Questions and Answers about
The United Kingdom
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in CultureWhat does the R stand for in Elizabeth R?
Answer: In her annual Commonwealth Day message on March 14, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II restated that she will be forever “devoted” to her public work, signing her letter “Elizabeth R.” The royal signature (sign-manual) consists of the sovereign’s regnal name (without number), followed by the letter R for Rex (king) or Regina (queen). Accordingly, the sign-manual…
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in PoliticsWhen British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says Putin has gone “full tonto” over Ukraine, what does he mean?
Answer: When someone goes “full tonto” in English slang, he’s acting like a lunatic. The term, a former name of various subgroups of the Apache people, literally means “foolish” in Spanish. UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Feb. 23, 2022, that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had gone “full tonto” over Ukraine by invading it.…
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in PlacesWhat’s Europe’s largest street party?
Answer: With more than 1 million people participating, the annual Notting Hill Carnival is Europe’s largest street party. During the Coronavirus pandemic, the carnival, which celebrates Caribbean culture every August, had to be held online and finally returned to the streets of London on Aug. 27, 2022.
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in FoodWhat’s on McDonald’s breakfast menu in the UK?
Answer: In a statement posted to its Instagram account on Jan. 24, 2022, McDonald’s UK said it had removed its breakfast bagels and breakfast wraps from the menu permanently. The move leaves the British McDonald’s menu with the McMuffin and the Breakfast roll as its main breakfast items, alongside pancakes and hashbrowns.
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in ArtsWho’s considered the United Kingdom’s richest living artist?
Answer: Damien Hirst is considered the United Kingdom’s richest living artist, with a net worth of $700 million in 2021._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhat was Prince Andrew’s military rank before returning his military affiliations?
Answer: Serving in Britain’s Royal Navy from 1978 to 2001, Prince Andrew was promoted to commander in 1999, two years before retiring from active service. Three years later, he was made an Honorary Captain. On his 50th birthday, in 2010, he was promoted to Rear Admiral. Five years later, he was promoted to Vice-Admiral -…
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in FilmsWho’s the actress behind the heavy Golda Meir make-up in this picture?
Answer: Helen Mirren portrays Israeli late Prime Minister Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv’s biopic revolving around the 1973 traumatic Yom Kippur war.
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in PlacesWhere is Peppa Pig World located?
Answer: The Peppa Pig World theme park is inside the Paultons Park amusement park in the New Forest National Park, in Hampshire, England. More answers inside!
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in TVWhat’s the subject of John Cleese’s 2022 documentary?
Answer: John Cleese’s 2022 documentary, “Cancel Me,” will explore positive and negative aspects of cancel culture. More answers inside!
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in PoliticsHow old is Prince Charles in 2021?
Answer: Prince Charles was born on Nov. 14, 1948, which makes him 73 in 2021._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhere did Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, go first on their first royal tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic?
Answer: Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, kicked off a three-day visit to Jordan on Nov. 16, 2021, before moving on to Egypt. It is the first royal tour since the start of the coronavirus pandemic._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhy did Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II miss the 2021 Remembrance Day Service?
Answer: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II missed the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph War Memorial in central London on Nov. 14, 2021, due to a sprained back. The 95-year-old monarch has been absent from public life since Oct. 21, 2021, after she was ordered to rest following a night in hospital._x000D_
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in PoliticsWhat is Little Amal?
Little Amal is a giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl. Since July 2021, the 3.5 meter-tall artwork has walked 8,000km to support refugees in Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and the UK. The complex 14-week traveling street theatre ends its international walk in Manchester on Nov. 3, 2021.
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in PopWho was the youngest artist to headline Glastonbury?
The youngest artist ever to headline Glastonbury Festival was Mark Hamilton of UK band Ash in 1997. How old will Billie Eilish be in Glastonbury 2022?
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in BusinessWhat are the Pandora Papers?
The Pandora Papers (not to be confused with the Malta Files, China Cables, or the Global tobacco industry ICIJ investigation) is a global investigation on how the rich and powerful hide their investments published by ICIJ – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists – on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. The Pandora Papers include more than…
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What’s in London’s 60 Coleherne Court, near King’s Road?
60 Coleherne Court, near London’s King’s Road, is the apartment where Princess Diana lived between 1979 and 1981 until she married Prince Charles. On Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, the house was honored with a blue plaque. The honor comes in the year when Diana Spencer would have celebrated her 60th birthday.
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How many great-grandchildren does Queen Elizabeth II have?
Britain’s 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II has 12 great-grandchildren.
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in PoliticsWhat is Insulate Britain?
Insulate Britain is an environmentalist protest group campaigning to force the British government to insulate Britain’s leaky homes. The group argues that since the UK has the oldest and least energy-efficient housing stock in Europe, improving the quality of British homes is fundamental to achieve the Government’s climate change targets.
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in BusinessWhich food products were in short supply in the UK in 2021?
Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic sparked a supply chain crisis in the United Kingdom during 2021, leading to scarcities of goods, including McDonald’s milkshakes, Nando’s chicken, and the Marmite breakfast spread._x000D_
