European Day

QUIZ A

QUIZ B

A quiz about the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

1. What is the capital of Wales?
a) Edinburgh b) Cardiff c) Birmingham

2. What is the political system in the UK?
a) Parliamentary Monarchy
b) Constituent Monarchy
c) Democratic

3. Where was William Shakespeare born?
a) London  b) Cardiff  c) Stratford-upon-Avon

4. Who is the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister?
a) Thomas Morn  b) Tony Blair  c) John Lennon

5. What is the meaning of www?
a) World wide web b) Work word wide   c) Wide word web

6. Where does the famous football player Michael Owen play?
a) Liverpool  b) Manchester United  c) Birmingham

7. What’s the English currency?
a) Euro b) Pound c) Mark
8. Where are the central headquarters of International Amnesty?
a) Paris b) Edinburgh c) London

9. Who was Michael Collins?
a) an Irish actor
b) the inventor of Guinness beer
c) responsible for the Irish resistance to British rule

10. Which are the countries of Europe where people speak English as an official language?
a) Scotland, Wales, England and Republic of Ireland
b) Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England and France
c) Scotland and United Kingdom

11. Which European capital is crossed by the river “Thames”?
a) Madrid b) Lisbon c) London

12. Roy Keane is a football player. What’s his nationality?
a) English b) Irish c) Welsh

13. Which singer dedicated a song to Princess Diana?
a) Bryan Addams  b) Elton John  c) Rod Stewart

14. What is the football club where Rio Ferdinand plays?
a) Manchester United  b) Arsenal  c) Liverpool

15. Where does the band U2 come from?
a) England b) Ireland c) Portugal

16. Who is the coach of the Newcastle football team?
a) Carlos Queirós  b) Vicente del Bosque  c) Bobby Robson

A quiz about the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

1. Where was Daniel Radcliffe (“Harry Potter”) born?
a) Paris b) Cardiff c) London

2. What is the most famous character of the actor Pierce Brosnan?
a) “Jack” in “Titanic”
b) “James Bond” in “007”
c) “Michael O’Sullivan” in “Road to Perdition”

3. What’s the name of Prince Edward’s wife?
a) Madalena
b) Victoria
c) Sophie Rhys Jones

4. Anthony Hopkins is a world famous actor. What is his nationality?
a) English b) Welsh c) Scottish

5. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
a) Dublin b) Belfast c) London

6. What does IRA stand for?
a) International Racing Agency
b) Irish Republican Army
c) International Religious Academy

7. Which tennis tournament takes place in the United Kingdom?
a)Wimbledon b) Belfast c) Dublin

8. What is the English word for “Ulster”?
a) Scotland b) Wales c) Northern Ireland

9. What is the main religion in the UK?
a) Anglican b) Methodist c) Muslim

10. What is the largest ethnic group in the UK?
a) Scottish b) English c) Irish

11. What is the patron saint of Ireland?
a) St. Patrick b) St. John c) St. Mary

12. What is the most popular musical instrument on Scotland?
a) Guitar b) Bagpipe c) Piano

13. What is the longest river is the UK?
a) Severn b) Thames c) Trent

14. What are the symbols of Ireland?
a) the harp and the shamrock
b) the rose and the daffodil
c) the bagpipe

15. Which of these clubs isn’t English?
a) Celtic Glasgow b) Liverpool  c) Arsenal

16. What is the currency of Scotland?
a) pound  b) Scottish pound c) Euro