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Eight friendly questions about the essentials of the United Kingdom, from everyday life to famous stories. Everyone can join in, young and old!
Fresh off the ferry 0–3 · Seasoned sightseer 4–6 · Honorary Brit 7–8
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The UK is one of about 75 countries that drive on the left, together home to about a third of the world's people. Many were once linked to Britain, like Australia and India, but not all of them: Japan, Thailand and Indonesia drive on the left too.
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It combines three crosses: St George's for England, St Andrew's for Scotland and St Patrick's for Northern Ireland. Wales is missing, because when the first version was designed, Wales was counted as part of England. The Saltire is Scotland's own flag: a white diagonal cross on blue.
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Red was chosen to make them easy to spot. The most common design, the K6 from 1935, was created by the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed Battersea Power Station in London. Thousands of them went up in towns and villages all over the country.
Photo: Christoph Braun, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
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One pound is worth 100 pence, but only since 1971. Before that, a pound was split into 20 shillings and every shilling into 12 pence, so a pound had 240 pence! Doing sums at the shop counter was a lot trickier back then.
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Tea is a big part of everyday life in Britain, usually with a splash of milk. So many people drink it that the electricity network plans for 'TV pickup': when a big TV programme takes a break or ends, millions switch on their kettles at the same moment and the demand for power suddenly jumps.
Photo: Vanderdecken, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Loch Ness lies in the Scottish Highlands. At its deepest it is about 230 metres, so deep that it holds more water than all the lakes of England and Wales put together. Stories of a monster went around the world in 1933, but nobody has ever proved that Nessie is real.
Photo: Sam Fentress, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960, and Ringo Starr joined as their drummer two years later. Before that, John Lennon had a school band called the Quarrymen, named after a line in the song of his school, Quarry Bank. The Rolling Stones got their start in London.
Photo: Dezo Hoffmann, Distributed by Capitol Records, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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In the books, the train leaves from the magic Platform 9¾, reached by walking straight through the wall between platforms 9 and 10. The real King's Cross now has a Platform 9¾ sign with a luggage trolley half-vanished into the wall, perfect for photos. Paddington station gave its name to a famous bear.
Photo: The wub, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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