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Help! Several words were lost while moving sentences from Wikipedia's article on the United Kingdom to this quiz. Fill in the blanks to restore these sentences.
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Last updated: April 7, 2024
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The nearby Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey are not part of the UK, being Crown Dependencies.
In 43 AD, Britannia referred to the Roman province that encompassed modern day England and Wales.
In 1066, the Normans invaded England from northern France.
With the founding of the Royal Society in 1660, science was greatly encouraged.
The Labour Party emerged from an alliance of trade unions and small socialist groups in 1900.
The Royal Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe in a struggle for control of the skies in the Battle of Britain.
In 2016, 51.9 per cent of voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union as a member state.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy operating under the Westminster system.
The UK has either the fourth- or the fifth-highest military expenditure.
The Bank of England is the UK's central bank.
The Industrial Revolution started in Britain with an initial concentration on the textile industry.
Raspberry Pi, a low cost educational computer, had sold over 40 million units in 2022.
The M25, encircling London, is the largest and busiest bypass in the world.
London Heathrow Airport, located 15 miles (24 km) west of the capital, is the world's second busiest airport.
In 2019, almost 20 per cent of the UK's total electricity was generated by wind power.
According to the 2011 census, Polish has become the second-largest language spoken in England.
Birmingham became known as the birthplace of heavy metal, with the band Black Sabbath starting there.
The flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Flag (also referred to as the Union Jack).
Traditional breakfast in the United Kingdom is usually depicted as full English breakfast with black pudding.
The first international football match was contested by England and Scotland on 30 November 1872.
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