Countries of the United Kingdom quiz
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Who is England's patron saint?
Answer: Saint George
Why: England's older patron was Edward the Confessor; George only rose to that role in the 14th century.
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What is Wales called in Welsh?
Answer: Cymru
Why: Cymru comes from the old Brythonic word combrogi, meaning 'fellow-countrymen'.
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Which place changed hands between England and Scotland over a dozen times?
Answer: Berwick
Why: Although Berwick has been English since 1482, its football club Berwick Rangers plays in Scotland's leagues.
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Where does the Scottish Parliament sit?
Answer: Edinburgh
Why: Glasgow is Scotland's biggest city, but the parliament sits at Holyrood in Edinburgh, the capital.
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Which people gave England its name?
Answer: Angles
Why: Angeln, a region of today's Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, was the Angles' homeland.
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Which land did the name Scotia first refer to?
Answer: Ireland
Why: Scotia meant 'land of the Gaels', and by the 11th century at the latest it had come to mean Scotland.
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