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Quiz on the Kingdom of Great Britain

Test your knowledge about the Kingdom of Great Britain with this engaging quiz covering government type, currency, national anthem, and historical leaders.

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1 What type of government does Kingdom of Great Britain have?

2 What region does Kingdom of Great Britain belong to?

3 What is Kingdom of Great Britain's current status?

4 What is the currency of Kingdom of Great Britain?

5 Where does Kingdom of Great Britain come from?

6 What is the national anthem of Kingdom of Great Britain?

7 What is the legislature of Kingdom of Great Britain called?

8 Who of the following is/was the leader of Kingdom of Great Britain?

9 What era did Kingdom of Great Britain belong to?

10 The kingdoms had shared the same monarch since James VI, King of Scots became ________ in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the anti-smuggling activities of the British frigate HMS Rose in 1775, provoked the Rhode Island government to commission the first warship, the Sloop-of-war Providence, in what became the U.S. Navy.
  • the colonial ghost town of Brunswick, North Carolina was named after Braunschweig, Germany, the birthplace of Great Britain's King George I.
  • the first person in Britain to suggest studying modern history was eighteenth-century clergyman Joseph Priestley.
  • the Invasion of Minorca, 1781, by Spanish and French forces succeeded, after more than five months, because the British defenders had no fresh vegetables.
  • the British ship of the line HMS Colchester, launched in August 1744, was wrecked just two months later after running aground on her first commissioned voyage.
  • in the 1779 raid led by General William Tryon, British troops destroyed 83 houses, two churches, and a jail in Fairfield, Connecticut.
  • in the 1783 Peace of Paris, the Dutch Republic granted to Great Britain unobstructed navigation rights in the eastern seas.
  • the British Royal House of Stuart were descended from members of the Scottish Clan Stuart.
  • in 1704 Simón Susarte, a Spanish Gibraltarian goatherd, revealed a concealed path to the Spanish Army which led to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar, so they could surprise the Anglo-Dutch troops based there.
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