I Never Knew That

Travel to every corner of Britain as you pit your wits against a testing cornucopia of questions, multiple choice teasers, picture posers and odd ones out - there is something here to challenge everyone, young or old, from beginners to Britain's brainiest boffins!

Quizzes on England

1. What is the name of the poet Byron's daughter who is buried at Harrow-on-the-Hill in Middlesex?
2. Where was Charles II's mistress Nell Gwyn born in 1650?
3. What is the second largest English county?
4. Which Prime Minister was MP for Huntingdon?
5. Who was the last woman to be hanged in Britain, in 1955?

Quizzes on Ireland

1. Which is the oldest yacht club in the world, founded in 1720?
2. What kind of distinctive overcoat was worn by Sherlock Holmes?
3. What early 9th-century book is known as 'the most beautiful book in the world'?
4. The ancestors of which princess came from County Mayo?
5. What is the earliest form of Irish script, found carved on ancient stones, called?

Quizzes on Scotland

1. Who designed the Willow Tea Room in Glasgow?
2. How is Robert I of Scotland better known?
3. What is the largest town in Selkirkshire?
4. The Library at Dalmeny House in West Lothian is regarded as the birthplace of what famous event?
5. Who lives at Inverary Castle?

Quizzes on Wales

1. Which Welsh castle has the thickest castle walls in the world?
2. Who designed Portmerion?
3. In which 1968 cult film was the long version of Llanfair PG in Anglesey used as a password?
4. Who was born at Llanystumdwy on the Lleyn Peninsula?
5. Which is the most sparsely populated county in Wales?

Quizzes on London

1. Where would you find the loftiest nave in England?
2. Which fiery supermodel was 'discovered' while shopping in Covent Garden?
3. In the grounds of which house would you find Britain's oldest mulberry tree?
4. Which London Livery Company ranks first in precedence?
5. Which London village has given its name to a car and the Russian word for railway station?