Chapter 2: What is the UK? — Set 11
Set 11 of chapter 2 (What is the UK?): 8 questions. Tap an answer to reveal whether you are right and why.
Question 1 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Jersey uses the euro as its currency.
Jersey issues its own banknotes and coins in the Jersey pound, which is pegged one-for-one with pound sterling, although Jersey notes are not legal tender in the United Kingdom itself.
Question 2 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Guernésiais, a form of the Norman language, is the traditional language of which island?
Guernésiais is Guernsey's traditional Norman language. The other Channel Islands have related varieties: Jèrriais in Jersey and Sercquiais in Sark.
Question 3 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
The £ symbol for the pound comes from the letter 'L', standing for the Latin word 'libra'. What did a libra originally measure?
A libra was a Roman unit of weight, roughly a pound, which is why the currency is called the pound and is written with the £ sign, a stylised letter L.
Question 4 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Which musical instrument, often played in Wales as the triple harp, is regarded as the national instrument of Wales?
The harp, especially the Welsh triple harp, is the national instrument of Wales and has been at the heart of Welsh music and bardic poetry for centuries.
Question 5 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
St Mary's is the largest island of which group lying off the coast of Cornwall?
St Mary's is the largest of the Isles of Scilly, off the south-west tip of Cornwall, and contains the islands' main settlement, Hugh Town.
Question 6 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Cape Wrath, a remote headland in Sutherland, holds which position on the Scottish mainland?
Cape Wrath is the most north-westerly point of mainland Scotland. The most northerly point is Dunnet Head, further east in Caithness.
Question 7 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Dungeness, a shingle headland on the coast of Kent, is often described as what?
With its huge, dry expanse of shingle and sparse vegetation, Dungeness is often described as Britain's only desert.
Question 8 · Chapter 2: What is the UK?
Flash, in Staffordshire, which stands about 463 metres above sea level, is generally recognised as what?
At about 463 metres (1,519 feet) above sea level, Flash is generally recognised as the highest village in the United Kingdom.
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