Test your knowledge in our Big Bank Holiday quiz! | UK | News![]() Fancy testing your knowledge with 100 tough questions? Do you think you'll ace the test and get 100%? Give our quiz a crack as we take you a brainteasing journey across 10 different topics, from royal and sport, to politics and geography. Do you know how many cities are in Northern Ireland? What's the name of Tintin's dog? Or who lasted longer as prime minister out of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair? Well have a crack at our bumper Bank Holiday quiz and find out how many of the 100 questions you can guess. Questions:Characters:1) Who plays TV cop Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley? 2) Who is the free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up? 3) Who is the miserly star of Dickens' A Christmas Carol? 4) Who is Sir Ian Rankin’s Edinburgh detective? 5) Name the Absolutely Fabulous character played by Dame Joanna Lumley. 6) Which Coronation Street character, played by Violet Carson, stayed from the beginning up until 1980? 7) Name Sue Townsend’s hapless teenage diarist. 8) Which legendary outlaw lived in Sherwood Forest? 9) What is the name of Blackadder's sidekick? 10) What is the first name of Basil Fawlty’s wife? Sports:11) What is the surname of the father and son responsible for winning this year’s Grand National? 12) Which football team is nicknamed The Cottagers? 13) Can you name cricket’s two Test grounds in London? 14) Which team won this year’s Boat Race? 15) Nine-pin bowling is descended from which game? 16) What sport takes place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield? 17) Which rugby union team plays at The Stoop? 18) In which sport is Jacob Fearnley currently British number two? 19) Who won the FA Cup this year? 20) Which British golfer won this year’s Masters in Augusta? Towns and Cities:21) Which Welsh-English border town is famous for its book festival? 22) In which British city is Christ Church Cathedral? 23) Does Northern Ireland have more or less than five cities? 24) Where is reputedly the oldest recorded town in Britain? 25) Can you name a town in South Tyneside beginning with J? 26) What is Scotland's most northerly city? 27) What is the capital city of the Isle of Man? 28) Which is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom? 29) Which Scottish resort town begins with O? 30) Does Wales have more or less than five cities? Kings and Queens:31) How many children did Queen Victoria have? 32) Name the third longest reigning British monarch? 33) Who was king during the First World War? 34) Which royal dynasty came first: the House of Lancaster or York? 35) Who said: “I'd like to be a queen of people's hearts”? 36) Name Prince Harry’s South African charity that’s been mired in controversy? 37) What is the first name of Princess Beatrice’s daughter who she gave birth to on January 22 this year? 38) Which King of England was killed while hunting in the New Forest? 39) How many grandchildren did the late Queen Elizabeth II have? 40) Which future king was hit in the face with an arrow during the Battle of Shrewsbury? The Arts:41) Which two actors played Alfie in the film of that name? 42) Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest? 43) Which Disney film sparked a backlash this year for being too ‘woke’ after its star suggested she didn’t need rescuing by a prince? 44) Who wrote The Lord of the Rings? 45) Who plays Jackson Lamb in the TV adaptation of Slow Horses? 46) Who married both Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright? 47) Which artist created a shark preserved in formaldehyde? 48) Who is the current Poet Laureate? 49) What’s the nearest Tube station to the Royal Opera House? 50) Name last year’s Booker Prize Winner and their book? Animals:51) What is the largest British dog breed? 52) What is the collective noun for dolphins? 53) What animal is a Suffolk Punch? 54) The Border Leicester is a breed of which farm animal? 55) What is a swan's chick called? 56) The Devon Rex and Cornish Rex are breeds of which pet? 57) The blackback and empress are the male and female of which animal? 58) What type of animal are the Belted Galloway and the Red Poll? 59) Which animal's name means river horse? 60) What is the smallest breed of dog in the UK? Children:61) In which pantomime does a poor young man with his cat come to London to seek his fortune? 62) Who is the film actor who plays Harry Potter? 63) The Chronicles of where consists of seven novels by C.S. Lewis? 64) Who is the fictional fox who appeared on daytime TV? 65) What is the name of Peppa Pig’s new baby sister? 66) With which fictional animal did the late Queen have tea? 67) Who was the fat English schoolboy at Greyfriars School? 68) Who wrote the Famous Five? 69) What is the name of Tintin’s dog? 70) In which pantomime does a miller's son make his fortune with the help of his cat? Geography:71) Which moor is in Cornwall? 72) Which major road runs from London to Land's End? 73) What is the most northern county of the UK mainland? 74) The Peak District National Park is mostly in which county? 75) Does the UK have a population of more or less than 70 million? 76) In which country are the rivers Tay, Spey and Dee? 77) In which Staffordshire town is there a plaque indicating England's furthest point from the sea? 78) In which county is The Isle of Sheppey? 79) What water separates Anglesea from the mainland? 80) Which major road runs from Edinburgh to Glasgow? The World:81) What is the second-largest country by area in the world? 82) Lanzarote and Tenerife belong to which island group? 83) Which two countries have all five vowels in their name? 84) Which was completed first: the Suez or Panama Canal? 85) What is the capital of Australia? 86) What country is Bali part of? 87) Angola was a historical colony of which country? 88) Greenland belongs to which country? 89) Which are the two landlocked countries in South America? 90) Majorca and Ibiza belong to which island group? History:91) What was the name of the Duke of Wellington's war horse? 92) Which battle of 1314 was fought between Robert the Bruce and Edward 2nd? 93) Which prime minister announced the declaration of war on Germany in 1939? 94) Who is known for being a warrior queen of the Iceni people? 95) Whose final words are said to have included “Kiss me, Hardy”? 96) How many female prime ministers have there been in the UK? 97) In which city did the Peterloo Massacre take place? 98) Which is the ancient Capital of Wessex? 99) Into which political party did the Whigs merge? 100) Who lasted longer as prime minister: Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair? Adam Jacot de Boinod was a researcher for the first BBC series QI, compered by Stephen Fry, and is an author of three books including ‘The Meaning of Tingo’ Answers:1) Sarah Lancashire 2) Peter Pan 3) Ebenezer Scrooge 4) John Rebus 5) Patsy Stone 6) Ena Sharples 7) Adrian Mole 8) Robin Hood 9) Baldrick 10) Sybil 11) Mullins 12) Fulham 13) Lord’s and The Oval 14) Cambridge University 15) Skittles 16) Snooker 17) Harlequins 18) Men’s Tennis 19) Crystal Palace 20) Rory McIlroy 21) Hay-on-Wye. 22) Oxford 23) More (six) 24) Colchester 25) Jarrow 26) Inverness 27) Douglas 28) Truro 29) Oban 30) More (seven) 31) Nine 32) George III 33) George V 34) House of Lancaster 35) Princess Diana 36) Sentebale 37) Athena 38) William II 39) Eight 40) Henry V 41) Michael Caine and Jude Law 42) Oscar Wilde 43) Snow White 44) J.R.R. Tolkien 45) Gary Oldman 46) Laurence Olivier 47) Damien Hirst 48) Simon Armitage 49) Covent Garden 50) Samantha Harvey for Orbital 51) English Mastiff 52) Pod 53) Horse 54) Sheep 55) Cygnet 56) Cat 57) Chimpanzee 58) Cow 59) Hippopotamus 60) Chihuahua 61) Dick Whittington 62) Daniel Radcliffe 63) Narnia 64) Basil Brush 65) Evie 66) Paddington Bear 67) Billy Bunter 68) Enid Blyton 69) Snowy 70) Puss in Boots 71) Bodmin 72) A30 73) Caithness 74) Derbyshire 75) Less (68 million) 76) Scotland 77) Lichfield 78) Kent 79) The Menai Strait 80) M8 81) Canada 82) Canaries 83) United States of America and Mozambique 84) Suez Canal 85) Canberra 86) Indonesia 87) Portugal 88) Denmark 89) Bolivia and Paraguay 90) Balearics 91) Copenhagen 92) Bannockburn 93) Chamberlain 94) Boudicca 95) Nelson 96) Three 97) Manchester 98) Winchester 99) Liberal 100) Thatcher Source link Posted: 2025-05-26 05:35:39 |
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