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This Sceptred Isle.... This England!

Created by SisterSeagull

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This Sceptred Isle This England game quiz
"This is the first team quiz by 'The Full English' and covers a few aspects of this great nation of ours. We hope you enjoy playing it!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Team member SisterSeagull asks... As you travel across England to visit long lost relatives, you decide to take a break. You pull over and stop at the nearest 'greasy spoon' cafe and are intrigued by the mention of the 'Full English' on the menu. Of the following, which item would you NOT expect to be served as a part of your breakfast?
    Pork Sausages
    Fried Eggs
    Fried Bread
    Fried Okra


2. Team member Lil_Miss_Fickle says... Our team members are all from England and a couple of us are from the town of Bury, Lancashire. In the centre of Bury stands a statue of Sir Robert Peel who was born in the town in February 1788. Which of the following statements about Robert Peel is NOT true?
    He was Prime Minister of England...twice!
    He invented the 'flying shuttle' making weaving looms faster
    He established the first Metropolitan Police Force based at Scotland Yard
    He reformed the prison system and introduced education for prisoners


3. Devon dialect - If SisterSeagull referred to you as 'chubbleheaded', he would be telling you that you are which of the following?
    Arrogant
    Stupid
    Handsome
    Spotty


4. SisterSeagull would like to know if you can identify the Victorian poet and novelist who gave us the following literary works: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', 'Far from the Madding Crowd' and 'Jude the Obscure'?
    Charles Dickens
    Ralph Vaughan-Williams
    Christopher Marlowe
    Thomas Hardy


5. Team Leader, Superhooppete, would put money on the fact that you don't know which player of Spanish nationality, scored the first goal of the 2012/13 English Premier League season and against which team he scored it against, when the season 'kicked off' on the 18th of August 2012?
    Damien Duff v Norwich
    Zolton Gera v Liverpool
    Kevin Nolan v Aston Villa
    Miguel Michu v QPR


6. SisterSeagull would like to point out that we Englishmen, and women, love our pubs and many of them have unusual, historical and, just occasionally, quite gruesome names. Just a short drive from Hayle in Cornwall lies the village of Phillack which has one such establishment. It is the only pub in England to bear this name... but what name?
    The Hung, Drawn and Quartered
    The Bucket of Blood
    The Silenced Woman
    The Slaughtered Lamb


7. This quiz title, "This Sceptred Isle...This England", is taken from an historical work by William Shakespeare, England's greatest playwright, but SisterSeagull would like to know if you can identify the correct one?
    Measure for Measure
    Richard II
    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    Henry V


8. This question is posed by another team member. The rock band Oasis named themselves after a leisure centre in which English town?
    Swindon
    Crawley
    Torquay
    Ipswich


9. Superhooppete asks...There is a work of abstract art mounted 33 feet high at the top of the Mayflower Steps on Plymouth's Barbican. It depicts a fantastic sea creature, but after which crustacean is this artwork better known locally?
    Lobster
    Crab
    Prawn
    Shrimp


10. Coronation Street is England's longest-running television soap opera and Lil_Miss_Fickle is a big fan, but England is also the home of a RADIO soap opera which, since 2009, has held the title for the longest running soap opera in the world. Can you tell her what this show is called?
    Eastenders
    The Archers
    Emmerdale
    Hollyoaks


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Compiled Feb 08 13