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🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Key Stages 2 and 3

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. How many nations make up the United Kingdom?

TwoFourThreeFive

2. Which document, signed by King John in 1215, said that even the king had to obey the law?

the Bill of Rightsthe Domesday BookMagna Cartathe Treaty of Union

3. Which river flows through London?

SevernClydeMerseyThames

4. At which London address does the Prime Minister live and work?

Buckingham Palace10 Downing Street221B Baker StreetWestminster Abbey

5. Who usually becomes Prime Minister?

The oldest MPThe KingThe leader of the party with the most MPsThe Speaker of the House

6. Which of these is a historic county in the south west of England, known for cream teas and a rugged coastline?

YorkshireCornwallKentEssex

7. In the SI system, at what temperature does water freeze, in degrees Celsius?

320100-1

8. During the Second World War, thousands of British children were sent from cities to the countryside for safety. What was this called?

ImmigrationRationingEvacuationConscription

9. During and after the Second World War, what did British families need to buy scarce foods like sugar, meat and butter?

Ration booksA passportA doctor's noteA library card

10. Which 1381 uprising saw peasants march on London to protest against an unfair tax?

The Pilgrimage of GraceThe Jarrow MarchThe Gunpowder PlotThe Peasants' Revolt

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