| Female Brit Novelists | What am I eating? | History | Music | Slang |
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Who is Charlotte Bronte?
Jane Eyre
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What is Fish and Chips
A popular dish that is classier to eat in the UK, than at Long John Silvers
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What is the Plague or Black Death?
This disease killed a third of the UK population
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Who are the Beatles?
The band credited for starting the cultural phenomenon in the United States called "The British Invasion"
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What is Bloody?
A word often used as an intensifier or a mild swear word
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Who is Emily Bronte?
Wuthering Heights
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What is Marmite?
Concentrated yeast extract commonly served lightly spread on toast
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What is The Magna Carta?
Famous document which eventually lead to the formation of Parliment
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What is Manchester?
The world's first major industrialized city gave rise to several sucessful bands including Oasis and the Bee Gees
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What is Dodgy?
Something, wrong, illegal or just plain "off" in one way or another
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Who is Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice
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What is an Aubergine?
An egg-shaped vegetable usually purple, but can also be green or white
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What is England, Scotland and Wales?
"Great Britain" is comprised of these 3 countries
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Who is The Police? What is Synchronicity?
DAILY DOUBLE! This band from Belfast had the US "Wrapped around your finger" with four hit singles and went platinum 8 times with one album. (Band and Album name)
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What is a trolley or trollied?
As a noun, it means a shopping cart but as an adjective it describes someone who is drunk
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Who is Virginia Woolf?
To the Lighthouse
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What is Black Pudding?
A savory blend of onions, pork fat, oatmeal and blood
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Who is King Henry VIII?
The monarch who established the Church of England
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Who is Tom Jones?
The most famous singer out of Wales who has been performing since the 1960s, including performances in Las Vegas, and currently on tour in Europe
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What is "Bob's your uncle" or Fanny's your Aunt"?
‘Get the food, put in the microwave, heat it up, then bob’s your uncle, ready to eat.’
An expression used in the end of a list of basic instructions
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Who is Evelyn Waugh?
Brideshead Revisited
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What is Spotted Dick? (or Spotted Richard, Spotted Dog, or Railway Cake)
Traditional British steamed pudding made with suet, sultanas and topped with custard sauce
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What is the Battle of Waterloo?
The battle in June 1815 which marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Who is Ed Sheeran?
This UK ginger currently has the top pop single in the UK, debuted at 2nd on the US charts, and broke Spotify's single day streaming record
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What is Sherberts? ("Do you fancy a few sherberts after work?)
A fizzy sweet or sweet powder; but can also be used when asking someone to go the pub for a pint
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