Brain storm. What do you know about the UK?

Try to remember what you have already read, listened or learnt

The nickname of this British Prime Minister was “The Iron Lady”

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE UK?

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COUNTRIES 100

This country consists of four parts?

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It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

COUNTRIES 200

Name the states of the UK of Great Britain and Northern

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England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

COUNTRIES 300

What is the capital of Scotland?

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Edinburgh

COUNTRIES 400
Which is the largest island of the British Isles?

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Great Britain

COUNTRIES 500

Which is the longest river in Britain?

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the Severn.

Political life 100
Who is the official head of the UK?

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The Queen

Political Life 200

What place is the official home of the Queen?

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Buckingham Palace

Political Life 300

The political centre of London is…

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Westminster

Political Life 400
What street do many British government offices stand in?

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Whitehall

Political Life 500
The British flag is often called…

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The Union Jack

SIGHTS OF LONDON 100
The nickname of London in England

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Smoke

SIGHTS OF LONDON 200
What is the name of Shakespeare’s famous theatre?

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the Globe

SIGHTS OF LONDON 300
Who built the first bridge across the Thames?

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The Romans

SIGHTS OF LONDON 400
What’s the name of the man
who wanted

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Guy Fawkes

SIGHTS OF LONDON 500
What does the word ‘dungeon’ mean? 

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An underground
prison

CULTURE 100
Which is the largest and oldest museum in Britain?

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The British Museum

CULTURE 200
Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral?

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Christopher Wren

CULTURE 300
Which London park is famous for its Speakers’ Corner where you

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Hyde Park

CULTURE 400

In Cockney rhyming slang, what does ‘loaf of bread’ mean?

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Head

CULTURE 500
Who said ‘When a man is tired of London,
he is

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Samuel Johnson

SPORT 100
What sport has its famous club in Manchester?

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Football

SPORT 200
This team game is played with an oval ball

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SPORT 300
What sport isn’t a team sport?

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Running

SPORT 400
What sport wasn’t invented in GB but in the USA?

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Basketball

SPORT 500 What are British football fans famous for?

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They have a very bad reputation in Europe for their behaviour

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