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England is a country located in the United Kingdom, known for its rich history, culture, and architecture. From its famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and Stonehenge, to its famous figures such as William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, and the Beatles, England has a lot to offer in terms of trivia facts and information. Some of the most interesting England trivia facts include:
First, England is home to many famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace in London, Stonehenge in Wiltshire and the Hadrian's Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was built by the Roman Empire. These landmarks are not only popular tourist destinations but also significant historical and cultural sites.
Second, England has a rich cultural heritage that can be seen in its art, literature, and music. The country is home to famous figures such as William Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling and the Beatles, who have made a significant impact in their respective fields. The country is also known for its traditional festivals such as Notting Hill Carnival and the Royal Ascot.
Third, England has a rich history and has played an important role in the world events. From the Roman Empire, through the Industrial Revolution and the two World Wars, to the current global political climate, England has been a major player in world events and has influenced the shaping of the world we know today.
These are just a few examples of the many interesting and unique trivia facts about England. With so much to discover, it's no wonder that England continues to be a popular tourist destination and a source of inspiration for many people around the world.
1. Bearded, Border, and Scotch are three types of what pointed-snout herding dog that originated in Scotland and Northern England?
Answer: Collie
2. The poverty-fighting agency Oxfam was founded in the relative comfort and safety of what guessable English university town?
Answer: Oxford
3. Elizabeth II technically became the Queen of England on February 6th, 1952 when her father passed away. On June 2, 1953, however, she was formally crowned during what ceremony with a C-word name that basically means “getting crowned”?
Answer: Coronation
4. Known in part for playing the character of Wolverine over an 18-year span along with hosting the Tony Awards four times, what British-Australian actor and singer also taught physical education for a year in Uppingham School in England while he was still a teenager?
Answer: Hugh Jackman
5. In 1588, an armada of 130 ships carrying troops with the intent to invade England and overthrow Elizabeth I was defeated in battle and marked a major turning point in the balance of naval power on the globe at the time. From what country did this armada sail?
Answer: Spain
6. The All England Club, which is the venue for the Wimbledon Championships, includes the name of which other sport in its full name in addition to tennis? The equipment needed to play this sport comprises balls and a mallet.
Answer: Croquet
7. In the oldest written record of the sport of cricket, there is a 1611 entry in which two parishioners in Sussex, England failed to attend church because they were playing cricket. What important Christian holiday did these men skip to play bowler and batsman?
Answer: Easter
8. The activist alliance Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) was founded by Mark Ashton in the 1980s to financially support striking miners in which European country?
Answer: United Kingdom
9. Don’t touch that dial! The Blériot XI is the aircraft French aviator Louis Blériot used to become the first person to fly an airplane across what famous arm of the Atlantic Ocean that splits Southern England from Northern France?
Answer: English Channel
10. In 2024, Paris became the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times. What European city was the first city to do so, notching number four back in 2012?
Answer: London
11. Brian Clough is a famed athlete and was well-known as a manager for Derby County and Nottingham Forest. In what country were these athletic clubs located?
Answer: England
12. Which NYC borough was named in honor of Catherine of Braganza, the wife of King Charles II of England?
Answer: Queens
13. The first life insurance company in the world is generally agreed to be Amicable Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office, which was founded in 1706 by William Talbot and Sir Thomas Allen in what European capital city?
Answer: London
14. The first known mortality tables were published in England in 1693 by what man more famously associated with a recurring comet?
Answer: Sir Edmund Halley
15. What world capital city is served by multiple airports, including those whose IATA codes are LHR, LGW, and LTN?
Answer: London
16. Although they also operate in Belgium and the Netherlands, Eurostar is a high-speed rail service best known for using a famous tunnel to provide international travel between which two countries?
Answer: France and the UK
17. Located in Hampshire, England, Highclere House is the real-life private estate that played the titular residence of Lord Grantham on what ITV series?
Answer: Downton Abbey
18. On July 12, 1962, the Rolling Stones made their public debut by performing their first-ever concert in what capital city?
Answer: London
19. Although the origins are somewhat debated, it is generally agreed that cricket originated as a children's game in the southeastern counties of what modern-day country?
Answer: England
20. What term for a large type of timepiece came from an 1876 song written about an object in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, England?
Answer: Grandfather Clock
21. What county in Northern England has the James Herriot Museum, housed in the building where Herriot originally practiced veterinary medicine with Brian and Donald Sinclair (renamed Siegfried and Tristan Farnon in the books)?
Answer: Yorkshire
22. What gorge in Somerset, England has a lot of claims to fame—not just Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, but also the namesake of a popular cheese
Answer: Cheddar
23. Fined one shilling plus costs, Walter Arnold of Kent, England is often considered the first motorist to receive what type of "ticket" on January 28, 1896?
Answer: Speeding ticket
24. What “A” term refers to, in a political sense, a renunciation of a high office, usually by a monarch? A famous example is Edward VIII giving up his role as King of England in 1936.
Answer: Abdication
25. The first officially recognized international soccer match took place in Glasgow in 1872 between which two home nations of the UK?
Answer: England and Scotland
26. Andrew Ridgeley was the name of the "other guy" in what punctuationally unique pop duo, who formed in Hertfordshire, England in 1981 and became one of the decade's most successful acts?
Answer: Wham!
27. Stretching over 31 miles between Kent, England, and Hauts-de-France, France, the Chunnel is a colloquial portmanteau of what famous tunnel?
Answer: Channel Tunnel
28. An urn that does not actually contain any cremains is the prize for what Test cricket series that has been played since the late 19th century between England and Australia?
Answer: The Ashes
29. What river in England, known by some as the River Isis, gets its name from a Proto-Celtic word possibly meaning “dark”?
Answer: River Thames
30. In what country were the first modern large-scale environmental laws enacted in 1863? The Alkali Acts regulated pollution from industry producing soda-ash.
Answer: Britain
31. Botswana, Malawi, and Swaziland (Eswatini) all became independent nations in the 1960s after previously being colonies of what European nation?
Answer: United Kingdom
32. Stephenson's Rocket was not a spaceship but, in fact, an early form of what type of transportation vehicle? It was built for a competition in England in the 1800s.
Answer: Steam locomotive
33. England cricket captain Ben Stokes was born in New Zealand, and his father Gerard represented New Zealand in which sport?
Answer: Rugby League
34. Designed by starchitect Renzo Piano, The Shard is a 72-story skyscraper known for its needle-like shape, in what world capital city?
Answer: London
35. Most famous for its iconic trench coats, what British fashion company was founded in 1856 in Basingstoke, England?
Answer: Burberry
36. A Dark 'n' Stormy cocktail is a bar staple in many countries, including England and Bermuda. To make it, one mixes rum with what kind of spiced carbonated beverage?
Answer: Ginger Beer
37. What famous literary character was shipwrecked for 28 years, 2 months, and 19 days before making it home to England?
Answer: Robinson Crusoe
38. What bicycle company was the largest manufacturer of the transportation device in the world in 1913? The company today is a division of the Dutch corporation Accell, and despite its southern U.S.-sounding name, the company is in fact a British company named for a street in Nottingham, England.
Answer: Raleigh
39. Twenty20 cricket is a mega-popular shortened format of the traditional structure. The format was first introduced at the professional level by England and Wales in what year?
Answer: 2003
40. What largest city in Somerset County, a world heritage site, is named after thermae built there by the ancient Romans?
Answer: Bath
41. In the center of the arms of the UK's Order of the Garter is a red and white cross representing what patron saint of England?
Answer: George
42. “Kangaroo Route” refers to air routes flown between Australia and which other country? In a straight line, the distance between these countries’ largest cities is 10560 miles.
Answer: United Kingdom
43. What British telecom, whose name comes from the words "voice," "data," and "phone," was originally headquartered in an office over a curry shop in Newbury, England?
Answer: Vodafone
44. Known for its dark red color with a white face, what breed of cattle is named for the West Midlands area of England in which it was first developed?
Answer: Hereford
45. Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) is remembered for her role in the Siege of Orleans, a conflict in what inaccurately named war that was fought between France and England between 1337 and 1453?
Answer: The Hundred Years' War
46. What is the name of the sport played with a small, hollow, rubber ball that was invented at the Harrow School in England around 1830?
Answer: Squash
47. What American, who played for Tottenham and Fulham in England, and was rated by ESPN as the greatest men's soccer player in American history, spent the last four years of his career playing for the Seattle Sounders?
Answer: Clint Dempsey
48. Which singer-songwriter from England topped the pop charts with her debut album “Lights” in 2010, and was nominated for her first Grammy for “Love Me Like You Do” (which she recorded for the “Fifty Shades of Grey” soundtrack) in 2015?
Answer: Ellie Goulding
49. In Emma, Mr. Elton returns with his new bride, Augusta, after traveling to what famous spa city in the south of England, where Austen herself lived for some time?
Answer: Bath
50. Bet365, one of the largest online gambling companies in the world, began with just 12 employees in the year 2000 in which European country?
Answer: UK
51. In 1553, who took over the throne from King Edward VI of England only to reign a short time and became known to history as the “Nine Day’s Queen?”
Answer: Jane Grey
52. Arthur Wellesley, the future British Prime Minister who led his country's forces to victory at the Battle of Waterloo, is usually known as the Duke of what town in Southern England (which ultimately gave its name to a much bigger city in the Southern Hemisphere)?
Answer: Wellington
53. The Bank Charter Act of 1844 gave just one UK bank the right to print bank notes (rather than letting commercial banks just carry on printing their own). What bank was it?
Answer: Bank of England
54. A mythical bird that resembles a cormorant is a symbol of what city in North West England?
Answer: Liverpool
55. In England CPSEs are standardized documents designed to aid in commercial land transactions. What does CPSE stand for?
Answer: Commercial Property Standard Enquiries
56. First created in 1783 in England, and still around today, what is the world's oldest soda brand?
Answer: Schweppes
57. Who is the only woman to be Queen consort of France and Queen consort of England, married to two different kings?
Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine
58. One of the most popular styles of dress for upper-class women of the 18th century, robe à la française, is said to have been brought to France by Louise de Kéroualle—a mistress of which King of England?
Answer: Charles II
59. What was the first country to officially recognize parkour as a sport, allowing the parkour governing body to apply for government funds to support further development?
Answer: Britain
60. With locations in the Dalston and Soho neighborhoods, Three Sheets is an aptly named and critically acclaimed cocktail bar in what world capital city?
Answer: London
61. What European, heritage, medium-sized, auto-sexing goose breed was originally found in Devon and Cornwall?
Answer: West of England
62. Commonly used in horse racing and first used in 16th-century England, what “F” measurement is equivalent to one-eighth of a mile or 220 yards?
Answer: Furlong
63. Besides Henry, what other first name has had eight monarchs of England?
Answer: Edward
64. The inaugural Cricket World Cup began on June 7, 1975 in what country?
Answer: England
65. What nation's first statutory "National Curriculum" was introduced by the 1988 Education Reform Act by Kenneth Baker? The curriculum began in classrooms the following September.
Answer: England
66. The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, the third largest academic library in the UK, is part of which university located in Northwest England?
Answer: University of Manchester
67. The first compulsory car insurance program was introduced with the Road Traffic Act 1930 in what country?
Answer: United Kingdom
68. What four letter school in England was attended by Prince William and Prince Harry, and has a popular dessert named after it?
Answer: Eton
69. Confectionary company Cadbury was founded in 1824 in which English city, the second largest city in England?
Answer: Birmingham
70. On June 2nd, 1953, the “queening” of which monarch in England became the first British coronation to be broadcast on TV?
Answer: Elizabeth II
71. Despite the fact that she never visited the place, Berengaria of Navarre was queen of what European country after marrying Richard I in 1191?
Answer: England
72. The "golden triangle" is an unofficial group of universities located in southeast England which is occasionally referred to by what portmanteau that combines the names of all three of its cities? As a hint so you can focus on portmanteau-building, the cities are Cambridge, London, and Oxford.
Answer: Loxbridge
73. Which alliterative insurance provider in the UK started out as a humble coffee house in England where folks would meet to catch up on shipping news and plan tier voyages?
Answer: Lloyd's of London
74. What country house in Buckinghamshire, England became the principal site of Allied code-breaking efforts during World War II, most famously the breaking of the German Enigma machine's ciphers?
Answer: Bletchley Park
75. Parts of England's River Thames are known alternatively by what name that is also the name of an ancient Egyptian goddess?
Answer: Isis
76. When Richard III was killed in battle in 1485, who succeeded him as King of England?
Answer: Henry VII
77. What embroidered cloth, nearly 70 meters long, depicts the events leading to the Norman conquest of England, culminating in the 1066 Battle of Hastings?
Answer: Bayeux Tapestry
78. What breed of terrier dog gets its name from the dividing line between England and Scotland, in the Cheviot Hills?
Answer: Border Terrier
79. What 1601 “K” battle, the ultimate fight in England’s conquest of Gaelic Ireland, saw Hugh O’Neill and Hugh Roe O’Donnell rise against Elizabeth I during the Nine Years War?
Answer: Kinsale
80. Occurring in the same week as Halloween and also marked by masks and mischief, the Guy Fawkes Day celebrations in England on the 5th of November began as a way to celebrate the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. What English monarch was the planned victim of Fawkes and his associates?
Answer: James I
81. Boston is, of course, the capital of Massachusetts, but it is also the name of a town in England that was home to several of the prominent first settlers of the American Boston. In what "presidential" English county is the UK's Boston located?
Answer: Lincolnshire
82. In England, George Deloitte was hired in 1849 to audit the accounts of the stock for a company in what industry?
Answer: Railroad
83. Referring to a grand but creepy estate in southern England, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" is the famous first line of what Daphne Du Maurier novel?
Answer: Rebecca
84. Being the only one of his position ever to suffer this fate, who was found guilty of treason and executed on January 30, 1649?
Answer: King Charles I of England
85. Although it is disputed, Lady Jane Grey claimed to be the Queen of England for how many days in 1553?
Answer: Nine
86. The Order of Chaeronea was the first gay rights group in what European country? It was created in 1897 by George Cecil Ives, and was named for the battle where the Sacred Band of Thebes (an army made up of 300 gay men and their lovers) was destroyed.
Answer: England
87. What is the three-word name of the fortification introduced to England by the Normans comprising a raised area of ground termed a motte surrounded by a walled courtyard and a ditch?
Answer: Motte-and-bailey
88. Who was the King of England when the Dutch surrendered New York City to English forces in 1664?
Answer: Charles II
89. Wooden dolls (usually with no arms or joints) in medieval and Tudor-era England were called what "B" saint's name "Babies," after the fair in London where they were sold?
Answer: Bartholomew
90. Which royal house was on the throne in England from 1216, when Henry III came to the throne, until 1399 when Richard II passed away?
Answer: Plantagenet
91. Famous for his six wives, King Henry VIII of England was also known for his fondness for which woodwind instrument? He wrote several pieces for it.
Answer: Recorder
92. What Hapsburg King of Spain, the son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, was also joint sovereign of England between 1554 and 1558?
Answer: Philip II
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