1. What is the highest in ? Pike,

2. What word follows Holland, Green and Wembley to complete the name of three London tube stations? Park

3. Which of the following cities is the furthest east: York, Lincoln or Hull? Hull

4. Which English singer had hits with Set Fire To The Rain and Rolling In The Deep? Adele

5. What do Nyetimber and Rathfinny produce? Wine

6. Truro is the most southerly city in mainland England, but in which county is it located? Cornwall

7. In which city would you walk down ‘The Shambles’? York

8. The Serpentine is a body of water found in which park in England? Hyde Park

9. Durdle Door and Corfe Castle are located in which county? Dorset

10. Tamworth, Berkshire and Oxford Sandy and Black are breeds of which animal? Pig

11. Which city has more miles of canals than Venice? Birmingham

12. What is the largest lake in England? Lake Windermere

13. St Stephen’s Tower is usually referred to by what common name? Big Ben (although that’s actually the name of the bell, not the whole tower)

14. “You kiss by the book” is a line from which Shakespeare play? Romeo and Juliet

15. Which English pudding has layers of jam, frangipane, and a topping of flaked almonds, on a shortcrust pastry base? Bakewell Tart

COUNTRIES

1. What country has the longest coastline in the world? Canada.

2. Which country has a unicorn as its national animal? Scotland! It is thought unicorns used to roam the land in Scotland.

3. What country was known as Ceylon until 1972? Sri Lanka

4. Which country is home to the world’s tallest building? At 830 metres, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world, so the answer is the United Arab Emirates.

5. What country is Beirut the capital of? Lebanon

6. In which country would you find Mt Etna? Mt Etna is on Sicily, so the answer is Italy.

7. In which country would you find the currency ‘baht’? Thailand

8. Which country in the European Union has the biggest population? Germany has a population of around 83 million people.

9 . Austria is neighbouring 8 countries in Europe – name them all (1 point for each) They are: Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland

Trick Questions

1. What are two things you can never eat for breakfast? Lunch and Dinner

2. What is always coming but never arrives? Tomorrow

3. What gets wetter the more it dries? A towel

4. What can be broken but never held? A promise

5. What word is spelled incorrectly in every single dictionary? Incorrectly

6. What is it that lives if it is fed, and dies if you give it a drink? Fire

7. What goes up but never ever comes down? Your age

8. What can one catch that is not thrown? A cold

9. I have teeth but can’t eat. What am I? A comb

10. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I? Footprints

11. What word starts with IS, ends with AND, and has LA in the middle? Island

12. What has a neck but no head? A bottle