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U.K. General Knowledge MC #6

Can you answer these multiple choice questions about the United Kingdom ?
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1. The Oval is known for hosting which sport ?
Polo ✓
Motor Speedway ✓
Cricket ✓
Lacrosse ✓
2. Since the BBC TV series started in 1963, how many actors have played Dr.Who ?
11 ✓
13 ✓
15 ✓
19 ✓
3. In London, the test to achieve the right to drive a Black Taxi is called what ?
The Knowledge ✓
The Taxi Test ✓
The Cabbies Code ✓
Streetwise ✓
4. The Domesday Book is the first known survey of most of the U.K., in what year was it produced ?
1126 ✓
1303 ✓
1245 ✓
1086 ✓
5. The first music festival held in Glastonbury was in 1970, what was the first headline act ?
Rolling Stones ✓
Led Zeppelin ✓
T.Rex ✓
Focus ✓
6. How long in miles is Hadrian's Wall ?
73 ✓
64 ✓
81 ✓
93 ✓
7. The largest cave system in the U.K. at (currently)11 miles long is Dan Yr Ogof, in which National Park ?
Snowdonia ✓
Brecon Beacons ✓
Lake District ✓
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs ✓
8. The code number 00 in James Bond's 007 has what meaning?
Licence to Kill ✓
Diplomatic Immunity ✓
Right to carry weapons in public ✓
Freedom of movement worldwide ✓
9. Robert Baden-Powell started the Boy Scout Movement in 1907 on which island ?
Rathlin Island ✓
Caldey Island ✓
Brownsea Island ✓
Great Cumbrae Island ✓
10. During what age was Stonehenge thought to have been constructed?
Stone Age ✓
Bronze Age ✓
Iron Age ✓
Dark Age ✓
11. The 1986 XIII Commonwealth Games were held in which city ?
London ✓
Glasgow ✓
Cardiff ✓
Edinburgh ✓
12. Which river flows through the towns of Stoke, Nottingham and Newark ?
Trent ✓
Ouse ✓
Tweed ✓
Mersey ✓
13. Mary Quant is generally accepted as being the inventor of what item of clothing?
Tank Top ✓
Cravat ✓
Mini Skirt ✓
Strapless Bra ✓
14. The seaside resort of Blackpool has how many piers ?
2 ✓
3 ✓
1 ✓
4 ✓
15. L.S.Lowry's "Matchstick Men" paintings generally depicted the people of which city ?
Salford ✓
Manchester ✓
Liverpool ✓
Bradford ✓
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