Country TriviaTrivia Questions About the United Kingdom
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Trivia Questions About the United Kingdom: Rules & What Counts
The United Kingdom joins four nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This quiz asks 20 questions about British food, symbols, places, history and famous Britons.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
The bank holds 40 questions about the United Kingdom: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, music, science, business, sport, language, society, money.
Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of the United Kingdom, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
The London Underground opened in 1863. It is the oldest underground railway in the world.
Big Ben is the name of the great bell, not the clock tower.
No place in the United Kingdom is more than 125 kilometers from the sea.
Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years, longer than any other British monarch.