THE UK TEST 11

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THE UK TEST 11


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The Elizabethan period is also remembered for the richness of its poetry and drama, especially the plays and poems of?
William Shakespeare
On Remembrance Day, many people hold a two minute silence at 11 AM to mark the end of the First World War at the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1911?
 False, It should be 1918
Local authorities are funded by (Choose any 2 answers)?
Money from central government,Local taxes
It is expected that women should stay at home and not work?
False
2 minutes silence is observed on the Remembrance Day?
True
Bank Holidays have no national or religious significance?
True
English kings fought a long war with France was known as?
The Hundred Years War
People celebrate April Fool's day more than Christmas?
 No
What is the traditional meat served for Christmas Dinner?
Turkey
The UK is a parliamentary democracy with ______ as head of state?
The monarch
In the 2009 Citizenship Survey, less than ______ of people identified themselves as Jewish?
0.5%
You can't sell cigarettes to anyone below 18 years old?
Yes, it's correct
Who appoints Life Peers?
The Queen
During the Victorian Age, the government promoted policies of free trade?
By abolishing a number of taxes on imported goods
In the north of ______, land was owned by members of the 'clans' (prominent families)
(Choose any 2 answers)?
 Scotland,Ireland
What are the two main Christian festivals (Choose any 2 answers)?
Easter,Christmas
London has ______ local authorities?
33
Life Peers is a member of the House of Lords appointed by the Queen on the advice of the PM?
True
There are ______ national parks in England, Wales and Scotland?
15
Who defeated the Emperor Napoleon in 1815?
Duke of Wellington
Anyone who does not pay enough National Insurance Contributions will not be able to receive certain contributory benefits such as (Choose any 2 answers)?
Jobseeker's Allowance,A full state retirement pension
Britain was invaded by tribes from ______ Europe: the Jutes, the Angles and the Saxons?
Northern
When is St Valentine's Day?
 February 14th
Anne Boleyn the wife of Henry VIII was accused of taking lovers so she was executed at?
The Tower of London




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