The UK

The British Year – In which month are these celebrations in the UK? To make this quiz more difficult you could ask your contestants for the exact date. Religious festivals have generally been omitted only because many do not consistently fall within any given month. Months may be the answer to more than one question in the set.

1. The Queen’s official birthday

June (8th)

2. Saint Patrick’s Day

March (17th)

3. Epiphany

January (6th)

4. All Saints’ Day

November (1st)

5. Saint Valentine’s Day

February (14th)

6. Burns Night

January (25th)

7. Winter Solstice

December (between 20th and 23rd – please also note that in Australia the Winter solstice falls in June but this set of questions specifically asks about the UK)

8. Saint George’s Day

April (23rd)

9. Fathers’ Day

June (third Sunday)

10. Saint Andrew’s Day

November (30th)

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In which UK cities could you visit the following?

1. Jorvik Viking Centre

York

2. Bullring Shopping Centre

Birmingham

3. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Glasgow

4. Crucible Theatre

Sheffield

5. Arthur’s Seat

Edinburgh

6. S.S. Great Britain

Bristol

7. Elland Road Stadium

Leeds

8. Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Exeter

9. The Royal Albert Dock

Liverpool

10. Principality Stadium

Cardiff

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Town nicknames quiz – Can you identify the UK town or city from its nickname? In some instances towns have a number of nicknames, so we have only picked one for each.

1. Cottonopolis

Manchester

2. Woolopolis

Bradford

3. The Maiden City

Derry

4. Queen of the Midlands

Nottingham

5. The Merry City

Wakefield

6. Copperopolis

Swansea

7. The City of Dreaming Spires

Oxford

8. The Toon

Newcastle

9. Auld Reekie

Edinburgh

10. City of Discovery

Dundee

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UK postcodes quiz – Of which town or city are the following the postcodes?

1. DA

Dartford

2. RG

Reading

3. PL

Plymouth

4. AB

Aberdeen

5. ZE

Lerwick (Zetland)

6. SS

Southend-on-Sea

7. IV

Inverness

8. CF

Cardiff

9. NP

Newport

10. HS

Outer Hebrides

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UK Postcodes Quiz – For which UK towns are the following letters the postcodes?

1. BN

Brighton

2. FK

Falkirk

3. WV

Wolverhampton

4. CV

Coventry

5. CW

Crewe

6. HR

Hereford

7. LL

Llandudno

8. B

Birmingham

9. SA

Swansea

10. BT

Belfast