British Culture Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. __________ Castle is built on a volcanic
  2. 4. A British man, named Tim _______ Lee, invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
  3. 7. The main resident of Queen Elizabeth II is __________ Palace.
  4. 10. Founded in 1824, in Birmingham, this chocolate brand name is famous all over the world.
  5. 12. The new type of transport that made travel easier during Victorian times.
  6. 15. A much visited bridge in London built in the late 1800s.
  7. 16. The Palace of ___________ famously survived Guy Fawkes' Gunpowder Plot. Today it is where the British parliament meets.
  8. 18. A very famous circle of stones found in Wiltshire.
  9. 19. A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter.
  10. 20. The name of a lake in Scotland, where a fabled monster was said to be seen, named after the lake itself.
  11. 22. This famous playwright was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
  12. 23. The fastest growing town in Tudor England.
  13. 25. Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland make up this Kingdom. (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. known as Castle Rock. It was built in the 12th century by David I.
  2. 3. A black, gooey, food extract invented by a Scottish man. It can be added to food or made into a drink.
  3. 5. The first British man to sail around the world. (3 words)
  4. 6. The name of the collar worn by wealthy Tudor men and women.
  5. 8. This Roman Emperor built a wall which is named after himself to keep the barbarians out of England.
  6. 9. This Roman emperor invaded Britain in 43 A.D.
  7. 11. He was a British teacher who invented the postage stamp in 1837. (2 words)
  8. 13. The name of the disease suffered by sailors who did not get enough fresh fruit and vegetables.
  9. 14. A famous British tea company established in 1706 in London.
  10. 17. Alexander Graham Bell invented this useful device in 1876.
  11. 19. The name of the forest where the fictitious Robin Hood used to meet with his gang members.
  12. 21. A famous ferrish wheel in London.
  13. 24. The name of Prince Charles and Lady Diana's eldest son. He is the Duke of Cambridge.