Great Britain
1. What is the official name of Britain?
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The United Kingdom of the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland
2. What parts does the United Kingdom consist of?
a) England, Scotland, Wales
b) England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
c) England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
3. What is the capital of Scotland?
a) Belfast b) Edinbourgh c) Cardiff
4. What is the symbol of England?
a) the thistle b) the daffodil c) the red rose
5. What is the oldest part of London?
a) the East End b) the City c) the West End
6. What is the official part of London?
a) Westminster b) the East End c) the West End
7. What part of London is the symbol of wealth and luxury?
a) the City b) the West End c) the East End
8. What is the mostly working-class part of London?
a) the West End b) the East End c) Westminster
9. What is the national instrument of Scots?
a) the guitar b) the violin c) the bagpipe
10. What is Wales called?
a) A “Land of Dance” b) A “Land of Music” c) A “Land of Songs”
11. Where do the British Isles lie?
to the East of the continent of Europe
to the West of the continent of Europe
to the South of the continent of Europe
12. What channel lies between Britain and the continent of Europe?
Suez Canal
British Channel
English Channel
13. What is the highest mountain peak in Britain?
Snowdon b)Ben Nevis c) the Grampians
14. What mountains are there in England?
the Grampians b) the Cambrian Mountains c) the Pennine Chain
15. What is the longest river in Britain?
The Severn b) the Thames c) the Ob
16. What river is the British capital situated on?
The Severn b) the Thames c) the Ob
17. What are the largest islands of the British Isles?
England and Wales b) Ireland and Britain c) Great Britain and Ireland
18. What is the eastern coast of the British Isles washed by?
by the North Sea b) by the Irish Sea c) by the Atlantic Ocean
19. Why is it never too hot or too cold in Britain?- Because of…
the sea b) mountains с) forests
20. What kind of state is Great Britain?
a republic b) a parliamentary monarchy c) an absolute monarchy
