Friday Quiz Answers 11/04/2025

1. Which UK city is known as the "City of Spires"?
   Answer: Oxford.

2. What is the highest mountain in the UK?
   Answer: Ben Nevis.

3. Which river flows through the city of London?
   Answer: The Thames.

4. In which country of the UK would you find the Giant’s Causeway?
   Answer: Northern Ireland.

5. What is the traditional dish of haggis associated with?
   Answer: Scotland.

6. Which English seaside town is famous for its Pleasure Beach and tower?
   Answer: Blackpool.

7. What flower is a national symbol of Wales?
   Answer: Daffodil.

8. Which Scottish lake is famously linked to a mythical monster?
   Answer: Loch Ness.

9. Which annual event, held in Gloucestershire, involves people chasing a wheel of cheese down a hill?
   Answer: The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.

10. What is the name of the British royal residence in Scotland?
    Answer: Balmoral Castle.

Bright Source Bonus Question

Q. Which iconic UK landmark upgraded to LED lighting in 2019, allowing it to change colour for special events and causes?
Answer: The London Eye. (The switch to LEDs improved energy efficiency and allowed for dynamic, programmable light displays).