Do one more text to check your knowledge of the country.

Choose the correct answer from the variants listed below.

1. What is the official name of the country whose language you study?

a) Great Britain; b) England; c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

2. How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?

a) four; b) three; c) two.

3. What is the capital of Scotland?

a) Manchester; b) Edinburgh; c) Cardiff.

4. What is the capital of Wales?

a) Edinburgh; b) Cardiff; c) Liverpool.

5. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff; b) Dublin; c) Belfast.

6. What is the state system of the United Kingdom?

a) a constitutional monarchy; b) a parliamentary republic; c) a limited monarchy.

7. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?

a) a bald eagle; b) Britannia; c) a rose.

8. What is the name of the British national flag?

a) the Union Jack; b) the Saint Andrew's Cross; c) the Saint David's Cross.

9. What is the emblem of England?

a) a shamrock; b) a red rose; c) a leek.

10. What is the emblem of Scotland?

a) a daffodil; b) a dragon; c) a thistle.

11. What are the emblem of Wales?

a) a shamrock, a clover and a red hand; b) a rose and the Saint George's Cross; c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek, a dove.

12. What is the emblem of Northern Ireland?

a) a shamrock; b) a red rose; c) a thistle.

13. What chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

a) the Senate and the House of Representatives; b) the House of Lords and the House of Commons; c) the Cabinet of Ministers and the Shadow Cabinet.

14. Who presides in the House of Lords?

a) the Lord Chancellor; b) the Speaker; c) the Prime-Minister.

15. Who presides in the House of Commons?

a) the Lord Chancellor; b) the Speaker; c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

16. Where does the British Premier live and work?

a) at 10 Downing Street; b) in the Houses of Parliament; c) in Buckingham Palace.

17. What is the most important airport in Great Britain?

a) Heathrow Airport; b) Gatwick Airport; c) Stensted Airport

18. What is the tallest building in England?

a) the Tower of London; b) the Canary Wharf Tower; c) Hampton Court Palace

19. What is the London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) the Tower of London; b) Windsor Castle; c) Buckingham Palace

20. Where is Nelson's Column situated?

a) in Parliament Square; b) in Trafalgar Square; c) in Piccadilly Circus

21. Where are British kings crowned?

a) in St. Paul's Cathedral; b) in Westminster Abbey; c) in Canterbury Cathedral.

22. Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London?

a) Sir Christopher Wren; b) Edward Bailey; c) Henry Tate.

23. The ravens are a famous sight of …

a) the Tower of London; b) London zoo; c) Covent Garden.

24. What is the Scottish national costume for men?

a) the tuxedo; b) the bearskin; c) the kilt.

25. What like does the famous Scottish monster live in?

a) Lough Erne; b) Loch Lomond; c) Loch Ness.

26. What country is called a land of castles and princes?

a) England; b) Northern Ireland; c) Wales.