British Citizenship Test Famous British People and Achievements 2

Question 1

Which British engineer designed the SS Great Britain, the first ocean-going propeller-driven iron ship?

Accepted Answer

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Answer

James Watt

Answer

George Stephenson

Answer

Thomas Telford

Question 2

Which British Prime Minister led the country through most of World War II?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Neville Chamberlain

Answer

Clement Attlee

Answer

Anthony Eden

Question 3

Who is the British author of the Harry Potter series, one of the best-selling book series of all time?

Accepted Answer

J.K. Rowling

Answer

Roald Dahl

Answer

J.R.R. Tolkien

Answer

Philip Pullman

Question 4

Which British nurse became famous for her work during the Crimean War and is considered the founder of modern nursing?

Accepted Answer

Florence Nightingale

Answer

Edith Cavell

Answer

Mary Seacole

Answer

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Question 5

Who was the British mathematician often called the 'father of computer science' for his work on early computing?

Accepted Answer

Alan Turing

Answer

Charles Babbage

Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

Answer

Blaise Pascal

Question 6

Which British scientist is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989?

Accepted Answer

Tim Berners-Lee

Answer

Alan Turing

Answer

Clive Sinclair

Answer

Stephen Hawking