1. Physical geography

1. Which of the following countries is the nearest continental neighbour to Great Britain: Denmark, Portugal, France or Greece?

2. Which of these cities are close to the same line of latitude as London: Berlin, Moscow, New York, Vancouver, Calcutta, Warsaw, Nairobi?

3. How long would it take for a plane, travelling at 750 kilometres per hour, to fly over Great Britain from the far north to the south coast?

4. Which of these islands is about the same size as Great Britain: Ireland, Iceland, Cuba, Madagascar, Honshu or Greenland?

5. Which areas of Britain have most rainfall?

11. Sport

1. Which one of the following sports and pastimes attracts the largest number of participants in Britain: football, swimming, cricket, walking, hockey?

2. Which is the largest spectator sport in Britain?

3. In which sport did Britain win an Olympic gold medal in 1996?

4. Where is the main tennis tournament in Britain held?

5. What is the Grand National?

ANSWERS

CONSERVATION & ENVIROMENT

1. Area of outstanding natural beauty.

2. Wetlands

3. Northern Ireland

4. Carbon dioxide

5. Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

1. About £10,000 million

2. England and France

3. The British engineer, Isambar Kingdom Brunel

4. The Scot, John Logie Baird, in London on 27 January 1926

5. Sir Alexander Fleming in 1945

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY & ENERGY

1. The service sector

2. Oil

3. 2%

4. Fifth

5. The European Union

HISTORY & POLITICS

1. 1066

2. 1952

3. Every five years

4. 18

5. The Commonwealth, European Union and United Nations

PEOPLE

1. 59 million

2. 5.5%

3. Scotland

4. London, Manchester and Cardiff

5. 12.3 per 1.000 population

6. 21%

THE ARTS

1. Edinburgh

2. Nine

3. The Globe Theatre (which is situated on the South Bank of the Thames near London Bridge)

4. The Full Monty

5. About 3.4%

ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE

1. Watching television

2. November 1994

3. France and Spain

4. 46 million

5. 6 out of every 10 people

HOUSEHOLDS

1. 26%

2. 67%

3. Falling. It has nearly halved in the last 80 years.

4. 14% of adults live alone

5. 97%

EDUCATION

1. 16 years

2. 93%

3. English, mathematics and science

4. History, geography, technology, music, art, physical education and a modern foreign language

5. Almost one in three

HEALTH & WELFARE

1. Men, 74; women, 79

2. 29% of men and 28% of women

3. 1978

4. Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, England

5. Women, 60; men, 65

6. 33%

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. France.

2. Berlin, Vancouver and Warsaw

3. I hour and 20 minutes

4. Honshu

5. The west and north

SPORT

1. Walking

2. Football

3. Rowing

4. Wimbledon

5. A world-famous horserace over fences