Who is known as the “Iron Lady” for her strong leadership as UK Prime Minister?
a) Queen Victoria
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) Elizabeth I
d) Queen Elizabeth II
Answer: b) Margaret Thatcher
Who wrote the play “Romeo and Juliet”?
a) Charles Dickens
b) William Wordsworth
c) William Shakespeare
d) Jane Austen
Answer: c) William Shakespeare
Which UK scientist formulated the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Charles Darwin
c) Stephen Hawking
d) Albert Einstein
Answer: a) Isaac Newton
Who led the English army to victory at the Battle of Agincourt?
a) Henry VIII
b) Richard III
c) Henry V
d) Edward IV
Answer: c) Henry V
Which monarch reigned during the Spanish Armada’s defeat?
a) Henry VII
b) Elizabeth I
c) James I
d) Mary I
Answer: b) Elizabeth I
Who authored the novel “Pride and Prejudice”?
a) Emily Brontë
b) Jane Austen
c) George Eliot
d) Charlotte Brontë
Answer: b) Jane Austen
Which wartime Prime Minister coined the phrase “We shall fight on the beaches”?
a) Winston Churchill
b) David Lloyd George
c) Neville Chamberlain
d) Clement Attlee
Answer: a) Winston Churchill
Who is often referred to as the “Bard of Avon”?
a) John Keats
b) Geoffrey Chaucer
c) Samuel Johnson
d) William Shakespeare
Answer: d) William Shakespeare
Which UK monarch was known as the “Virgin Queen”?
a) Queen Anne
b) Queen Mary
c) Queen Victoria
d) Elizabeth I
Answer: d) Elizabeth I
Who led the British expedition to discover the tomb of Tutankhamun?
a) James Cook
b) Charles Darwin
c) Howard Carter
d) David Livingstone
Answer: c) Howard Carter
Which philosopher and economist authored “The Wealth of Nations”?
a) John Locke
b) Thomas Hobbes
c) Adam Smith
d) Karl Marx
Answer: c) Adam Smith
Who wrote the poem “The Waste Land”?
a) W.B. Yeats
b) T.S. Eliot
c) Robert Browning
d) John Milton
Answer: b) T.S. Eliot
Which British nurse is known as the founder of modern nursing?
a) Mary Seacole
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Boudicca
d) Queen Victoria
Answer: b) Florence Nightingale
Who was the British Prime Minister during World War II?
a) Neville Chamberlain
b) David Lloyd George
c) Winston Churchill
d) Clement Attlee
Answer: c) Winston Churchill
Which UK author wrote the “Harry Potter” series?
a) J.R.R. Tolkien
b) C.S. Lewis
c) Roald Dahl
d) J.K. Rowling
Answer: d) J.K. Rowling
Who is considered the “Father of the English Novel”?
a) Daniel Defoe
b) Samuel Richardson
c) Henry Fielding
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) Daniel Defoe
Who was the Prime Minister responsible for the Great Reform Act of 1832?
a) William Pitt the Younger
b) Robert Peel
c) Benjamin Disraeli
d) Earl Grey
Answer: d) Earl Grey
Which English composer is known for his “Enigma Variations” and “Pomp and Circumstance” marches?
a) Ralph Vaughan Williams
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Edward Elgar
d) Gustav Holst
Answer: c) Edward Elgar
Who is famous for leading the suffragette movement in the UK?
a) Mary Wollstonecraft
b) Emmeline Pankhurst
c) George Eliot
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: b) Emmeline Pankhurst
Which British explorer is known for his expeditions to Africa and his search for the source of the Nile?
a) Sir Francis Drake
b) Captain James Cook
c) David Livingstone
d) Sir Richard Burton
Answer: c) David Livingstone
Who was the leader of the suffragette movement in Scotland?
a) Flora MacDonald
b) Mary Somerville
c) Elizabeth Blackwell
d) Chrystal Macmillan
Answer: d) Chrystal Macmillan
Who is the author of the famous detective series featuring Sherlock Holmes?
a) Agatha Christie
b) Dorothy L. Sayers
c) Arthur Conan Doyle
d) P.D. James
Answer: c) Arthur Conan Doyle
Which famous British naturalist and broadcaster is known for his work on wildlife documentaries?
a) David Attenborough
b) Brian Cox
c) Richard Dawkins
d) Simon Schama
Answer: a) David Attenborough
Who was the first woman to become Prime Minister of the UK?
a) Theresa May
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) Angela Merkel
d) Nicola Sturgeon
Answer: b) Margaret Thatcher
Which British novelist is known for works like “Animal Farm” and “Nineteen Eighty-Four”?
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) Evelyn Waugh
d) Graham Greene
Answer: a) George Orwell
Who founded the British Red Cross and worked as a nurse during the Crimean War?
a) Mary Seacole
b) Edith Cavell
c) Florence Nightingale
d) Clara Barton
Answer: c) Florence Nightingale
Which British physicist formulated the laws of motion and gravitation, laying the groundwork for modern physics?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Michael Faraday
c) James Clerk Maxwell
d) Ernest Rutherford
Answer: a) Isaac Newton
Who is the author of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, which inspired the TV show “Game of Thrones”?
a) J.R.R. Tolkien
b) George R.R. Martin
c) Terry Pratchett
d) Philip Pullman
Answer: b) George R.R. Martin
Which British scientist is known for his work on the theory of evolution by natural selection?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Charles Darwin
c) Gregor Mendel
d) James Clerk Maxwell
Answer: b) Charles Darwin
Who was the British monarch during the American Revolutionary War?
a) George I
b) George II
c) George III
d) George IV
Answer: c) George III
Which British mathematician and logician made significant contributions to the development of computer science?
a) Alan Turing
b) Isaac Newton
c) Stephen Hawking
d) Charles Babbage
Answer: a) Alan Turing
Who is known for her novels “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Emma”?
a) Emily Brontë
b) Jane Austen
c) Charlotte Brontë
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: b) Jane Austen
Which British author wrote the “Narnia” series of fantasy novels?
a) J.R.R. Tolkien
b) George Orwell
c) C.S. Lewis
d) H.G. Wells
Answer: c) C.S. Lewis
Who was the Scottish economist and philosopher known for his ideas on capitalism and free markets?
a) Karl Marx
b) John Maynard Keynes
c) Adam Smith
d) Friedrich Hayek
Answer: c) Adam Smith
Which British chemist and physicist discovered the electron?
a) Ernest Rutherford
b) J.J. Thomson
c) Michael Faraday
d) James Clerk Maxwell
Answer: b) J.J. Thomson
Who was the British Prime Minister responsible for leading the UK through WWII alongside Winston Churchill?
a) Clement Attlee
b) David Lloyd George
c) Neville Chamberlain
d) Anthony Eden
Answer: a) Clement Attlee
Which British composer is known for his “Messiah” oratorio and many other choral works?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) George Frideric Handel
Answer: d) George Frideric Handel
Who was the famous English nurse who tended to wounded soldiers during the Crimean War?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Edith Cavell
c) Mary Seacole
d) Beryl Grey
Answer: a) Florence Nightingale
Which British actor is known for his portrayal of James Bond in several films?
a) Sean Connery
b) Roger Moore
c) Daniel Craig
d) Pierce Brosnan
Answer: a) Sean Connery
Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I?
a) David Lloyd George
b) Neville Chamberlain
c) Winston Churchill
d) Herbert Asquith
Answer: d) Herbert Asquith
Which British author wrote “1984,” a dystopian novel warning of the dangers of totalitarianism?
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) H.G. Wells
d) J.R.R. Tolkien
Answer: a) George Orwell
Who was the British monarch during the Victorian era?
a) Queen Anne
b) Queen Victoria
c) Queen Elizabeth I
d) Queen Elizabeth II
Answer: b) Queen Victoria
Which British statesman and orator is known for his leadership during WWII?
a) David Lloyd George
b) Neville Chamberlain
c) Winston Churchill
d) Clement Attlee
Answer: c) Winston Churchill
Who is known for his theory of relativity and the equation “E=mc²”?
a) Isaac Newton
b) Albert Einstein
c) Stephen Hawking
d) Niels Bohr
Answer: b) Albert Einstein
Which British physicist formulated the laws of electromagnetism and light?
a) Michael Faraday
b) Isaac Newton
c) James Clerk Maxwell
d) Stephen Hawking
Answer: c) James Clerk Maxwell
Who was the British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages of exploration, including mapping Australia’s coastline?
a) Francis Drake
b) John Cabot
c) James Cook
d) Vasco da Gama
Answer: c) James Cook
Which British chemist is known for discovering the elements sodium and potassium and developing the periodic table?
a) Humphry Davy
b) John Dalton
c) Dmitri Mendeleev
d) Marie Curie
Answer: a) Humphry Davy
Who was the Scottish geologist and naturalist who developed the theory of evolution through natural selection independently of Charles Darwin?
a) Charles Lyell
b) Gregor Mendel
c) Alfred Russel Wallace
d) Richard Owen
Answer: c) Alfred Russel Wallace
Which British author wrote the detective novels featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple?
a) Agatha Christie
b) P.D. James
c) Dorothy L. Sayers
d) Ruth Rendell
Answer: a) Agatha Christie
Who was the British nurse known for her work in improving sanitation and healthcare during the Crimean War?
a) Mary Seacole
b) Florence Nightingale
c) Edith Cavell
d) Elizabeth Blackwell
Answer: b) Florence Nightingale
