This Sceptred Isle Quiz 1: multiple choice
5 of the 20 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
1. How many counties are there on the south coast of England
2. What is Englands most easterly town
Lowestoft
3. Which of these towns is the furthest north; Liverpool, Manchester, or Leeds
Leeds
4. Which London market re-located to the Isle of Dogs, in 1982
Billingsgate Fish Market
5. The Ritz Hotel, in London, overlooks which Park; Green Park, Hyde Park, or Regents Park
Green Park
6. Who is the only King of England to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral
Henry IV
7. If the most common name for a street in Britain is High Street, what is the secondmost common name for a street
Station Road
8. In which English city is John Wesley's Chapel, the worlds first Methodist Chapel, where he used to preach
9. Of which city is Saint Frideswide the patron saint?
10. Scenes from which 007 film were shot at Stoke Poges golf club, in Buckinghamshire
Goldfinger
11. What is so unusual about a city that Wincanton is twinned with
It's fictional--Terry Pratchetts Ankh-Morpork
12. Who are the only four successive kings of England to have had the same name
George I,II,III,IV
13. Who was the youngest member of Englands World Cup winning team of 1966
14. Auckland Castle is the official home of whom
The Bishop of Durham
15. Which road had the postcode L43 6TZ
Brookside Close
16. Which road runs from Hounslow to Lands End
The A30
17. In order to calculate distances from London, what is generally regarded as the capitals central point
Charing Cross
18. In which English city is Parliament Street, the worlds second narrowest 'road', at just 122 centimetres wide
19. As they stand, which is higher; the top of the London Eye, or the top of the Wembley Stadium Arch?
London Eye 135m, Wembley Arch 133m
20. Which town lies at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Severn
Tewkesbury
ANSWERS
1. B Seven
2. Lowestoft
3. Leeds
4. Billingsgate Fish Market
5. Green Park
6. Henry IV
7. Station Road
8. D Bristol
9. B Oxford
10. Goldfinger
11. It's fictional--Terry Pratchetts Ankh-Morpork
12. George I,II,III,IV
13. C Alan Ball
14. The Bishop of Durham
15. Brookside Close
16. The A30
17. Charing Cross
18. C Exeter
19. London Eye 135m, Wembley Arch 133m
20. Tewkesbury