Practice Test 15

Question 1

Patron saint of England

Answer 1

St George, upright Red Cross on a white background

Question 2

United Nations

Answer 2

Set up after Second World War with 190 countries

Question 3

The Proms is organised by

Answer 3

BBC

Question 4

National flowers of Ireland and Scotland?

Answer 4

Shamrock, thistle

Question 5

MPs ‘independents’

Answer 5

Do not represent any of the main political parties

Question 6

Major welfare changes in 1945

Answer 6

Labour government established NHS and national system of benefits

Question 7

Language spoken during the Iron Age

Answer 7

Celtic

Question 8

Parts of uk government

Answer 8

Cabinet and civil service

Question 9

Tower of London was built by

Answer 9

William the conqueror in 1066

Question 10

Criminal court systems in England, wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Answer 10

Not identical, slight differences

Question 11

Wimbledon championships

Answer 11

Oldest tennis tournament in the world

Question 12

The last Welsh rebellions

Answer 12

Defeated by the middle of the 15th century

Question 13

Scottish Parliament sits in

Answer 13

Edinburgh

Question 14

Jet engine and radar were developed in

Answer 14

1930s

Question 15

What do you need in order to vote?

Answer 15

Name on electoral register

Question 16

In the Bronze Age

Answer 16

4000 years ago… people lived in round houses and buried dead in tombs called round barrows

Question 17

Romans in England

Answer 17

Left in 410 AD to defend other parts of their empire after remaining in Britain for 400 yeara

Question 18

Falkland Islands

Answer 18

Is a British overseas territory