Stonehenge is located in which English county?
Wiltshire
Which body of water is commonly described as the largest freshwater lake in the UK?
Lough Neagh
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
Which Scottish scientist discovered penicillin in 1928?
Alexander Fleming
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is famous for which historic line?
The Prime Meridian
The Acts of Union in 1707 united which two kingdoms into Great Britain?
England and Scotland
Which Yorkshire city is famously known as the Steel City?
Sheffield
The Rosetta Stone helped scholars decode which ancient writing system?
Egyptian hieroglyphs
In Westminster, “Big Ben” technically refers to what?
The Great Bell
Which UK city hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
Birmingham
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The Autumnal Equinox & Season Change
The evenings are drawing in, the leaves are beginning to turn and summer is giving way to autumn. But what actually happens at the autumnal equinox, and why does the world around us start to change?
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