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Question 1

What was the population of the UK in 1901?

Answer 1

40 million

Question 2

What is the system that automatically deducts tax called?

Answer 2

PAYE

Question 3

Which style of architecture became popular in the 19th century?

Answer 3

The medieval gothic

Question 4

Where did the engineers come from in the middle ages?

Answer 4

Germany

Question 5

The SECC (location)

Answer 5

Scotland

Question 6

Where did the first farmers in Britain come from

Answer 6

South-East Europe

Question 7

What percentage of the population has a grandparent born outside of the UK?

Answer 7

10%

Question 8

What language did the Iron Age people speak?

Answer 8

Celtic

Question 9

What percentage of the UK population is Sikh?

Answer 9

1%

Question 10

Which charity works with children?

Answer 10

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

Question 11

Who can get a 50% discount on their TV licence?

Answer 11

Blind people

Question 12

What is the Turner Prize given for?

Answer 12

Art

Question 13

Which languages were the basis of modern English?

Answer 13

Norman French and Anglo Saxon

Question 14

What did the Romans introduce to Britain?

Answer 14

New plants and animals

Question 15

What is known as the Bessemer process?

Answer 15

Production of steel

Question 16

What were the working conditions like during the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 16

Very poor

Question 17

What was the population of the UK in 1998?

Answer 17

57 million