Four Nations Cup · Board and cards
Print on A4, cut along the dashed lines. Add the question cards your group wrote. You need one dice per group and one counter per player.
- The aim of the game is to collect the four nation cards.
- Before you start, shuffle the question cards and put them face down.
- Each player throws the dice and moves along the squares.
- If you land on “?”, another player reads you a card. If your answer is right, you win a nation card of your choice.
- If you land on a special square, take a special card.
- You win when you have the four nation cards and can say one true sentence about each nation.
Nation cards
England
London · Westminster
The FA, 1863: the oldest football association
St George: red cross on white
Scotland
Edinburgh · Holyrood
Hampden Park, Glasgow · 4-2 v Denmark, 2025
St Andrew: white diagonal cross on blue
Wales
Cardiff · the Senedd
The FAW, 1876 · “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau”
The red dragon, not on the Union Flag
Northern Ireland
Belfast · Stormont
Good Friday Agreement, 1998 · share power
British, Irish, or both
Special cards
Referendum
Everybody votes by a show of hands on the question below. The majority decides.
Should the player move 2 squares forward or take a free question?
Referendum
Everybody votes by a show of hands. The majority decides.
Should the next player play twice or not at all?
Penalty shoot-out
Two players answer the same question. The first correct answer wins a nation card.
Penalty shoot-out
Two players answer the same question. The first correct answer wins a nation card.
Peace wall
A wall blocks your way. To open the gate, explain one thing about the Good Friday Agreement.
Peace wall
A wall blocks your way. To open the gate, explain why Belfast has peace walls.
Red card
Miss a turn. Next turn, answer any question to come back: that’s a comeback!
Red card
Miss a turn. Next turn, answer any question to come back: that’s a comeback!
Question cards
What are the four nations of the UK?
Answer: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
What is the capital of Wales?
Answer: Cardiff
Which nation is not on the Union Flag?
Answer: Wales
When was the first international football match played, and between which teams?
Answer: 1872, Scotland v England
What is the name of the UK team at the Olympics?
Answer: Team GB
Which saint’s cross stands for Scotland?
Answer: St Andrew (white diagonal cross on blue)
In which city is Hampden Park?
Answer: Glasgow
Final score, Scotland v Denmark, 18 November 2025?
Answer: 4-2
How did Scott McTominay score after three minutes?
Answer: With an overhead kick
Which battle does “Flower of Scotland” remember?
Answer: Bannockburn, 1314
Which team knocked England out of the 2026 World Cup?
Answer: Argentina, in the semi-final
True or false: Wales played at the 2026 World Cup.
Answer: False: they lost their play-off on penalties
When is Burns Night?
Answer: 25 January
What does “auld lang syne” mean?
Answer: Long ago, old times
What is Hogmanay?
Answer: New Year’s Eve in Scotland
Which Scottish city is the capital?
Answer: Edinburgh
Which city hosted the 2026 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Glasgow
In which two languages did Burns write?
Answer: Scots and English
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
Answer: Belfast
When were the first peace walls built in Belfast?
Answer: 1969
When was the Good Friday Agreement signed?
Answer: 10 April 1998
What must unionists and nationalists do at Stormont?
Answer: Share power
True or false: all the peace walls have come down.
Answer: False: many are still standing
Name the three identities most chosen in the 2021 census.
Answer: British, Irish, Northern Irish
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