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St George's Day quiz

Quiz questions about England for St George's Day, 23 April: dragons, Shakespeare and English history.

  • 486 questions
  • Next: Friday 23 April 2027.

1. Where is St. Edmund buried?

2. Which is the nearest principality to england

3. What according to Dr Johnson, was eaten by horses in England and people in Scotland? (although today is eaten by people almost all over Europe)

4. Which England captain was at the centre of a ball-tampering row in 1994?

5. How did Gottfried Dienst make over the line headlines in 1966?

6. Where was the ship, the Mary Rose, when it sunk in 1545?

7. Who was King of England at the time of the Gunpowder Plot?

8. Who was Othello?s wife in Shakespeare?s play?

9. In Shakespeare Hamlet who is Ophelia's brother?

10. In 1996, which country was expelled from rugby?s five nation?s?

11. In which books would one find a dragon type called Romanian ?

12. What is the name given to the survey of England carried out on the instructions of William the Conqueror?

13. What is the most common ending for a city, town, village or hamlet in England ? (three letters)

14. The treaty of Bretigny was a treaty that saw France paying the ransom for which king of England?

15. Which England bowler took 8 for 15 to bowl Australia out for 60 in the Ashes Test at Trent Bridge?

16. Which computer hacking goth girl with the initials L. S. is found on Forbes magazine's 2012 list of the 15 richest fictional characters?

17. Shakespeare?s King Duncan

18. Which rugby player (now a forwards coach) was born in Nigeria, and made his debut in the Five Nations for England against Ireland in 1994?

19. Who's ghost appears in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

20. How many lobes or sets of petals does a Tudor rose have?

ANSWERS

1. Bury St. Edmunds, England

2. Wales

3. Oats

4. Atherton

5. He was the referee during the Football World Cup final between England and West Germany. (Wembley Goal)

6. The Solent

7. James I

8. Desdemona

9. Laertes

10. England

11. Harry Potter books

12. The Doomsday Book

13. -ton stems from tun, meaning fenced or enclosed area

14. St John

15. Stuart Broad

16. Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo)

17. Macbeth

18. Stephen (Steve) Ojomoh

19. The ghost of Caesar

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Where these questions come from
  1. Pub Quiz 2
  2. Pub Quiz 79
  3. Scottish Quiz 2
  4. Sport Quiz 14
  5. Pub Quiz 149
  6. Mary Quiz 1
  7. Pub Quiz 110
  8. Partners Quiz 1
  9. Pub Quiz 26
  10. Sport Quiz 17
  11. Pauls Dragon Quiz 1
  12. English History Quiz 1
  13. Pauls Quiz 134
  14. France Quiz 1
  15. Quiz of the Year 2015
  16. Pauls Quiz 334
  17. Murder Most Foul Quiz 1
  18. Rugby Quiz 2
  19. Shakespeare Quiz 2
  20. Decorations and Emblems Quiz 1

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