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United Kingdom Country Quiz

Can you guess these facts about the United Kingdom?
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First submittedMay 19, 2015
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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
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
Rishi Sunak
Tallest mountain
Ben Nevis
Tallest building
The Shard
Busiest airport
London Heathrow
Oldest university
Oxford
ruftytufty
+10
Level 79
May 17, 2020
The Shard isn't the tallest building in the UK, it's the Emley Moor tower. Yorkshire is the Texas of England, everything's bigger there.
Quizmaster
+35
Level ∞
May 17, 2020
The Emley Moor is not considered a building.
ruftytufty
+6
Level 79
May 17, 2020
By whom? Given that it's a concrete structure and a Grade 2 listed building, I'd say it's a building. What else is it, a tree?
Djilas
+13
Level 82
May 17, 2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nonbuilding_structure_types

Having an office or two inside doesn't seem to be decisive for towers to become buildings.

CFeng
+10
Level 47
Jul 22, 2020
I would call it a structure.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Apr 21, 2023
It was built, what makes it not a building?
Nickelz
+1
Level 60
Sep 13, 2023
Wrong.
Badge0Master
+1
Level 55
Dec 10, 2020
I live in the UK and the shard is bigger.
JonOfKent
+11
Level 55
Feb 18, 2021
I also live in the UK and the Shard is smaller. Unless you mean sideways.
QuizApe
+1
Level 66
Sep 14, 2022
Or by volume
swaddle
+4
Level 39
Mar 4, 2021
You could make any hugely tall structure and call it a building by that logic..
MarioNM14
+1
Level 44
Sep 14, 2022
not a building
nah12345
+2
Level 33
Jun 1, 2023
The Shard, while I do not live in the UK is probably the tallest building, considering that the Emley Moor, is, as you said, a tower.
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
May 17, 2020
I tend to go along with ''ruftytufty' in this , the tower is concrete with steel ribbing, there is a lift inside that takes 7 minutes to reach the observation rooms, the working areas and main computer rooms. People work up there in the building. see ....................https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qnS5gpX3I
Quizmaster
+30
Level ∞
May 17, 2020
There's an international organization with 450,000 members that decides these things, not me.
JonOfKent
+8
Level 55
Feb 18, 2021
Wow! Have all those people nothing better to do?
Nachtschicht
+7
Level 57
Sep 14, 2022
Judging by the comments here, it seems there are a lot more people who don't have anything better to do...
FireFoxFort
+1
Level 26
Sep 24, 2022
I just played for fun and I Live in the UK and I got 24/24
DonTheLamplighter
+8
Level 84
May 17, 2020
Buckingham Palace - venue for a porcine rodeo?
ander217
+3
Level 75
May 17, 2020
Gives a whole new meaning to Buckingham's BBQ, a Missouri restaurant chain.
dasubergeek
+7
Level 72
May 20, 2020
YoU sHoUlD AcCePt "My CoUnTrY TiS oF ThEe" :P
Badge0Master
+6
Level 55
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.

ShievaAndGolly
+11
Level 55
Nov 15, 2021
I think it's a joke.
ProfessorTaco567
+1
Level 45
Dec 14, 2022
*king
EpicBunny3
+1
Level 44
May 21, 2023
Well the Queen was obviously still alive when Badge0Master wrote that comment
pastamonster
+1
Level 35
Feb 7, 2023
It’s hen wlad fy nhadau why name it in english
DanielCO
+7
Level 69
Feb 23, 2021
And "Jose, can you see?"
ProfessorTaco567
+2
Level 45
Dec 14, 2022
"Buy the dawn's early light."
KDOG248
+4
Level 26
May 24, 2020
Great Quiz! Couldn't get the river but otherwise great fun. Thank you! :)
CymruRhydd
+3
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.
emersonriley94
+19
Level 56
Jul 13, 2020
God Save the Queen is considered the national anthem of the UK as a whole.
CardinalSin
+2
Level 76
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.
CymruRhydd
+2
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.
Badge0Master
+2
Level 55
Dec 10, 2020
No it's danny boy in Northern ireland
EpicBunny3
+1
Level 44
May 21, 2023
But God save the King is the main anthem and the one used at big events, such as the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II or the coronation of King Charles III.
ValterFerreira
+12
Level 65
Jul 7, 2020
Why isn't "God Shave the Queen" working?
TjizzleDizzle
+18
Level 66
Jul 12, 2020
Because they didn't want it to 'make the cut'? :p
Jacktheguy
+16
Level 88
Jul 22, 2020
That's the Sean Connery version.
Hellotoes
+1
Level 41
Jan 22, 2023
hahaha
TjizzleDizzle
+2
Level 66
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
TheCrusher
+2
Level 72
Jul 22, 2020
I really have to get use to typing the H at the end of places like Edinburgh...
Werifesteria
+4
Level 65
Jul 22, 2020
You misused comprise. You should probably replace it with "make up". The whole comprises the parts
TheWombat
+1
Level 74
Jan 28, 2022
No, the parts comprise the whole. The whole is comprised of the parts.
Cordelia75
+3
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.
FirePhantom
+1
Level 34
Apr 27, 2023
It's both, according to a British dictionary.

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

SpencerGT
+1
Level 60
Sep 14, 2022
This is the most JetPunk argument I have seen on this site.
EpicBunny3
+1
Level 44
May 21, 2023
What?
Jnorm
+4
Level 73
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
PrettyTiedUp
+5
Level 67
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.
mal
+2
Level 60
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!
salvadoran
+2
Level 62
Jul 26, 2020
Got it all with 3:50 left. English at school did a good job here
Ninor
+3
Level 56
Jul 26, 2020
The highest Mt in England is actually Scafell Pike. The highest Mt in the UK is Ben Nevis.
Chutney
+7
Level 60
Aug 8, 2020
yeah that doesnt matter
nichster
+4
Level 53
Jul 31, 2020
Could you accept BoJo for Boris Johnson? Many people use that nickname.
Grovesred
+6
Level 47
Sep 22, 2020
Where would you stop with his nicknames?

Bozo? Boozo? Drunky McDrunkface?

EcceHomo
+8
Level 76
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.
QRGANIC
+2
Level 34
Oct 27, 2020
@EcceHomo TRUE
Badge0Master
+5
Level 55
Dec 10, 2020
Did you know that the national languages (De jure) of the UK are gaelic and welsh. English is De facto.
ProfessorTaco567
+1
Level 45
Dec 14, 2022
English is also the de facto, and not the official, language of the United States.
thadefritz
+5
Level 70
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?
JonOfKent
+3
Level 55
Feb 18, 2021
Outstanding :-D
idkWhatMyNameIs
+3
Level 21
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.
geogerno1
+2
Level 44
Dec 21, 2020
Yess! 24/24
eppek
+4
Level 58
Dec 21, 2020
25/24 and I am only 92.
CountryBoy
+2
Level 25
Mar 10, 2021
I am not from United Kingdom and I did surprisingly good
Historyman0
+1
Level 38
Mar 19, 2021
i love that he even included the sub countries in the uk, such as scotland and wales.
markelelrs
+3
Level 27
Jun 24, 2021
allow bojo as an answer or you are not truly british
KingOfNachos
+2
Level 33
Jul 12, 2022
hahahaha 😆

too right

EpicBunny3
+1
Level 44
May 21, 2023
yesss XD
NathanB001
+1
Level 34
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.)

sjj93gg
+1
Level 44
Jul 4, 2021
The quiz doesn't even ask for the tallest mountain in England.
KingOfNachos
+2
Level 33
Jul 12, 2022
If it did it is Scafell Pike (978 metres or 3208 feet)
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Sep 14, 2022
Climbed it.
Hammond7249
+1
Level 50
Sep 10, 2021
Make that "Prime Minister in Name Only" which is a far more accurate description.
Prakash14
+2
Level 56
Dec 10, 2021
The Shard burnt cars lmao
TheWombat
+2
Level 74
Jan 28, 2022
That was the Walkie Talkie. It was very funny.
ProfessorTaco567
+1
Level 45
Dec 14, 2022
It also looks like the eye of Sauron.
Valism
+1
Level 48
Jan 30, 2022
France borders the UK by a underground tunnel in the English Channel.That's technically not a territory.
LuigiDood227
+3
Level 64
Feb 17, 2022
It's not a land border
idkWhatMyNameIs
+3
Level 21
Oct 27, 2022
It's only a bridge, not a land border.
Valism
+1
Level 48
Jan 30, 2022
I put Birmingham palace on accident 🤣
AlmostAGenius
+3
Level 78
Apr 20, 2022
That’s lot of letters to accidentally hit
Valism
+1
Level 48
Jan 30, 2022
My discord friend's dad is British yet he lives in India (good example to back up the 5th question)
OntarioMapper
+1
Level 47
Apr 8, 2022
im such an idiot, I put Johnston instead of Johnson
DJwhiplash
+1
Level 42
Aug 13, 2022
He probably does the same tbf.
Error404
+1
Level 22
Apr 14, 2022
That's a very good quiz.

I love the idea to do a Country Trivia Quiz

Error404
+1
Level 22
Apr 14, 2022
Thanks to you.
203C
+1
Level 38
May 11, 2022
Emley Moor Tower is 19m taller than the Shard.
KingOfNachos
+5
Level 33
Jul 12, 2022
I have a feeling you'll have to update this quiz

*Boris Johnson resigns*

idkWhatMyNameIs
+4
Level 21
Oct 27, 2022
*Liz Truss resigns*
Jato
+1
Level 69
Sep 9, 2022
And it updated again with the death of HM The Queen :(.
TheUnableDerk
+2
Level 50
Sep 14, 2022
that was certainly a quick update
Odhran
+1
Level 22
Sep 14, 2022
I got 18 right so that's good for someone from NI and not knowing anything about England
geohillierneo
+1
Level 44
Sep 19, 2022
It's not as if you're in Africa! lol
Nachtschicht
+2
Level 57
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.

geohillierneo
+1
Level 44
Sep 19, 2022
Crap national anthem anyway. We should've used Land of Hope and glory
aloepottt
+1
Level 47
Nov 23, 2022
Or Rule Britania.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
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.
EpicBunny3
+2
Level 44
May 21, 2023
What do you mean? It does get changed to fit the gender of the monarch.
communistpanda
+5
Level 56
Sep 14, 2022
Kind of amazing how 3 answers out of 24 changed in just a couple of days.
AvestaFeynman
+2
Level 23
Sep 16, 2022
In Liz we Truss!

(jk #VoteLabour)

idkWhatMyNameIs
+2
Level 21
Oct 27, 2022
And about 45 days later, one of those answers have to change again.
Hayj90
+2
Level 61
Sep 14, 2022
Doesn’t feel right saying ‘god save the king’ for the National anthem :,(
AvestaFeynman
+1
Level 23
Sep 16, 2022
Could you accept LHR for Heathrow? Thanks!
geohillierneo
+2
Level 44
Sep 19, 2022
Why can't you just write Heathrow like anyone else?
geohillierneo
+1
Level 44
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!??
kalbahamut
+5
Level 83
Sep 20, 2022
The river and the mountain rarely make international press headlines. Seems plausible.
sonnyCC
+6
Level 54
Oct 25, 2022
lizz truss is no more the prime minister.
veryproblematic
+6
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.
JGElias
+4
Level 55
Oct 27, 2022
'Current Prime Minister' is outdated again :|
DictatorTal
+1
Level 74
Nov 19, 2022
Liz Truss is no longer the PM, that belongs to Rishi Sunak now.
Happyfeet272
+3
Level 43
Nov 19, 2022
The Prime Minister needs to be changed from Liz Truss to Rishi Sunak.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 19, 2022
It changes so often!
Atzuul
+1
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”
Virtuosa22
+1
Level 30
Jan 30, 2023
good quiz but please accept republic of ireland as well as ireland for an answer - ta mate x
Virtuosa22
+1
Level 30
Jan 30, 2023
good quiz but please accept republic of ireland as well as ireland for an answer - ta mate x
tryingtosleep1
+2
Level 63
Feb 18, 2023
It must be fun changing the Prime Minister answer every few months
EpicBunny3
+2
Level 44
May 21, 2023
The subject of British politics has descended into chaos!!
OzKez
+1
Level 54
Jun 4, 2023
King Charles' official residence is still Clarence House.
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