This is a timed quiz.
You have 45 minutes to complete the 24 questions in this quiz.
Which of the following is a fundamental principle of British life?
Communism
Intolerance
Individual liberty
Inequity
Wales has its own established church.
True
False
What is the name of New Year’s Eve in Scotland?
Vaisakhi
Hannukah
Diwali
Hogmanay
What is the reason for Henry VIII to establish the church of England?
Because the Pope didn’t let him divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon
Because the Pope didn’t let him marry Catherine Howard
Because the Pope wanted England to be a Catholic country
Because the Pope didn’t let him divorce his wife, Anne of Cleves
What is the name of the lengthy war that held between English and France in the middle ages?
The Crimean War
The First World War
The Hundred Years War
The Boer War
Who was supported by clansmen from the Scottish highlands and raised an army in 1745?
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Robert Burns
Oliver Cromwell
Kenneth MacAlpin
With whom you contact If you think someone is trying to persuade you to join an extremist or terrorist activity?
The Home Office
Your local police force
Your local MP
Your family
It is compulsory for 16 and 17-year-olds to join the National Citizen Service programme.
What is the name of the tour guides that tell visitors stories about the Tower of London’s history?
Chartists
Suffragettes
Beefeaters
Knights
Which two countries developed the Concorde, the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner?
Italy
Britain
Germany
France
Where is Snowdonia located?
Scotland
Wales
England
Northern Ireland
Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?
Evelyn Waugh
Sir Kingsley Amis
Graham Greene
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In 1939, which country was invaded by Germany?
Austria
Russia
Poland
Who is the patron Saint of Wales?
St David
St George
St Patrick
St Andrew
Lake District is the largest national park of England.
What is the name of the area in London where famous theatres are located?
Soho
Theatreland
Westminster
Hyde Park
Which two of the following are key roles of school governors?
Monitoring student’s behaviour
Monitoring and evaluating school performance
Setting the strategic direction of the school
Giving awards to the best students of the school
What led the American colonies to want their independence from Britain?
The British government wanted to control their borders
They were running out of resources
The British government wanted to tax them
There were not enough jobs for the local people
When did the Black Death take place?
The Golden Age
The Stone Age
The Middle Ages
The Iron Age
Who was the leader of the suffragettes, the group that campaigned for women’s rights to vote?
Queen Victoria
Florence Nightingale
Emmeline Pankhurst
Cardiff is the capital city of which country?
Ireland
During the Great Depression in the 1930s which industry was badly affected?
Housing construction
Shipbuilding
Automobile
Aviation
Who was the first man in the world to run 1 mile in under 4 minutes?
Sir Chris Hoy
Sir Roger Bannister
David Weir
Mo Farah
Which festival celebrates the end of Ramadan, when Muslims have fasted for a month?
Eid ul Adha
Eid al-Fitr