The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

David Beckham played for which team in Major League Soccer?

L.A. Galaxy

 

Elysee Palace is the official residence of which head of state?

President of France

 

What is the highest peak in the Himalayas?

Mount Everest

 

Which British actor plays Agent 006 Alec Trevelyan in the 1995 film GoldenEye?

Sean Bean

All the questions and answers relate to people named William

 

William Kidd born in Scotland in 1645 is well remembered for pursuing what activity?
Piracy

 

Known as 'the Bard of Avon'
William Shakespeare

 

Well connected helicopter pilot who married Catherine on 29 April 2011 in Westminster Abbey
Prince William

 

English romantic poet, and Poet Laureat from 1843 until his death in 1850
William Wordsworth

 

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

On the London Underground map, what colour is the Circle line?

Yellow

 

In which year did the Romans invade Britain?

55 B.C.

 

Which two London football teams feature in the 'Dockers Derby'?

Millwall and West Ham United

 

David Mitchell and Robert Webb appear as Mark Corrigan and Jeremy Usborne in which British comedy series?

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

In an open letter to fans, which singer wrote 'and I'm sorry it took so long, but you know, life happened' in 2015?

Adele

 

The Aidensfield Arms was a pub in which fictional television drama?

Heartbeat

 

Teatro Colon is a famous opera house in which South American country?

Argentina

 

Below are famous book titles, simply name the authors

 

The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame

 

Moby Dick
Herman Melville

 

Little Women
Louisa M. Alcott

 

Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain

 

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson

 

The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan

 

A Passage to India
EM Forster