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Exploring the British Isles: A Quiz on Geography, History, and Culture

Test your knowledge on the geography, history, and cultural aspects of the British Isles with this engaging quiz.

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1 Originally it comprised 25 members of the ________, the Irish parliament, and 25 members of the parliament of the United Kingdom, with the purpose of building mutual understanding between members of both legislature.

2 Further collisions caused the Variscan orogeny in the Devonian and ________ periods, forming the hills of Munster, south-west England, and south Wales.

3 From 1979 onwards this was expanded to include the whole of ________.

4 Since 2007, Irish is a working language of the ________.

5 What is the calling code of Wales?

6 What does the following picture show?  MS Stena Explorer, a large fast ferry operating the Holyhead–Dun Laoghaire route between Great Britain and Ireland.   The British Isles in relation to the north-west European continental shelf.   Population density per km² of the British Isles. London and Dublin, with respective population densities of 4,761 and 1,288 are shaded blue.   MS Stena Explorer, a large fast ferry operating the Holyhead–Dun Laoghaire route between Great Britain and Ireland.

7 Where does the name British Isles come from?

8 Where does British Isles come from?

9 The ________ appears to have become extinct in the 18th/19th century.

10 Between 1801 and 1922, Great Britain and Ireland together formed the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • on Stac an Armin, the highest stack in Scotland, the last great auk (example pictured) in the British Isles was clubbed to death in 1840 because it was thought to be a witch.
  • the 1971 restoration of Westbury Court Garden, a 17th-century water garden in Gloucestershire, only used plants that had been introduced to the British Isles before 1700.
  • the Pitstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire is believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles.
  • the only excavated stand-alone timber circles in the British Isles are those at Seahenge in Norfolk and the early phases of The Sanctuary in Wiltshire.
  • millionaire's daughter Rose Dugdale joined an IRA active service unit and took part in the first helicopter bombing raid on the British Isles in 1974.
  • death due to the Parapoxvirus is one of the main reasons for the decline of the number of Red squirrels on the British Isles.
  • Maraba Coffee, the first Rwandan coffee to gain Fairtrade status, is used to make the only coffee beer sold in the British Isles.
  • St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church, Hove, one of nine Coptic churches in the British Isles, has an iconostasis which is believed to be the tallest in the world.
  • Palaemon serratus is the British Isles' largest native shrimp.
  • Clement, Bishop of Dunblane, (pictured) was the first Dominican friar to obtain a bishopric in the British Isles.
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