Practice test 11

Question 1Not answered

In which year did Julius Caesar lead the first (unsuccessful) Roman invasion of Britain?

1. AD 43
2. AD 410
3. 789 BC
4. 55 BC

Question 2Not answered

For which two coronations did Sir William Walton write marches?

1. Edward VII and George V
2. George V and George VI
3. Victoria and Edward VII
4. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II

Question 3Not answered

In what year did the Act of Union create the Kingdom of Great Britain?

1. 1707
2. 1922
3. 1603
4. 1801

Question 4Not answered

Where in Westminster Abbey are many famous poets buried or commemorated?

1. The Cloister
2. Poet's Corner
3. The Nave
4. The Crypt

Question 5Not answered

What was the 'Danelaw'?

1. A code of laws introduced by the Romans
2. The treaty that ended the Hundred Years War
3. The system of land ownership under the Normans
4. The area in the east and north of England where Vikings settled

Question 6Not answered

In what year did the Norman Conquest take place?

1. 1215
2. 1485
3. 1066
4. 1588

Question 7Not answered

Which battle saw William, the Duke of Normandy, defeat King Harold?

1. Battle of Hastings
2. Battle of Bannockburn
3. Battle of Bosworth Field
4. Battle of Agincourt

Question 8Not answered

Which British actor won an Oscar according to the handbook?

1. Sir Laurence Olivier
2. Richard Burton
3. Sean Connery
4. Dame Judi Dench

Question 9Not answered

In what documents do individual rights in Britain have their roots?

1. Magna Carta, the Habeas Corpus Act and the Bill of Rights 1689
2. The Domesday Book and the Reform Act
3. The Union Acts and the Act of Settlement
4. The Statute of Rhuddlan and the Corn Laws

Question 10Not answered

Which hymn tune did Holst adapt from Jupiter in The Planets?

1. Jerusalem
2. God Save the Queen
3. Rule Britannia
4. I owe to thee my country

Question 11Not answered

Which mountain is the most well-known landmark of Snowdonia?

1. Ben Nevis
2. Scafell Pike
3. Slieve Donard
4. Snowdon

Question 12Not answered

Which of these lines comes from Hamlet?

1. To be or not to be
2. All the world's a stage
3. A rose by any other name
4. Once more unto the breach

Question 13Not answered

Where is the Eden Project located?

1. Suffolk
2. Wiltshire
3. Cornwall
4. Dorset

Question 14Not answered

Which language did the Norman rulers speak?

1. German
2. Latin
3. French
4. Danish

Question 15Not answered

What did the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 guarantee?

1. The establishment of the Royal Society
2. The right of every man to vote
3. The independence of Scotland
4. That no one could be held prisoner unlawfully

Question 16Not answered

Where in Europe is the UK located?

1. In the south east
2. In the north west
3. In the far north
4. In the centre

Question 17Not answered

Which two painters from abroad worked in Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries?

1. Constable and Turner
2. Hans Holbein and Sir Anthony Van Dyck
3. Gainsborough and Hogarth
4. Moore and Freud

Question 18Not answered

What does 'constitutional monarchy' mean?

1. The monarch makes all the laws alone
2. The monarch is elected by Parliament
3. The monarch appoints the government the people chose
4. The monarch has no role in government at all

Question 19Not answered

What does the PDSA do?

1. Researches cancer treatments
2. Supports older people at home
3. Preserves historic houses
4. Works with animals, helping to treat sick pets

Question 20Not answered

Which city is the base for the Welsh government and the National Assembly for Wales?

1. Wrexham
2. Cardiff
3. Swansea
4. Newport

Question 21Not answered

Since when has the Man Booker Prize for Fiction been awarded?

1. 1968
2. 1918
3. 1945
4. 1990

Question 22Not answered

Which novel by Sir Kingsley Amis is his most well known?

1. Brighton Rock
2. Lucky Jim
3. Scoop
4. Kidnapped

Question 23Not answered

Which charity works to prevent cruelty to children?

1. Age UK
2. The NSPCC
3. The PDSA
4. Cancer Research UK

Question 24Not answered

For what achievement is Dame Ellen MacArthur known?

1. First woman to cross the Atlantic by rowing
2. First person to sail alone around the world
3. First person to win the America's Cup
4. Fastest person to sail around the world single-handed in 2004