United Kingdom Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the United Kingdom?

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Hint	Answer
Four countries which comprise the United Kingdom	England
	Northern Ireland
	Scotland
	Wales
Capitals of the above	London
	Belfast
	Edinburgh
	Cardiff
Currency of the UK	Pound Sterling
The only country that borders the UK (not including territories)	Ireland
Country that is the source of the most foreign-born British residents	India
Borough on the Prime Meridian home to the Royal Observatory	Greenwich

Hint	Answer
Longest river	River Severn
Body of water separating France from Great Britain	English Channel
The two houses of Parliament	House of Commons
The two houses of Parliament	House of Lords
Current monarch	King Charles III
Official London residence of the above	Buckingham Palace
National anthem	God Save the King
Current Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Tallest mountain	Ben Nevis
Tallest building	The Shard
Busiest airport	London Heathrow
Oldest university	Oxford

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100 Recent Comments

Level 74

May 20, 2020

YoU sHoUlD AcCePt "My CoUnTrY TiS oF ThEe" :P

Level 54

Dec 10, 2020

No thats wrong .

My country tis of thee is not the UK anthem the main one in god save the queen along with:

Flower of Scotland

Land of my fathers

Danny boy.

+11

Level 56

Nov 15, 2021

I think it's a joke.

Level 46

Dec 14, 2022

*king

Level 38

Feb 7, 2023

It’s hen wlad fy nhadau why name it in english

Level 71

Feb 23, 2021

And "Jose, can you see?"

Level 46

Dec 14, 2022

"Buy the dawn's early light."

Level 26

May 24, 2020

Great Quiz! Couldn't get the river but otherwise great fun. Thank you! :)

Level 24

Jul 3, 2020

Scotland has its own national song 'Flower of Scotland' and Wales has its own national anthem ' Mae hen wlad fy nhadau'. In Northern Ireland and England, "God Save the Queen" is still used as the official anthem.

+21

Level 55

Jul 13, 2020

God Save the Queen is considered the national anthem of the UK as a whole.

Level 78

Aug 7, 2020

Shouldn't it be "God save the monarch"? After all it varies between King and Queen, depending on which imposter is on the throne at the time.

Level 24

Oct 7, 2020

yes but there are two official national anthems of the uk and two official languages. english and welsh, god save the queen and mae hen wlad fy nhadau.

Level 54

Dec 10, 2020

No it's danny boy in Northern ireland

+14

Level 64

Jul 7, 2020

Why isn't "God Shave the Queen" working?

+20

Level 67

Jul 12, 2020

Because they didn't want it to 'make the cut'? :p

+16

Level 90

Jul 22, 2020

That's the Sean Connery version.

Level 41

Jan 22, 2023

hahaha

Level 67

Jul 12, 2020

Never specifically studied it, had 22/24. Only the Shard and the Severn were a blank in my case. Reasonably pleased. :P

Level 71

Jul 22, 2020

I really have to get use to typing the H at the end of places like Edinburgh...

Level 65

Jul 22, 2020

You misused comprise. You should probably replace it with "make up". The whole comprises the parts

Level 73

Jan 28, 2022

No, the parts comprise the whole. The whole is comprised of the parts.

Level 56

May 25, 2022

No, the whole comprises the parts and the parts compose the whole. Example: the Union comprises 50 states and 50 states compose the Union (thank you, American Heritage dictionary). “Is comprised of” is a less preferred construction.

Level 35

Apr 27, 2023

It's both, according to a British dictionary.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/comprise

Level 68

Sep 14, 2022

This is the most JetPunk argument I have seen on this site.

Level 74

Jul 24, 2020

Who is taking the these quizzes and not getting England in the question on countries in the UK but they get Scotland ..bruh

Level 68

Jul 24, 2020

I've got a theory that some folk think 'England' refers to Merry Olde Englande (e.g. the Middle Ages) and that Britain is our modern name.

Level 58

May 17, 2024

No, I reckon it's more like they don't think of England being a country within the UK because they think them both to be the same thing. I've had many an argument (Usually with Americans) where they've insisted that England is the same as the UK and I've had to correct them

Level 62

Jul 25, 2020

Got these all in good time- but then I should it's my country- although did draw a blank for a few seconds on the Prime Minister one!

Level 62

Jul 26, 2020

Got it all with 3:50 left. English at school did a good job here

Level 56

Jul 26, 2020

The highest Mt in England is actually Scafell Pike. The highest Mt in the UK is Ben Nevis.

Level 62

Aug 8, 2020

yeah that doesnt matter

Level 55

Jul 31, 2020

Could you accept BoJo for Boris Johnson? Many people use that nickname.

Level 47

Sep 22, 2020

Where would you stop with his nicknames?

Bozo? Boozo? Drunky McDrunkface?

Level 81

Sep 29, 2020

Please do not accept this. It gives the impression of someone popular, friendly, benificent and capable. The reality is that he is the opposite.

Level 34

Oct 27, 2020

@EcceHomo TRUE

Level 54

Dec 10, 2020

Did you know that the national languages (De jure) of the UK are gaelic and welsh. English is De facto.

Level 46

Dec 14, 2022

English is also the de facto, and not the official, language of the United States.

Level 74

Dec 17, 2020

Can you make "House of peers" and "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled" acceptable for House of Lords?

Level 57

Feb 18, 2021

Outstanding :-D

Level 23

Oct 27, 2022

I don't think anyone will type, "The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled" lol.

Level 44

Dec 21, 2020

Yess! 24/24

Level 59

Dec 21, 2020

25/24 and I am only 92.

Level 25

Mar 10, 2021

I am not from United Kingdom and I did surprisingly good

Level 38

Mar 19, 2021

i love that he even included the sub countries in the uk, such as scotland and wales.

Level 26

Jun 24, 2021

allow bojo as an answer or you are not truly british

Level 33

Jul 12, 2022

hahahaha 😆

too right

Level 33

Jun 29, 2021

"Tallest mountain in England"--cough, cough, cough. England doesn't have mountains! ;-)

Everything is small there; even the largest non-human predator is tiny! (Badger. I do jest with these comments a bit.)

Level 50

Jul 4, 2021

The quiz doesn't even ask for the tallest mountain in England.

Level 33

Jul 12, 2022

If it did it is Scafell Pike (978 metres or 3208 feet)

Level 68

Sep 14, 2022

Climbed it.

Level 50

Sep 10, 2021

Make that "Prime Minister in Name Only" which is a far more accurate description.

Level 57

Dec 10, 2021

The Shard burnt cars lmao

Level 73

Jan 28, 2022

That was the Walkie Talkie. It was very funny.

Level 46

Dec 14, 2022

It also looks like the eye of Sauron.

Level 62

Jan 30, 2022

France borders the UK by a underground tunnel in the English Channel.That's technically not a territory.

Level 64

Feb 17, 2022

It's not a land border

Level 23

Oct 27, 2022

It's only a bridge, not a land border.

Level 62

Jan 30, 2022

I put Birmingham palace on accident 🤣

Level 81

Apr 20, 2022

That’s lot of letters to accidentally hit

Level 62

Jan 30, 2022

My discord friend's dad is British yet he lives in India (good example to back up the 5th question)

Level 49

Apr 8, 2022

im such an idiot, I put Johnston instead of Johnson

Level 41

Aug 13, 2022

He probably does the same tbf.

Level 30

Apr 14, 2022

That's a very good quiz.

I love the idea to do a Country Trivia Quiz

Level 30

Apr 14, 2022

Thanks to you.

Level 39

May 11, 2022

Emley Moor Tower is 19m taller than the Shard.

Level 33

Jul 12, 2022

I have a feeling you'll have to update this quiz

*Boris Johnson resigns*

Level 23

Oct 27, 2022

*Liz Truss resigns*

Level 71

Sep 9, 2022

And it updated again with the death of HM The Queen :(.

Level 60

Sep 14, 2022

that was certainly a quick update

Level 21

Sep 14, 2022

I got 18 right so that's good for someone from NI and not knowing anything about England

Level 46

Sep 19, 2022

It's not as if you're in Africa! lol

Level 59

Sep 14, 2022

From a programmers view, the UK's national anthem was not chosen wisely, when it needs to be changed with the gender of the current monarch.

Well, at least it doesn't have the name in it.

Level 46

Sep 19, 2022

Crap national anthem anyway. We should've used Land of Hope and glory

Level 48

Nov 23, 2022

Or Rule Britania.

Level 83

Jun 24, 2023

Both 'Land of Hope and Glory' and 'Rule Britannia' have extremely colonialist implications and probably aren't suitable to represent the country any more. Not that 'God Save the King' doesn't have its own issues, but still.

Level 58

Sep 14, 2022

Kind of amazing how 3 answers out of 24 changed in just a couple of days.

Level 23

Sep 16, 2022

In Liz we Truss!

(jk #VoteLabour)

Level 23

Oct 27, 2022

And about 45 days later, one of those answers have to change again.

Level 61

Sep 14, 2022

Doesn’t feel right saying ‘god save the king’ for the National anthem :,(

Level 23

Sep 16, 2022

Could you accept LHR for Heathrow? Thanks!

Level 46

Sep 19, 2022

Why can't you just write Heathrow like anyone else?

Level 46

Sep 19, 2022

So you're telling me only 40% of people know the longest river in this country, and only 51% know the tallest mountain, yet..... 85% know that new prime minister's name!??

Level 82

Sep 20, 2022

The river and the mountain rarely make international press headlines. Seems plausible.

Level 54

Oct 25, 2022

lizz truss is no more the prime minister.

Level 47

Oct 26, 2022

Prime minister needs to be updated again. Seems this quiz has to be rechecked often to keep the prime ministers up-to-date.

Level 55

Oct 27, 2022

'Current Prime Minister' is outdated again :|

Level 86

Nov 19, 2022

Liz Truss is no longer the PM, that belongs to Rishi Sunak now.

Level 44

Nov 19, 2022

The Prime Minister needs to be changed from Liz Truss to Rishi Sunak.

Level ∞

Nov 19, 2022

It changes so often!

Level 39

Dec 2, 2022

i had completely forgot what the national anthem was, but i know it started with god, then i remembered something but instead i put “god saved the queen” instead of “god saved the king”

Level 51

Jan 30, 2023

good quiz but please accept republic of ireland as well as ireland for an answer - ta mate x

Level 61

Jul 9, 2024

I guess that could be accepted. But only if the quiz was flipped to accept wrong answers. But, of course, that would mean changing the answers for all the other questions as well.

Level 51

Jan 30, 2023

good quiz but please accept republic of ireland as well as ireland for an answer - ta mate x

Level 70

Feb 18, 2023

It must be fun changing the Prime Minister answer every few months

Level 58

Jun 4, 2023

King Charles' official residence is still Clarence House.

Level 36

Mar 3, 2024

star spangled banner should be accepted 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

BO_O_O_WA_OH

Level 79

Jul 9, 2024

Prime minister needs updating

Level ∞

Jul 9, 2024

It's Tuesday again, isn't it?

Level 61

Jul 9, 2024

Nice easy quiz. But,

Sunak's no longer PM

NI isn't a country. it's not even a province. It's part of a province.

So the UK isn't 4 countries. It's two kingdoms, one principality and a bit of a province.

Level 45

Sep 8, 2024

i thought it was keir starner

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