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).