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Flashcards by Aitor Cotelo Mouriz, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Aitor Cotelo Mouriz
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE UK | TO: 4TH YEAR ESO A - IES ISIDRO PARGA PONDAL DONE BY: AITOR COTELO MOURIZ |
| HOW MANY COUNTRIES FORM PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM? | FOUR COUNTRIES: SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND AND WALES |
| WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE UK'S FLAG? | The Union Jack (Its origins are from 1606, yet the definitive version is from 1801) |
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THE UK INVENTED THREE VERY FAMOUS SPORTS, SUCH AS RUGBY, POLO AND ...
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Soccer (binary/octet-stream)
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SOCCER (EVEN THOUGH THEY LOSE MOST OF THE GAMES :D) |
| IS IT TRUE THAT IS IT IS ILLEGAL TO DIE IN THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT? | YES, BECAUSE UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, IF SOMEONE DIED THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE BURIED WITH STATE HONOURS. |
| IS IT TRUE THAT THE QUEEN OF THE UK ELIZABETH II PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN THE IIWW? | YES, AND SHE WAS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER. |
| IS IT TRUE THAT SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN ID CARD OR PASSPORT? | YES, AS LONG AS AS SHE CANNOT "GRANT" HERSELF A PASSPORT |
| IS IT TRUE THAT THE BRITISH PEOPLE DRINK TEA AT CERTAIN TIME OF THE AFTERNOON? WHICH HOUR? | FIVE 0'CLOCK IT IS USALLY THE TEA TIME, AND YES, THEY DRINK 876 CUPS OF TEA PER YEAR (2 BATH TUBS) |
| DOES THE QUEEN OWN ALL THE SWANS IN BRITAIN? | YES, SHE DOES. AND EVERY YEAR ARE COUNTED. |
| FINALLY, IS IT TRUE THAT PLACING A POSTAGE STAMP WITH THE QUEEN'S HEAD UPSIDE DOWN ON AN ENVELOPE IS CONSIDERED AN ACT OF TREASON IN THE UK? | I DO NOT KNOW WHY I TRY TO TRICK YOU... IT IS TRUE. THESE BRITISH PEOPLE ARE ... PECULIAR, YET PEOPLE. :D |
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