Share Read on Mobile Enter Reading Mode Life in the UK Test 2 Posted on 10/06/2020 by Testrada Life in the UK tests 1. A jury has 15 members inEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales 2. Why do people wear poppies on Remembrance Day?it symbolizes victory of good over evil and the gaining of knowledgeit marks the beginning of springit’s the flower found on the battlefields of the First World War 3. What is a sonnet?a poem which must be 18 lines longa poem which must be 14 lines longa poem which must be 12 lines long 4. The Northern Ireland Assembly was established soon after theBattle of BannockburnThe Troubles broke outBelfast Agreement, also known as Good Friday AgreementBattle of the Boyne 5. Who has right to vote?All UK-born and naturalised adult citizensAll UK-born and EU citizensAll UK-born citizens 6. Which two of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?Anne Boleyn and Catherine HowardFlorence Nightingale and Elizabeth ICatherine of Aragon and Anne of ClevesAnne of Cleves and Catherine Parr 7. What is Scotland’s flower?ShamrockRoseThistleDaffodil 8. Life peers areappointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of the Queen (because she can advise, warn and encourage)elected by other members of the House of Lordsappointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister 9. The ancestors of the first farmers, who arrived in Britain 6,000 years ago, probably came from south-western Europeeastern Europenorthern Africasouth-east Europe 10. Newspapers were allowed to operate without a government licence since1945199516951975 11. Cromwell established the authority of the English Parliament in Ireland through negotiations, without any violencewith great violencewith the help of William Caxton 12. Millenium Stadium is located inLondonCardiffBelfastPlymouth 13. During the Bronze period, people lived infortressesround barrowsfortsroundhouses 14. Who usually chooses the Archbishop and other senior church officials?the Home Secretarythe Royal familythe Prime Minister and a committee appointed by the Churchthe Vatican 15. The Normans did not invade Scotland.TRUEFALSE 16. The British government promised Home Rule for Ireland in 1813170319931913 17. Name a furniture designer from the 18th century.Mary PetersThomas ChippendaleRobert BrowningVivienne Westwood 18. There is a famous celebration of Diwali inPlymouthLiverpoolLeedsLeicester 19. Normandy is located in what is nownorthern Spainnorthern Francesouthern France 20. Laws can be divided intocivil law and military lawcriminal law and civil lawurban law and rural lawcommon law and penal code 21. The clans lost a lot of their power and influence after the battle ofAgincourtDunbarBosworthCulloden 22. Central Powers, during the First World War, included:Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman EmpireFrance, Britain, Russia, JapanJapan, Russia, Britain 23. What was NOT one of the six changes proposed by the Chartists?for any woman to be able to stand as MPfor every man to have the voteelections every yearfor MPs to be paid 24. It became illegal to trade slaves in British ships or from British ports in 1606in 1807in 1906 Loading...