Facts about Great Britain 1

Question 1

Cricket is ...

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an English sport.

Question 2

What does GMT mean?

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Greenwich Mean Time

Question 3

How many weeks summer holiday do British schoolchildren have?

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6 weeks

Question 4

The Tube in London is the oldest underground train system in the world. It's about ...

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140 years old.

Question 5

The River Thames is in ...

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London.

Question 6

The Meridian Line is ...

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at the Royal Observatory.

Question 7

Where is Greenwich?

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London

Question 8

English is an official language in ...

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India.

Question 9

Since 1994 there's a train that travels in a tunnel under the sea. It goes from...

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Calais in France to Folkestone in England.

Question 10

You can ... through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel.

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walk

Question 11

In England you drive on the ...

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left side of the road.

Question 12

When you want to know what you can do in a town, you can go to the ...

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tourist information centre.

Question 13

At the newsagent you can usually buy ...

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chocolate.

Question 14

Modern football, with its rules as we know them today, came from ...

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England.

Question 15

The Cutty Sark is ... which is about 150 years old.

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a ship.

Question 16

There is always a ... in English schools.

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cafeteria

Question 17

Scotland is in the...

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north.

Question 18

What is the most popular tourist attraction in London?

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The British Museum

Questions 18