Brit Quiz - Brit Quiz

How well do you know Britain? Are you an expert, a novice, or somewhere in between? Brit Quiz is a simple way to test your knowledge of Britain. How well will you do?

Are YOU a British expert? Do you have the knowledge to qualify for that prestigious title? Until now you could only wonder. But thanks to this great Brit Quiz, in just a few minutes you will find out!

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1. Which is the deepest lake in the UK? (309 m deep)
Loch Ness
Loch Morar
Wastwater
Loch Lomond
2. Hydroelectric power supplies around what % of British electricity
2%
12%
22%
32%
3. The 14th-16th century political & religious movement of the Lollards is associated with whom?
George Fox
Wat Tyler
Ned Ludd
John Wyvliffe
4. Who is said to have roused the English troops before the victory at Neville's Cross (1346) leading to the capture of Scottish king, David Bruce?
Lady Isobel Macduff
Philippa of Hainaul
Joan of Arc
Boudica
5. Which of these women was not a wife of King Henry VIII?
Anne Boleyn
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Hathaway
Anne of Clevesy
6. Briton Francis Bacon (1561-1626) is remembered for being what?
A knight
An outlaw
A philosopher
A musician
7. Which king was the husband of Henrietta Maria of France?
Charles I
Charles II
Edward VIII
James I of England
8. Who was the central figure from the Baroque period of music in Britain (late 17th century)? He composed the first English opera (Dido and Aeneas)
John Dunstable
John Taverner
George Frideric Handel
Henry Purcell
9. Which of these British men of peasant origin was a journalist, MP and 'friend of the poor' in the 1700s and 1800s?
William Cobbett
Sir Robert Peel
Horatio Nelson
Samuel Pepys
10. Who was the first British astronaut ever (in 1991)?
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Valentina Tereshkova
Helen Sharman

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