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Hoi Polloi's Take on Britain!

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : U.K. Specific : Hoi Polloi's Take on Britain!

Introduction:
"This is a collaborative effort from the Hoi Polloi. Ever wondered how the commoner views things? Enjoy!"


1. Which English children's programme in the 1950s always began with the words, "In the Lands of the North, where the black rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long, the men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and they tell a tale .." ?
    Noggin the Nog
    Nooka and Ronf
    Nogbad the Bad
    Noggin the Nag


2. Who wrote and directed the film ?Son of Rambow??
    Edgar Wright
    Garth Jennings
    Mike Figgis
    Sylvester Stallone


3. What was the name of the Liberal prime minister who was involved in many heated debates with the Tory Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli?
    Viscount Palmerston
    Viscount Castlereagh
    George Canning
    William Gladstone


4. Which country won the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup hosted by France? The winning team beating England in the final of course.
    New Zealand
    Australia
    Wales
    South Africa


5. Stanley Kubrick's famous film about the Vietnam War, "Full Metal Jacket", was filmed in which country?
    Wales
    England
    Scotland
    Northern Ireland


6. In the 1953 floods in Norfolk UK the sea first broke through the defences in which village?
    Stalham
    Great Yarmouth
    Sea Palling
    Wroxham


7. The Australian Television Awards are called the Logies named after John Logie Baird, the inventor of the world's first working television system. However, what was his nationality?
    Northern Irish
    Welsh
    Scottish
    English


8. Britain was once a part of the Holy Roman Empire. However, in the year 325 it was the only region of the Empire not to attend which of the following ecumenical councils?
    Constantinople I
    Chalcedon
    Nicaea I
    Ephesus I


9. Darts is a traditional British pub game which is often enjoyed with a pint of beer or real ale. However, which of the following is the lowest value that is impossible to achieve with just one dart?
    24
    21
    23
    22


10. Britain is a multicultural country with a wide range of religions particularly in urban areas. Which of the following religions has a place of worship, relatively widespread in Britain, known as a Gurdwara?
    Sikhism
    Mormons (LDS)
    Buddhism
    Jehovah's Witnesses


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