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Question 1

who opens new parliamentary session each year

Answer 1

the monarch

Question 2

The Enlightement

Answer 2

18th century, new ideas etc

Question 3

what kind of population does UK have

Answer 3

aging

Question 4

famous Victorians

Answer 4

Isambard Kingdom Brunei – engineer, Florence Nightingale

Question 5

which countries are part of GB

Answer 5

England, Scotland, Wales

Question 6

when were first professional UK clubs formed

Answer 6

late 19th century

Question 7

1832

Answer 7

Reform Act, it increased number of men who could vote, abolished parlimentary seats where there were few voters (rotten boroughs)

Question 8

Emmeline Pankhurst

Answer 8

leader of suffragette movement

Question 9

sir Chris Hoy

Answer 9

Scottish cyclist, olympic medalist

Question 10

Dame Kelly Holmes

Answer 10

Runner, 2 Olympic gold medals

Question 11

when did Romans rule

Answer 11

AD 43 – AD 410

Question 12

name of MP election system

Answer 12

first past the post

Question 13

1960s

Answer 13

Swinging Sixties, rapid social change, music and fashion

Question 14

first Viking raid

Answer 14

AD 789

Question 15

patron of Scotland

Answer 15

st Andrew

Question 16

public in House of Commons?

Answer 16

allowed to watch from public galleries

Question 17

Nobel literature prize winners

Answer 17

Sir William Golding, Seamus Heaney, Harold Pinter

Question 18

who elects Police and Crime Commissioners

Answer 18

the public

Question 19

Lord Protector

Answer 19

title given to Oliver Cromwell in 17th cen after execution of Charles I

Question 20

who said ‘We shall fight them on the beaches’

Answer 20

Winston Churchill, 1940

Question 21

1776

Answer 21

American colonies declared independence from Britain

Question 22

War of Independence

Answer 22

8949

Question 23

where is the Giant Causeway

Answer 23

Northern Ireland (columns of volcanic lava)

Question 24

Jessica Enis

Answer 24

2012 gold in heptathlon

Question 25

Sir Steve Redgrave

Answer 25

rower who won medals in 5 olympics

Question 26

last successful invasion of England

Answer 26

1066

Question 27

17th March

Answer 27

St Patrick’s Day

Question 28

John Constable

Answer 28

landscape painter

Question 29

Sir Christopher Cockerell

Answer 29

hovercraft inventor

Question 30

how often do you have to renew your licence after age of 70

Answer 30

Every 3 years

Question 31

if car is more than 3 yo, how often does it need MOT test

Answer 31

every year, first MOT for new cars is at 3 years

Question 32

who won men’s Wimbledon in 1936

Answer 32

Fred Perry

Question 33

how old are you when you get NIN

Answer 33

just before 16th birthday

Question 34

Education Act of 1944 introduced

Answer 34

free secondary education for all, clear division between primary and secondary education

Question 35

Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell

Answer 35

cloned mammal (1996)

Question 36

James Goodfellow

Answer 36

cash machine inventor (1960)

Question 37

1314

Answer 37

Battle of Bannockburn, Scotish king Robert the Bruce defeated England

Question 38

Thomas Hardy

Answer 38

writer, Far from the Madding Crowd, Jude the Obscure

Question 39

George and Robert Stephenson

Answer 39

pioneers of railway engines

Question 40

British Empire during Victorian period

Answer 40

largest in the world, India, Australia, large parts of Africa