Konkurs "What do you know about the United Kingdom?"

Szkolny konkurs wiedzy o Zjednoczonym Królestwie. Można go przeprowadzić jednorazowo lub może trwać w ciągu roku szkolnego. Zawiera pytania z historii, kultury, polityki, literatury. Wskazane jest podanie uczniom źródeł, z których mogą skorzystać.

Question 1: What is the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?
Question 2: What is the population of the United Kingdom and of its capital?
Question 3: What is the national symbol of Wales?
Question 4: What are Britain’s national flowers?
Question 5:What is Big Ben?
Question 6:What is a traditional British fast food?
Question 7: How many national parks are there in Britain?
Question 8: When did the first Wimbledon tennis championships take place?
Question 9:Which religions are represented in Britain?
Question 10: What is Stonehenge and when was it built?
Question 11: What are the Highland Games (or Highland Gathering)?
Question 12: What is the oldest university in Britain and when was it founded?
Question 13: Between what ages is education in Britain compulsory?
Question 14: What is the Speaker’s Corner?
Question 15: How old is London tube?
Question 16: What is the Guy Fawkes’ Night?
Question 17: What were the full names of all wives of king Henry VIII’s?
Question 18: What is the Hadrian’s Wall?
Question 19: What are two main political parties in Britain?
Question 20: What was the first British colony in North America?
Question 21: Where was William Shakespeare born?
Question 22: What is the common name of the British flag?
Question 23: How is the British Parliament divided?
Question 24: What was the Battle of Britain?
Question 25: What is the highest mountain in the British Isles?
Question 26: What is the official London home of the British royal family?
Question 27: What was the Magna Charta and when was it signed?
Question 28: Who wrote „David Copperfield”?
Question 29: Who is the British Prime Minister?
Question 30: Where were the Beatles from? (name the town)
Question 31: Who is „the whip” in parliament?
Question 32: What is haggis?
Question 33: What and when is Burns’ Night?
Question 34: Why doesn’t Britain have a written constitution?
Question 35: Why does the Queen have two birthdays?
Question 36: What are the names of at least two British writers of Irish origin
Question 37: What is the difference between a judge, a barrister and a solicitor?
Question 38: What are Britain’s overseas territories?
Question 39: What powers does the Queen have?
Question 40: What is the name of the most famous public school in Britain?
Question 41:What and where is the Poet ...