Brain test
1. What was the name of British Queen Victoria’s husband? A) Wilfrid, B) Albert, C) George or D) Otto 2. Name the ’60s group, headed by Diana Ross, that had hits with “Baby Love” and “You Can’t Hurry Love”. 3. What is the cockney rhyming slang for “lies”? A) Pigsties; B) Mince pies; C) Porky pies; D) Fruit flies. 4. In the famous Shakespeare play, who said “Friends, Romans and countrymen, lend me your ears”? 5. Which Englishman was responsible for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation? 6. Which English soccer team play their home games at Old Trafford? 7. On British TV who travels back and forwards in time in a TARDIS? 8. In which British city do Geordies live? A) Newcastle; B) Bristol; C) York; D) Glasgow 9. Name the British painter known for his depiction of the conflict between the elements who, at age 67, tied himself to the bridge of a steamboat for four hours during a storm. 10. Who starred alongside Hugh Grant and Rene Zellweger in the role of Mark Darcy in “Bridget Jones’s Diary”? 11. Who played the role of Bill Sikes in the 1968 musical “Oliver”? A) Oliver Reed; B) Stanley Baker; C) Brian Blessed; D) Ian McKellen 12. If you were standing at Land’s End in England, in which county would you be? 13. What was transported from England to the US in 1971 and became a tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City, Arizona? 14. “Canterbury Tales” by Englishman Geoffrey Chaucer are the stories of pilgrims travelling to Canterbury to visit whose shrine? 15. Which of the following bands are not Scottish? A) Simple Minds; B) Texas; C) Travis; D) Supertramp 16. Which amphibious mode of transport was invented by Englishman Sir Christopher Cockerel? 17. What CJ is awarded to the winner of The Open golf tournament? 18. Name the garment named after a British Lord who was a military leader in the Crimean War. 19. Who, in 1812, became the first and still only British Prime Minister to be assassinated? 20. Name the ’80s English band that performed a James Bond theme and were named after a character from the film Barbarella.