Darwin were all connected with:
Cardiff
Belfast
Edinburgh
London
7
The city located on the river Thames is___
Belfast
Edinburgh
Cardiff
London
8
'Stormont' is the name of:
the seat of the Irish Parliament
the name of the royal palace in Wales
a river in Scotland
the name of the ship
9
Out of all 4 Great Slam tennis tournaments, the oldest (1877) and the most prestigious one is:
the Australian Open
the French Open
the Wimbledon
the US Open
10
The UK Prime Minister's residence is situated in:
10, Baker Street
11, Downing Street
10, Downing Street
11, Wall Street
11
The place referred to as 'The City' is:
Belfast
the capital of the UK
the financial district of London
the district where Scottish Parliament is situated
12
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) did NOT write:
Pride and Prejudice
sonnets
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
13
In Scotland, there is a street party held to celebrate the New Year, which is called:
The National Eistedfodd
The Fringe
Hogmanay
Diwali
14
The Nobel Prize in Literature was NOT awarded to:
Rudyard Kipling 'The Jungle Book'
Winston Churchill 'A story of the English-speaking Peoples'
Charles Dickens 'Oliver Twist'
George Bernard Shaw 'Pygmalion'
15
The place in London (at Trafalgar Square) where you can see Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' is:
The British Museum
The National Gallery
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Tate Modern
16
James Joyce was:
a Romantic English poet
an Irish modernist novelist ('Ulisses')
a Middle English composer
a Scottish painter
17
The Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elisabeth II stayed during non-state occasions, is situated in:
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
18
The city located on 3 rivers, which fall into the Bristol Channel (Taff, Ely, Rhymney) is:
Belfast
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Leeds
19
Which author did NOT write in the Victorian era (1837-1901)?
Lewis Carroll ('Alice in Wonderland')
Charles Dickens ('Great Expectations')
William Thackeray ('Vanity Fair')
Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales')
20
The 'Titanic' was built in:
London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast
21
The biggest cities in Wales are:
Cardiff, Newport and Londonderry
Swansea, Newport and Stratford-upon-Avon
Cardiff, Bristol and Swansea
Cardiff, Swansea and Newport
22
The English ruler who started using Buckingham Palace as the official royal residence was:
George VI
Queen Victoria
George III
Elisabeth II
23
The city referred to as 'The Coal Metropolis of the World' is:
Cardiff
London
Bristol
Edinburgh
24
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', featuring Willy Wonka, was written by:
JK Rowlings
Lewis Carroll
A.A. Milne
Roald Dahl
25
This painting, 'Mr and Ms William Hallett', called 'The Morning Walk' was painted by:
Francis Bacon
Thomas Gainsborough
JMW Turner
John Constable
26
______ was not an English poet.
George Gordon Byron
Mary Shelley
John Milton
William Wordsworth
27
This painting, 'Landscape- Noon' (The Hay -Wain) was painted by a British landscape painter:
JMW Turner
Thomas Gainsborough
John Constable
Francis Bacon
28
The most famous Speaker's Corner is a spot in ____, where people can execute freedom of speech.
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park
Greenwich Park
St James's Park
29
The lead singer of 'The Rolling Stones' is/was:
Mick Jagger
Freddie Mercury
Roger Waters
George Harrison
30
When Joseph Mallord Turner painted this painting in 1796, he was only 21. What is it called?
'The Black Moon'
'The Heart of Darkness'
'Fishermen at Sea'
'The Storm'