211+ United Kingdom Trivia Questions with Answers

If you’re looking for a fun way to test your knowledge of the United Kingdom, look no further! Here you’ll find a list of trivia questions with answers that will have you feeling like an expert in no time. From geography to culture, history and more – this UK trivia quiz has it all!

“My Ever Changing Moods” Was A Hit For Which UK Band

The Style Council

“The Death Car of Sarajevo”, killed 15 people over 12 years, including him.

Archduke ferdinand

“When visiting Finland, Santa leaves his sleigh behind and rides on a: “”BroomStick, Rudolph, A Goat Named Ukko, A White Goose”” ”

A Goat Named Ukko

1899 what first was installed Palace Royal hotel San Francisco

Jukebox

1971’s “Move On Up” Was The Biggest UK Hit For Which Soul Superstar

Curtis Mayfield

1990s slang for very short cutoff jeans.

Daisy dukes

25% of the adult male population of the UK are what

Over 6 feet tall

357 UK roads are specially marked to protect what

Toads during mating season

A Holland Park Brothers Track, Name The 1981 UK Single From The Album “Forever Michael”

Were Almost There

According to a survey what people have the most hated job UK

Double Glazing Salesmen

After whose rebellion were the ‘Bloody Assizes’ presided over by the infamous Judge Jeffreys

Duke of monmouth

All Were Released In Which Year: “Anarchy In The Uk”, “Fernando”, “A Star Is Born”

1976

An Untypical Motown Record Which Single Gave Singer Charlene A UK No.1 In 1982

I’ ve Never Been To Me

As Of 2006 Who Are The Only Brother And Sister To Have Recorded Separate UK Number One Hit Singles?

Daniel & Natasha Bedingfield

Baseball: the Milwaukee _______

Brewers

Basketball: the Milwaukee _______

Bucks

Brotherhood Of Man Won The Eurovision Song Contest For Which Country In 1976

Buddy Holly Surprisngly Only Topped The Uk Singles With One Song “Can You Name It”

Doesn’t Really Matter Anymore

Cavendish is the family name for which Duke

Devonshire

Charles Henry Stuard Gmelin was the first UK what 6 Apr 1896

Olympic competitor 4th 3rd heat 100 m

Chuck Berry Had His Only No.1 In The UK In 1972 With What

My Ding-A-Ling

Chuck Berry Had His Only No.1 In The UK In 1972 With What

My Ding-A-Ling

Concrete And Clay Was A 1964 Hit For Which UK Band

Unit Four Plus Two

Countries of the world: east-central Europe, the capital is Kiev

Ukraine

Did Elvis Presley Ever Tour The Uk

Empire Strikes Back’ when the ghost of Obi Wan Kenobi said that Luke was their last hope against the Empire, who was Yoda refering to when he said: “No, there is another”?

Princess Leia

Greyhound racing in UK what colour does the No one dog wear

Red

How Did Darth Vader Know What Luke Skywalker Got For Christmas

He Felt His Presents

How Frequently Are Twins Born In The UK

About Every 80 Births

How Many Million Barrels Of Beer Are Sold Annualy In The UK

36 Million

How many records does an album have to sell in the UK to go Platinum?

300000

How many teaspoons in a tablespoon (UK) ?

How Many Uk No 1’s Did The Beatles Have In Total

How Old Was Donny Osmond When He Topped The UK Chart With The Song “Puppy Love”?

Fourteen

Hukusai and Hiroshige were famous Japanese what

Artists

If you dial 123 in the UK what service do you get

The speaking clock

In 1964 who was the first non royal to appear on a UK stamp

William Shakespeare

In 1967 what new safety measure was introduced to the UK

Breathalyser

In 2001 one active UK warship named after an Englishman who

Sir Winston Churchill

In British nobility which title is the highest

Duke

In Dukes of Hazard boys drove General Lee name Daisies jeep

Dixie

In the tv series ‘the dukes of hazard’, what was painted on the top of their car

Confederate flag

In the UK at least which products selling feature is a magic inch

E A Careys Pipes

In the UK sport of Kings what is significant about the number 18

Max letters in a racehorses name

In the UK the Clerk of the Closet is the Queens official what

Chaplin

In the UK which school choir had a No 1 with a song grandma

Saint Winifred’s

In The Ukraine what does it mean if find a spiders web In your house Christmas morning is it, good luck , bad luck, winter will be unusually cold

Good Luck

In the US its 911 in the UK 999 what in Australia

In the year 2000, what was the most popular sweet brand in the UK – Rowntree Fruit Pastilles, Starburst or Polo Mints?

Polo Mints

In What UK Town Did The First Branch Of The Body Shop Open

Brighton

In What Year Was Band Aids ‘Do They Know Its Christmas’ The UK Christmas No.1 Single

1984

In what year was Band-Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas the UK Christmas chart-topping record?

1984

In Which Classic 80’s Tv Show Would You Find A Sheppard and His Lost Sheep?

The Dukes Of Hazzard

In which country is Tobruk, scene of heavy fighting during WW2

Libya

In which county in the UK are the Heights of Abraham

Derbyshire

In which county is the UK’s Met Office?

Devon

In which form of Japanese theatre are all roles played by men

Kabuki

In which modern country is the site of the Battle of Balaklava

Ukraine

In which modern country is the site of the Battle of Balaklava

Ukraine

In which UK city is the ‘City Palace of Varieties’?

Leeds

In Which US State Was The TV Show The Dukes Of Hazzard Set

Gerogie

In which year did the UK hand over Hong Kong sovereignty to China?

1997 (June 30th)

In Which Year Were The Following All UK Chart Hits: “Come As You Are” By Nirvana, “The Crying Game” By Boy George And Rhythm Is A Dancer” By Snap?

1992

In Which Year Were The Following All UK Chart Hits: “Solsbury Hill” By Peter Gabriel, “Silver Lady” By David Soul And “Pearl’s A Singer” By Elkie Brooks?

1977

Jr how many tunes blared from the 1948 wurlitzer model 1100 jukebox

Leukophobia is the fear of

The color white

London and which UK city are joined by the Grand Union canal

Birmingham

Mao Muka Neko Pisica are what Chinese Gypsy Japan Ruman ia

Cats 4Languages

Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people

Babylonians

Marie Osmond has only had one UK hit single as a solo artist name it

Paper roses

Mark King Was The Lead Singer With Which UK Pop Outfit “Level 42” Or “Big Country”

Level 42

Name the Duke of Wellingtons horse at Waterloo

Copenhagen

Name The UK Label Associated With A Dog Named Nipper

HMV

Naturally we got to find a place called Fuka – Where

Zaire

Nipper is the RCA dog in the US what’s he known as in the UK

HMV dog

Oasis Decided To Split In August 2009 But What Song Was The Bands Very First UK Number One Single

Some Might Say

On The 19 th November 1994, Paul Merlon Became The First Person Ever To Do What

Win The Uk National Lottery

Polish sprinter Ewa Klobukowska first do what at Kiev in 1967

Fail sex test was disqualified

Polo consists of 8 periods called what?

Chukkers

Post boxes in the UK are red what colour are they in France

Yellow

Reaching number two in the UK charts in 1991, which was the first hit single for Right Said Fred

I’m too sexy

Reno The assassination of what country’s Archduke led to World War I

Austria

Ride On Time Spent 6 Weeks At No.1 In The UK In 1989 For Whom

Black Box

Second city: Milwaukee (state)

Madison

Slam Dunk (Da Funk) Was The First UK Hit For Which Boy Band

Five

Slim Whitman Stayed At No.1 In The Uk Charts For 11 Weeks With Which Ballad

Rosie Marie

Smith most common English surname what’s the Japanese

Suzuki

St Luke followed what profession before joining Jesus

Medicine

Sukkot is a festival in which religion

Jewish

Talking of Holland, traditionally Santa doesn’t actually deliver the presents who does, is it, Rudolph, Santa’s servant Black Peter, A goat named Ukko or Thirteen Elves

His servant Black Peter

The 1477 union of Archduke Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy allegedly begat what tradition?

DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING

The American comedian and actor William Claude Dukenfield, died on Christmas Day in 1946. How was he better known?

WC Fields

The Bazuki is a traditional musical instrument of what country

Greece

The discovery of gold in which region of Yukon provoked a rush

Klondike

The late rapper Tupac Shukar was named after Tupac Amaru II, an 18th century revolutionary in what country?

PERU

The Osmonds Enjoyed Their Only UK Number One Hit Single In 1974. Name It?

Love Me For A Reason

Turn, Side and Why does it always rain on me are all songs from what UK band?

Travis

UK group who had a hit with ‘House of the Rising Sun’

Animals

USA favourite computer passwords are love and sex what UK

Fred

Wakame Tengusa and Mozuku are Japanese what

Edible seaweed

What actress wrote the autobiography Call Me Anna

Patty duke

What Are The Periods Of Play Called In A Game Of Polo?

Chukkas

What beverage named after the UK Prime Minister of the 1830s

Earl Grey Tea

What Connects UK Number One Singles For Ozzy Osbourne And Frank Sinatra In 2003 And 1967 Respectively?

Dueted With Their Daughters

What country was once known as ‘The Breadbasket of Russia’?

Ukraine

What did the “P” in Roscoe P. Coltrane (from Dukes of Hazzard) stand for?

Purvis

What do the dodo, moa and great auk have in common

They are extinct

What does it mean in the UK if a telephone number starts 0800

It’s a free call – toll free

What european city is served by sheremetyevo and vnukova airports

Moscow

What Georgia town did the first Dukes of Hazzard episodes take place?

Covington,Georgia

What is a period of play in polo

Chukka

What is the basic unit of currency for Ukraine ?

Hryvnia

What is the capital city of the Kingdom of Tonga

Nuku’alofa

What is the capital of Ukraine

Kiev

What is the capital of Ukraine ?

Kiev

What is the minimum age for scotch whisky before it can be sold in the uk?

3 Years

What Is The Most Performed Opera In The UK

La Boheme

What is the name of the Dukes of Hazzards car?

General Lee

What is the only country in the world in which the head of state is a grand duke?

LUXEMBOURG

What Is The UK’s Most Poisonous Plant?

Deadly Nightshade

What is the UKs best selling chocolate snack bar

Kit Kat

What is the US equivalent of the UK Anglican church

Episcopalian

What is the wife of a duke called

Duchess

What Japanese dish consists of Tofu Beef and vegetables

Sukiyaki

What Nationality Would You Be If You Spoke Inukitut

Canadian

What Song Was Christmas Number One In The UK In Both 1975 And 1991?

Bohemian Rhapsody By Queen

What tv cowboy taught president sukarno’s son how to twirl a six-shooter

Roy

What UK gentleman’s club first in 1891 to admit lady members

Reform club

What US State flag has a UK Union Flag on it

Hawaii

What Was Arrested Development’s First UK Chart Entry

Tennessee

What Was Arrested Development’s First UK Chart Entry

Tennessee

What was Buddy Holly’s First Hit Record as the Crickets reaching No.1 in the UK & USA?

That’ll Be The Day

What was Buddy Holly’s First Hit Record as the Crickets reaching No.1 in the UK & USA?

That’ll Be The Day

What was duke ellington’s real name

Edward kennedy

What was duke ellington’s real name

Edward kennedy

What Was Elton John’s Uk Hit Single

Your Song

What was founded in the UK 1694 because of war with France

Bank of England

What Was Robbie Williams First Solo UK Number One

Millenium

What Was Rod Stewarts 1975 Nautical UK No.1 Single

Sailing

What Was Supertramps First Uk Hit

Dreamer

What Was Supertramps First Uk Hit

Dreamer

What was the Beatles first UK top ten single

Please-please me

What Was The Best Selling Dire Straits Single In The UK

Private Investigation

What Was The First Product Available In The UK Under Hire Purchase

A Sewing Machine

What Was The First Top Twenty Hit In The Uk For Stevie Wonder

Uptight (Everythings Alright)

What was the name of the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo

Arthur Wellesley

What was the name of the monster that attacked Luke in the trash compactor in Star Wars?

A dianogaIn

What Was The Name Of The UK’s Best Selling Album Of 2005

Back To Bedlam (James Blunt)

What Was The Title Of The UK No.1 Single Released By Enya In 1988

Orinocco Flow

What Was Westlifes First UK Number One Hit?

Swear It All Over Again

What World First Took Place On Saturday The 19th November 1994

First Uk National Lottery

What year was Archduke Ferdinand assassinated

1914

What year was the bacall-bogart movie “the guys from milwaukee” released

1946

What’s the US equivalent to the Department of Health in the UK

Surgeon General

Where in the UK would you go to celebrate ‘Uphelia” shortly after Christmas

Shetland Isles

Where is mount kennedy

Yukon

Where is nuuk

Greenland

Where Is The World’s Rarest Plant?

The UK. Encephalartos Woodii At Kew Gardens

Where is tobruk

Libya

Which All-Male Group Spent More Weeks On The UK Charts In The 1980s Than Any Other Group?

Madness

Which American Vocal Group Scored Their First UK Top Ten Hit In 1996 With “We Got It Going On”

Backstreet Boys

Which American Vocal Group Scored Their First UK Top Ten Hit In 1996 With “We Got It Going On”

Backstreet Boys

Which Artist One Had A Musical Alto Ego Called “The Thin White Duke”

David Bowie

Which Band Had A UK Christmas Number 1 With The Song ‘Stay Another Day’

East 17

Which Band Were At The UK Christmas Number One Spot In December 1979

Pink Floyd / Wall

Which Band Were At The UK Christmas Number One Spot In December 1979

Pink Floyd / Wall

Which Beatle`s album was the bestselling album on the 1960s in the UK?

Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Which Card Appeared In The UK For The Very First Time In 1963

American Express

Which Contribution To World Music Was Invented By Robert Hope Jones?

The Jukebox

Which Female Act (Non Solo) Holds The Record For The Most Consecutive Weeks At The Top Of The Uk Singles Chart

Shakespeares Sister

Which Female Act (Non Solo) Holds The Record For The Most Consecutive Weeks At The Top Of The Uk Singles Chart

Shakespeares Sister

Which film actor was nicknamed ‘The Duke’

John wayne

Which film ends with the line, ‘What we have here is a failure to communicate’

Cool hand luke

Which French composer wrote ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’?

Paul Dukas

Which Grand Prix driver was also a champion claw pigeon shot

Jackie Stewart UK clay 5 times

Which group had a 1970s UK number one hit with Oh Boy

Mud

Which Group Were The First Group To Have A UK No.1 From The “Stock, Aitken & Waterman” Hit Factory

Dead Or Alive

Which Is Europe’s Largest Country After Russia?

Ukraine

Which is the only work by Dukas most people have ever heard of

The sorcerer’s apprentice

Which Movie Did ‘Titanic’ Overtake In The UK As The Highest Grossing Movie

The Full Monty

Which mythical UK creature becomes an evil boggart if annoyed

Brownie

Which of the following brands of drink sold the most in the UK in the year 2000 – Ribena, Lucozade or Tango?* *

Ribena

Which Polish-Ukranian region shares its name with a Spanish region?

Galicia

Which Product Was Advertised Using The Clash’s “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” Making The Record A UK Number Hit In 1991

Levi’s

Which river passes through germany, austria, slovakia, hungary, croatia, yugoslavia, romania, blugaria and ukraine before arriving at the black sea

Danube

Which Track Became Elvis Presley’s Final UK No.1 In The Weeks After His Death

Way Down

Which UK Band Had A Hit With “Sonic Boom Boy”

Westworld

Which UK city, other than London, has a station called Charing Cross

Glasgow

Which Uk Football Team Are Known As The Owls

Sheffield Wednesday

Which UK Instrumental Group Reached Number 5 With “Sabre Dance”

Love Sculpture

Which Uk Leasure Activity Has Caused The Most Fatalities

Fishing

Which Was The First Group Beginning With The Letter “V” To Have A UK No.1 Hit

Village People

Which was the first group beginning with the letter V to have a No.1 hit in the UK?

The Village People

Who had a UK No.1 hit in 1982 with “goodie two shoes”?

Adam And The Ants

Who had a UK number three hit in 1980 with “Take That Look Off Your Face”?

Marti Webb

Who had a UK top twenty hit in 1990 with “No More Mr Nice Guy”?

Megadeath

Who rode a horse called Diomed

Duke of Wellington

Who Took “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” To No.1 In The UK In 1959

The Platters

Who Took “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” To No.1 In The UK In 1959

The Platters

Who was Born Farouk Bulsara?

Freddie Mercury

Who Was Henry Bolingbroke’s Father

John Of Gaunt (The Duke Of Lancaster)

Who Was Henry Bolingbroke’s Father

John Of Gaunt (The Duke Of Lancaster)

Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK?

George V (reigned 1910-1936)

Who was the last reigning King of Egypt

Farouk

Who Was The Youngest Female Artists To Have A UK Million Selling Single?

Britney Spears

Who was UK Labour cabinet minister and social reformer Frank Pakenham better known as?

Lord Longford (7th Earl of Longford)

Who was William Claude Dukenfield better known as

W C Fields

Who Wrote “I Wanna Be Your Man” The Stones 2nd UK Hit

Lennon McCartney

Who Wrote “I Wanna Be Your Man” The Stones 2nd UK Hit

Lennon McCartney

Whose Debut Album “I Should Coco” Reached No.1 In The UK Album Charts

Supergrass

With A Border Of 233,000 Miles What Is The Largest Country In Europe

Ukraine (603,000) Sq Km

______________ has a sand desert with dunes over 100 feet high. It is located along the flatland of the Kobuk River in the northwestern part of the state.

Alaska