life in the uk test 5

Life in the UK Test 5

1. Who are life peers?
2. Good Friday marks
3. What event is referred to as “Glorious Revolution”?
4. Magna Carta restricted the king’s power to collect taxes or to make or change laws.
5. There is no difference between the court systems in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
6. Good Friday Agreement was about
7. What is the name of the annual cultural festival which includes music, dance, art and original performances largely in Welsh?
8. Slaves came primarily from
9. Henry VII united the Houses of Lancaster and York by marrying
10. JPs
11. English laws and the English language were introduced in Wales by the middle of the
12. Parts of Hadrian’s Wall is a popular area for
13. Who wrote a series of poems in English about a group of people going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage?
14. Members of the Welsh Assembly can only speak Welsh, and all of the Assembly’s publications are in Welsh only.
15. Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister following the General Election in
16. Which religious festival remembers the story where oil that should have lasted only a day did so for eight?
17. As parts of the Empire were granted independence, the Empire transitioned to
18. Sake Dean Mahomet grew up in
19. Water Music and Music for Royal Fireworks are works by
20. After the Black Death, many people left the countryside to live in the towns, where growing wealth led to the development of
21. Much of the medieval religious art was lost after
22. Adult British, Irish and Canadian citizens resident in the UK have right to vote in all elections.
23. Who wrote Paradise Lost?
24. What do cricket, football, lawn tennis, golf and rugby have in common?

 


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