Statistics for British General Knowledge #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the legal age for purchasing alcohol in the UK?	18	99%
In which English city would you find "Scousers"?	Liverpool	89%
What is the second largest city in the UK?	Birmingham	82%
Who served as Prime Minister from 1997-2007?	Tony Blair	75%
What is the name of the westernmost point on the British mainland?	{Land's} End	73%
What country in the UK has the most citizens under age 16?	Northern Ireland	68%
What is the highest point in the British Isles?	Ben Nevis	65%
What game is played by whacking horse chestnuts on a string?	Conkers	65%
Whose statue stands in the middle of Nottingham square?	Robin Hood	62%
What Scottish drink is supposedly brewed from metal girders?	Irn-Bru	58%
What do you call suet pudding with raisins and custard?	Spotted Dick	55%
What monarch is thought to have composed Greensleeves?	Henry VIII	52%
Where would you find Clifton Suspension Bridge?	Bristol	47%
What was William of Orange's relationship to King James II, whom he succeeded?	Nephew (also Son-in-Law)	43%
What is the name of the tower that houses Big Ben?	{Elizabeth} Tower	39%
What Native American is buried in St. George's churchyard?	Pocahontas	30%
What English scientist was awarded a Nobel Prize for his work on DNA?	Francis Crick	29%
In what year did England and Scotland formally unite?	1707	16%
Who wrote the novel Silas Marner?	George Eliot	14%
In Norfolk slang, what is kewter?	Money	3%