Practice test 9

Question 1Not answered

About how long is the longest distance on the UK mainland?

1. About 870 miles
2. About 87 miles
3. About 300 miles
4. About 2,000 miles

Question 2Not answered

Which of these is an expression that has passed into everyday usage from cricket?

1. 'Kicking the bucket'
2. 'It's just not cricket'
3. 'Hitting a home run'
4. 'Scoring a touchdown'

Question 3Not answered

In which English city was the Royal Crescent built, influenced by Robert Adam's ideas?

1. Bath
2. York
3. Bristol
4. Oxford

Question 4Not answered

Which London theatre is a reconstruction of Shakespeare's original playhouse?

1. The Old Vic
2. The Palladium
3. The Royal Opera House
4. The Globe

Question 5Not answered

Which Nobel Prize did Rudyard Kipling win in 1907?

1. Literature
2. Peace
3. Medicine
4. Physics

Question 6Not answered

Who is not allowed into Youth Courts?

1. The parents of the young person
2. The solicitors for the accused
3. The magistrates on the bench
4. Members of the public

Question 7Not answered

Where can an impressive Iron Age hill fort still be seen today?

1. Maiden Castle
2. Housesteads
3. Vindolanda
4. Sutton Hoo

Question 8Not answered

In what year did the Vikings first visit Britain to raid?

1. AD 43
2. AD 410
3. AD 1066
4. AD 789

Question 9Not answered

What is the official political status of the 'rest of Ireland' outside of Northern Ireland?

1. A devolved administration
2. A British overseas territory
3. A Crown dependency
4. An independent country

Question 10Not answered

Which stadium in London is known as the home of English football?

1. Twickenham
2. Murrayfield
3. Wembley
4. Anfield

Question 11Not answered

Which Scotsman developed the television in the 1920s?

1. Sir Christopher Cockrell
2. John Logie Baird
3. Robert Watson-Watt
4. Frank Whittle

Question 12Not answered

What is the maximum time between general elections?

1. Three years
2. Four years
3. Five years
4. Seven years

Question 13Not answered

What is the 'opposition' in the House of Commons?

1. The party of the Speaker
2. The largest party
3. The second-largest party
4. All small parties together

Question 14Not answered

What does Eid al-Fitr celebrate?

1. The start of Ramadan
2. The end of Ramadan
3. The birth of Muhammad
4. The pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 15Not answered

Who was 'Bonnie Prince Charlie'?

1. The son of George II
2. The brother of William III
3. Charles Edward Stuart, the grandson of James II
4. The nephew of Charles I

Question 16Not answered

Which poet was inspired by nature and wrote about daffodils?

1. William Wordsworth
2. Robert Browning
3. Lord Byron
4. Percy Shelley

Question 17Not answered

Which principle of British life is about respecting people who hold different faiths and beliefs?

1. Democracy
2. Individual liberty
3. The rule of law
4. Tolerance

Question 18Not answered

When did British combat troops leave Iraq?

1. 1991
2. 2009
3. 2003
4. 2014

Question 19Not answered

In which war did Florence Nightingale nurse wounded soldiers?

1. The Boer War
2. The First World War
3. The Napoleonic Wars
4. The Crimean War

Question 20Not answered

Who led the group of Catholics behind the 1605 plot commemorated on Bonfire Night?

1. Oliver Cromwell
2. Robert Catesby's brother
3. Sir Walter Raleigh
4. Guy Fawkes

Question 21Not answered

When was the first Union Flag created?

1. 1801
2. 1606
3. 1707
4. 1536

Question 22Not answered

The 1944 Education Act, which introduced free secondary education, is often called what?

1. The Butler Act
2. The Attlee Reform
3. The Macmillan Act
4. The Beveridge Report

Question 23Not answered

Which of these is a Hindu place of worship?

1. A gurdwara
2. A temple
3. A synagogue
4. A mosque

Question 24Not answered

What unrest was caused by Charles I's attempt to impose a revised Prayer Book?

1. Unrest in Presbyterian Scotland
2. A rebellion in Wales
3. A strike in London
4. A revolt in Cornwall