About England Trivia Quiz

Answer: Oxfordshire

On a low hill ancient people carved the horse through the topsoil into the chalk beneath it. It is not known when it was done, but it may have been the Saxons, about ten centuries ago. It may also have been the Iron Age Celts who lived there 2,300 years ago.

Answer: Petticoat Lane

Middlesex Street is in London's East End, and is the centuries-old site of a second-hand clothing market. Today, Petticoat Lane sells anything a dealer or "pitchman" wants to sell.

Answer: Salisbury Plain

Stonehenge was built about 2,000 years before anyone even settled in the place that would become London, 80 miles away. For many years, it was believed that Stonehenge was built by the Druids, but they actually came along centuries after the structure was built.

Answer: St. Paul's Cathedral

During the Blitz, Londoners spent long, frightening nights in the Underground stations to avoid being killed. Every morning they emerged to find more and more of London destroyed. St. Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London in 1666, became a symbol.

As long as it stood each morning, England still stood. By a miracle, perhaps, St. Paul's was never destroyed.

Answer: The Tower of London

The Tower of London was originally a fort built on the north bank of the River Thames inside the remains of the Roman Wall at London. Its name comes from the White Tower, which today holds the Crown Jewels of England. Guards, called yeoman warders and Beefeaters, still watch the Tower, wearing the colorful red uniforms that date back to the time of Elizabeth I.

The Tower of London is the most popular tourist attraction in London.

Answer: Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is located in Berkshire, and was founded in the time of William the Conqueror. The queen lives primarily at Buckingham Palace, but Windsor Castle has been the official royal residence since the twelfth century.

Answer: False

Coronations have been held at Westminster Abbey since 1296. Monarchs such as Queen Elizabeth II have been crowned while sitting on a plain wooden seat called the Coronation Chair resting over a block of sandstone called the Stone of Scone. This stone had been used in the coronations of Scottish kings since 839, and was removed from Scotland by Edward I and kept as a symbol that the English ruled the Scots.

In 1996, the stone was returned to the Scots, who agreed that it can be "borrowed" and taken to Westminster Abbey whenever a new monarch is crowned.

Answer: Prime Minister

The Prime Minister traditionally lives and works at 10 Downing Street, and must appear in Parliament regularly to answer questions. When Tony Blair was Prime Minister he actually lived at Number 11 because 10 was too small for his family.

Answer: November 5

Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks to commemorate the failure of Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and other conspirators tried to blow up the Parliament building.

Answer: 1666

In 1666, the City of London was almost completely wiped out by the Great Fire, which burned for four days. Architect Sir Christopher Wren designed the replacements for most of the 88 churches that were destroyed in the fire, including St. Paul's Cathedral.