Test Flashcards
What did the Chartists campaign for?
1- the right to vote for the working class
2- the right to vote for the 18 years old
3- the right to vote for women
4- the right to vote for the 21 years old
1
Which of the following is part of the UK?
1- St Helena
2- Wales
3- Canada
4- Channel Islands
2
Which charity works to preserve important buildings?
1- The national trust
2- age uk
3- NSPCC
4- the red cross
1
When is St David’s day?
1- 1st march
2- 23rd april
3- 17th march
4- 30th november
1
Which flag has a white cross on blue background?
1- Scottish
2- irish
3- welsh
4- english
1
Which two british actors have recently won Oscars?
1- colin firth
2- tilde Swinton
3- Leonardo DiCaprio
4- jacky stewart
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2
Who build the tower of London?
1- Henry VII
2- Henry VIII
3- William the conqueror
4- Oliver Cromwell
3
Roast beef is a traditional food of which country?
1- England
2- Wales
3- Scotland
4- Northern Ireland
1
Which of these UK landmarks is in Wales?
1- Snowdonia
2- Loch Lomond
3- The Giant’s Causeway
4- The Lake District
1
Which 2 are overseas british territories?
1- St Helena
2- The falkland islands
3- Ireland
4- Hawaii
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2
Which of these is a classical music festival in the UK?
1- the Proms
2- T in the park
3- Creamfields
4- Glastonbury festival
1
Who was the first Briton to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters?
1- Mo Farah
2- David Weir
3- Bradley Wiggins
4- Sir Chris Hoy
1
The UK government hasn’t used the power to suspend the Northern Ireland Assembly
1- true
2- false
2
When did the first Christian communities appear in Britain?
1- 1st and 2nd centuries
2- 2nd and 3rd centuries
3- 3rd and 4th centuries
4- 4th and 5th centuries
3
Who won gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games?
1- Steve Redgrave
2- Chris Hoy (cyclist)
3- Ellen MacArthur
4- Roger Bannister
1
Where did the people of the Bronze Age bury their dead?
1- round barrows
2- graveyards
3- coffin houses
4- gardens
1
What is the monarch’s ceremonial role?
1- opening a parliamentary session
2- going abroad
3- travelling in the UK
4- making parliamentary policies
1
What is the system that automatically deducts tax called?
1- PAYE (Pay as you earn)
2- Self-Assessment
3- HMRC (Her Majesty Revenue and Customs)
4- PAYG (pay as you go)
1
What is the money limit for the small claims procedure in England and Wales?
1- 4000
2- 5000
3- 5000
4- 10000
4
Who mapped the coast of Australia?
1- James Cook
2- Admiral Nelson
3- Sir Francis Drake
4- Sake Dean Mahomet
1
Who became Prime Minister during WWII?
1- Margaret Thatcher
2- Winston Churchill
3- Robert Walpole
4- Tony Blair
2
Where in Scotland is known as the home of golf?
1- Edinburgh
2- St Andrews
3- Glasgow
4- Aberdeen
2
Hadrian’s Wall is a popular UNESCO World Heritage Site
1- T
2- F
1
Where does the Prime Minister reside?
1- 78 Charlotte Street
2- 10 Downing Street
3- The Buckingham Palace
4- 1 Devonshire Terrace
2
What does the TV licence money pay for?
1- All Free Radio Channels
2- Electricity
3- Freeview Channel
4- The BBC
4
How long did the Romans stay in Britain?
1- 100
2- 400
3- 300
4- 600
2
Where does the Fringe take place?
1- London
2- Liverpool
3- Newcastle
4- Edinburgh
4
Who invented the World Wide Web?
1- Sir Tim Berners-Lee
2- James Goodfellow
3- Alexander Fleming
4-Florence Nightingale
1
What must the police officer tell you if you get arrested?
1- The reason for your arrest
2- To follow his instructions
3- To put your arms in the air
4- Ask about your background
1
What is the Church of England known as in Scotland and the US?
1- the Anglican Church
2- the Episcopal Church
3- the State Church
4- the Catholic Church
2
How old is Big Ben?
1- 150
2- 170
3- 200
4- 220
1
What was the population of the UK in 1901?
1- 50 million
2- 40 million
3- 60 million
4- 27 million
2
Who was Henry Purcell?
1- poet
2- musician
3- actor
4- gardener
2
What is known as Lent?
1- the 40 days after Christmas
2- the 40 days before Easter
3- the 40 days after Easter
4- the 40 days before Christmas
2
When did people learn how to make bronze?
1- 4000 years ago
2- 6000 years ago
3- 8000 years ago
4- 10000
1
When do pubs usually open?
1- 11am
2- 1pm
3. 4pm
4- 10pm
1
What did the “Bill of Rights” confirm?
1- Parliament’s increased power
2- Kings can collect taxes
3- King’s increased power
4- King can administer justice
1
Who won two gold medals for running in the 2004 Olympic Games?
1- Dame Ellen MacArthur
2- Dame Kelly Holmes
3- Christopher Dean
4- Jayne Torvill
2
How often are the General Elections held?
1- every 5 yrs
2- every 7 yrs
3- every 3 yrs
4- every year
1
When did the Roman army leave Britain?
1- AD 410
2- AD 630
3- AD 43
4- AD 100
1
Which of these gardens is located in Wales?
1- Bodnant Garden
2- Sissinghurst
3- Hidcote
4- Mount Stewart
1
Under which king did the people unite to defeat the Vikings?
1- King William
2- King Alfred the Great
3- Henry I
4- Harold
2
What marked the beginning of “constitutional monarchy”?
1- The Glorious Revolution
2- The Magna Carta
3- The Restoration
4- The English Civil War
1
Where was Florence Nightingale born?
1- Scotland
2- France
3- England
4- Italy
4
Which country’s flag is not part of the Union Flag?
1- England
2- Wales
3- Ireland
4- Scotland
2
Who became one of the most popular monarchs in the 16th century?
1- Elizabeth I
2- Mary I
3- Henry VII
4- Henry VIII
1
Which of these venues is located in Scotland?
1- Troxy
2- The SECC
3- Wembley Stadium
4- The O2
2
Who designed the new St Paul Cathedral?
1- Isaac Newton
2- Sir Christopher Wren
3- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
4- Samuel Pepys
2
Who was one of the founders of England’s naval tradition?
1- William Shakespeare
2- Sir Francis Drake
3- Oliver Cromwell
4- King James
2
What percentage of the population has a grandparent born outside of the UK?
1- 5%
2- 15%
3- 10%
4- 20%
3
Who developed important Human Nature ideas?
1- David Hume
2- James Watt
3- Adam Smith
4- Richard Arkwright
1
What language did the Iron Age people speak?
1- Celtic
2- Viking
3- English
4- Anglo-Saxon
1
Where did the engineers come from in the middle ages?
1- Germany
2- Italy
3- France
4- Holland
1
What proportion of the population died because of the Black Death?
1- 1/3
2- 1/5
3- 1/4
4- 1/2
1
Where did the ancestors of the first farmers come from?
1- North-West Europe
2- South-East Europe
3- North Europe
4- North-East Europe
2
Which operas were written by Gilbert and Sullivan?
1- Pinafore and the Mikado
2- Tim Rice and Evita
3- Jesus Christ Superstar
4- The Phantom of the Opera
1
Who can get a 50% discount on their TV licence?
1- blind people
2- deaf people
3- army officers
4- students
1
Where are the most serious civil cases heard in England and Wales?
1- high court
2- crown court
3- the court of sessions
4- sheriff court
1
When did Ireland split into 2 countries?
1- 1922
2- 1949
3- 1925
4- 1932
1
What is the official report that contains everything said in Parliament called?
1- The government report
2- Hansard
3- The government press
4- The doomsday book
2
What is the judiciary responsible for?
1- interpreting the law
2- putting people to prison
3- deciding whether a person is guilty
4- looking after a jury
1
What did Henry VII do?
1- increased the power of the nobles
2- broke from the church of rome
3- decreased the power of the nobles
4- restricted king’s power
3
Who sat in the House of Lords in the middle ages?
1- Knights
2- the nobility and landowners
3- every landowner
4- wealthy people
2
What percentage of the UK population is Sikh?
1- 4%
2- 1%
3- 3%
4- 2%
2
Which word comes from the Viking language?
1- Cow
2- Scunthorpe
3- Leg
4- Arm
2
Where can you find the ship HMS Victory now?
1- London
2- Edinburgh
3- Dorset
4- Portsmouth
1
Which of these are ‘Crown Dependencies’?
1- St Helena and Wales
2- St Helena and Falkland Islands
3- The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
4- Ireland and the Channel Islands
3
Who is responsible for subjects such as education, health and defence?
1- Home Secretary
2- Secretary of State
3- Foreign Secretary
4- Chancellor of the Exchequer
2
For how long did England remain a republic?
1- 14 yrs
2- 11 yrs
3- 10 yrs
4- 12 yrs
2
Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
1- Nelson
2- Louis XIV
3- The Duke of Wellington
4- Henry VII
3
When did the Enlightenment happen?
1- 19th-20th centuries
2- 18th century
3- 18th-19th century
4- 19th century
2
How many members does The Northern Ireland Assembly have?
1- 108
2- 110
3- 119
4- 129
1
What is the Turner Prize given for?
1- art
2- music
3- dancing
4- garden design
1
Who was the Prime Minister during 1945-1951?
1- Clement Attlee
2- Dylan Thomas
3- R A Butler
4- Winston Churchill
1
When was the first coin in Britain made?
1- the iron age
2- the stone age
3- the gold ages
4- the middle ages
1
Where did the supporters of Charles Edward Stuart come from?
1- Edinburgh
2- Highlands
3- Aberdeen
4- Glasgow
2
When did the “Battle of Agincourt” take place?
1- 1415
2- 1613
3- 1200
4- 1716
1
Where was one of the Anglo Saxon kings buried with treasure and armour?
1- Newcastle
2- London
3- Kent
4- Suffolk
4
When did the Habeas Corpus Act become law?
1- 1679
2- 1683
3- 1685
4- 1687
1
How many American colonies declared their independence in 1776?
1- 17
2- 13
3- 7
4- 5
2
What did the Statute of Rhuddlan do?
1- annexed Ireland to England
2- annexed Wales to England
3- annexed Scotland to England
4- annexed Britain to England
2
When were films first shown in the UK?
1- 1906
2- 1902
3- 1896
4- 1894
3
When did the UK join the EEC?
1- 1964
2- 1957
3- 1973
4- 1968
3
Which languages were the basis of modern English?
1- norman French and celtic
2- norman French and anglo saxon
3- celtic and anglo saxon
4- gaelic and celtic
2
Who led a team to clone a mammal for the first time?
1- Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell
2- Patrick Steptoe and Patrick Steptoe
3- Jayne Torvill and Mary Peters
4- John MacLeod and James Goodfellow
1
What is the Mercury Music Prize awarded for?
1- The best music producer in the UK and Ireland
2- The best album from the UK and Ireland
3- The best song in the UK and Ireland
4- The best classical song in the UK and Ireland
2
What were the refugees that came from France called?
1- Roundheads
2- Huguenots
3- Cavaliers
4- Jacobites
2
Which of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?
1- Anne of Cleves and Jane Seymour
2- Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves
3- Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
4- Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn
3
When did Queen Victoria become queen?
1- 1861
2- 1837
3- 1845
4- 1877
2
When did the “Battle of the Boyne” happen?
1- 1690
2- 1693
3- 1695
4- 1697
1
How many ‘local authorities’ does the city of London have?
1- 16
2- 5
3- 33
4- 41
3
When was the Magna Carta established?
1- 1314
2- 1215
3- 1516
4- 1415
2
Who was the “Iron Duke” that defeated the Emperor Napoleon?
1- Churchill
2- Sir Christopher Wren
3- Admiral Nelson
4- Wellington
4
How many years did Mary, the Queen of Scots spend in prison?
1- 11
2- 20
3- 30
4- 4
2
When did the Romans successfully invade Britain?
1- 63 BC
2- 55 BC
3- 43 AD
4- 55 AD
3
When did the development of a free press happen?
1- 1755
2- 1805
3- 1695
4- 1832
3
Which General remains a controversial figure in Ireland?
1- Oliver Cromwell
2- Nelson
3- Francis Drake
4- James Cook
1
When did Protestant ideas begin to spread?
1- 17th century
2- 16th century
3- 18th century
4- 15th century
2
Who led the Scottish Army during the Battle of Bannockburn?
1- King Alfred the Great
2- Edward I
3- Robert the Bruce
4- William the Conqueror
3
When was the Giant’s Causeway formed?
1- 40 million years ago
2- 60 million years ago
3- 50 million years ago
4 70 million years ago
3
When did many Scottish people leave for North America?
1- 17th century
2- 18th century
3- 19th century
4- 20th century
3
When were the last Welsh rebellions defeated?
1- 14th century
2- 15th century
3- 16th century
4- 17th century
2
Who is Sir Chris Hoy?
1- Scottish cyclist
2- Scottish tennis player
3- Scottish rower
4- Scottish runner
1
How many colonies were granted independence in 1947?
1- 9
2- 11
3- 13
4- 7
1
What percentage of the UK population is Muslim?
1- 3%
2- 4%
3- 5%
4- 6%
2
When was the time of growing patriotism?
1- Victorian age
2- Golden Age
3- Elizabethan period
Iron Age
3
What do many theatres in the UK produce at Christmas time?
1- stand up comedy show
2- opera
3- pantomime
4- music event
3
How many AMs does the Welsh government have?
1- 128
2- 60
3- 108
4- 92
2
Which of these is an Anglo-Saxon poem?
1- Beowulf
2- Jude the obscure
3- Pride and Prejudice
4- Mr Hyde
1
What county does Stonehenge stand in?
1- Whiltshire
2- Lothians
3- Berkshire
4- Lancarshire
1
When did the Vikings first attack Britain?
1- AD 789
2- AD 798
3- AD897
4- AD 879
1
Who was the first ‘Scottish King’?
1- Kenneth MacAlpin
2- Cnut also “Canute”
3- Harold
4- William I
1
Who was R. A. Butler?
1- A Conservative MP
2- minister of health
3- poet
4- economist
1
Who wrote the Canterbury Tales?
1- Charles Dickens
2- Geoffrey Chaucer
3- William Caxton
4- Rowling
2
What party won the election in 1945 (After WWII)?
1- labour
2- conservative
1
PM: Clement Atlee
When did the Irish Free State become a republic?
1- 1949
2- 1922
3- 1931
4- 1937
1
1922 2 countries
What percentage of the total population lives in England?
1- 82%
2- 84%
3- 86%
4- 80%
2
5% Wales
8% Scotland
3% NI
Who won gold medals for ice dancing at the Olympic Games in 1984?
1- Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
2- Peggy Fleming and Sasha Colin
3- Bobby Moore and Dame Kelly Holmes
4- Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
1
How many members does the Scottish Parliament have?
1- 129
2- 108
3- 76
4- 94
1
Who designed New Delhi to be the seat of government in India?
1- Sir Edwin Lutyens
2- Inigo Jones
3- Robert Adam
4- Sir Christopher Wren
1
The Civil War in 1642 split the country into which two groups?
1- The Roundheads and the Cavaliers
2- House of Commons and House of Lords
3- The landowners and the slaves
4- House of York and House of Lancaster
1
Who wrote music for King George I?
1- George Frederick Handel
2- Sir William Walton
3- Sir Edward Elgar
4- Benjamin Britten
1
Which court deals with the most serious cases in Scotland?
1- Sheriff Court
2- High Court
3- Crown Court
4- Justice of the Peace Court
2
How many people lost their lives in the decades after 1969 due to violence in Northern Ireland?
1- 12000
2- 30000
3- 3000
4- 60000
3
When was Charles I executed?
1- 1649
2- 1646
3- 1653
4- 1658
1
When is Vaisakhi celebrated?
1- April
2- March
3- May
4- June
1
Who sat in the House of Commons in the Middle Ages?
1- knights
2- nobility
3- great landowners
4- bishops
1
In the middle ages, the nobility, great landowners and bishops sat in the House of Lords. Knights, who were usually smaller landowners, and wealthy people from towns and cities were elected to sit in the House of Commons.
When did Britain recognise the American colonies’ independence?
1- 1783
2- 1776
3- 1751
4- 1763
1
When was the famous satirical magazine ‘Punch’ published?
1- 1840s
2- 1880s
3- 1820s
4- 1860s
1
When did the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms establish in Britain?
1- AD 689
2- AD 410
3- AD 600
4- AD 789
3
By which year did the English rule an area around Dublin called the Pale?
1- 1200
2- 1300
3- 1400
4- 1100
1
Who designed the Dumfries House in Scotland?
1- Robert Adam
2- Inigo Jones
3- Sir Christopher Wren
4- Sir Edwin Lutyens
1
When was the Emancipation Act signed?
1- 1813
2- 1807
3- 1833
4- 1821
3
How many member states does the Commonwealth have?
1- 77
2- 53
3- 28
4- 48
2
What do the National Insurance Contributions fund?
1- The NHS and Police
2- Schools and Education
3- The Police, NHS and Education
4- The NHS and state pension
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