A UK Question Tour

City 1: Founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis

City 2: Largest city in Scotland

City 3: This city is best known for the Beatles.

City 4: This Welsh city rose to prominence after actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought its football team.

Artificial Landmark 1: Fortress built under William the Conqueror that was the site of execution for people like Sir Walter Raleigh and Anne Boleyn

Artificial Landmark 2: Megalithic stone structure probably used in druidic rituals

Artificial Landmark 3: Scottish royal residence located in Edinburgh.

Artificial Landmark 4: Region of medieval villages that were major wool exporters in the Middle Ages.

Natural Landmark 1: Eric Johnson made a song about this famous locale on England's southern coast.

Natural Landmark 2: Basalt sea stacks located in Northern Ireland, said to have been the result of a fight between two giants in Irish folklore.

Natural Landmark 3: While reports of a monster in this lake have existed since the time of Saint Columba, sightings would only become frequent by the 1930s.

Natural Landmark 4: According to Welsh folklore, this mountain, the highest in Britain outside of Scotland, is said to be the tomb of the giant Rhitta Gawr; the nearby Y Lliwedd is said to be the resting place of King Arthur's men.

People 1: Queen of the Iceni who opposed Roman incursion into Britain.

People 2: King of Scotland who won the First Scottish War of Independence.

People 3: Mathematician who led the Bletchley Park team in WWII; he would later be castrated for his homosexuality.

People 4: Major Enlightenment scientist who was the first to unify the theories of physics.

Events 1: Battle that established Norman rule over England upon the death of Harold Godwinson; it's depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Events 2: The UK was the first country to undergo this transformation in the 1760s.

Events 3: Site of a massacre of a Scottish clan ordered by William III.

Events 4: Period of Nazi bombing of many English cities.

Culture 1: Possibly one of Shakespeare's last plays, following the magician Prospero.

Culture 2: Jane Austen's famous novel featuring Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy.

Culture 3: This book by Charles Dickens begins "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."

Culture 4: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous series that NEVER featured the phrase "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Paleontology 1: Dolphin-like marine reptile discovered by Mary Anning.

Paleontology 2: These long-necked marine reptiles likely could not raise their heads out of the water.

Paleontology 3: First dinosaur to be described.

Paleontology 4: This smaller relative of the more famous Spinosaurus was discovered in the Smokejack Clay Pits and was named after its gigantic claw.