UK Citizenship Test

______ broke away from the Church of Rome and established the Church of England.

________ people left Ireland during the potato famine

_________ were fighting against each other in the Wars of the Roses.

A group of Protestants named Puritans opposed King Charles

A group of Roman Catholics named Puritans opposed King Charles

After the Parliament executed the king in 1649, who did the Scots declare king?

After the Second World War, workers from Ireland and other parts of Europe were encouraged to come to UK to help rebuild.

Anne Boleyn was the mother of ______

BBC is a privately funded media organisation.

BBC is state-funded media organisation that is independent of the government

Between 1853 and 1913

British armed forces have been fighting in _______ from 1992 to 1995. NATO and EU soldiers replaced the British armed forces after 1995.

Captain James Cook produced a map of

Catherine of Aragon was the mother of ______

Charles II led the Scottish army and lost in

Charles II’s ______ became king after Charles II died in 1685

Charles, king of Scotland was restored as King Charles II of England in 1660

Charles, king of Scotland was restored as King Charles II of England in 1760

Christopher Wren

During the 1950s people from West Indies were invited to come and work in Britain under which occupation?

During the Victorian period the British Empire became the largest empire in the world

Edmund Halley

English people started to colonise the eastern coast of America during the rule of Elizabeth I

English people started to colonise the western coast of America during the rule of Elizabeth III

Florence Nightingale and her fellow nurses increased the mortality rate in hospitals during the Crimean War

Free trade did not help develop the British Industry because raw materials could not be imported more cheaply

Great Britain was created in

Highland Clearances is when crofters were forced off their land to make way for sheep and cattle grazing

Hogmanay is celebrated

How long was Queen Victoria’s reign?

In ______ at the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson defeated the French and Spanish Navy

In 1200, Ireland was under the King of England

In 1607 England and Scotland were united to create Great Britain

In 1707 England and Scotland were united to create Great Britain

In 1776, people living in American colonies wanted to be part of the British Empire

In 1899, the British went to war with South African settlers called the Boers

In the 1970s, Britain had a balance of payments where it bought more goods than it sold to other countries

In the 1970s, Britain had a balance of payments where it sold more goods than it bought from other countries

In what year did Emancipation Act end slavery throughout the British Empire?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed the Great Western Railway

James I and Charles I believed they were chosen by God to rule

James was a ______ and people in England was worried he would change the country’s religion.

Jane Seymour was the mother of _______

Julius Caesar invaded and ruled Britain in 55 BC

King Charles I’s army lost in

King Edward used the Statute of Rhuddlan to take over Wales.

Margaret Thatcher was the first

Margaret Thatcher was the longest-serving UK Prime Minister of the 20th Century

Mary the Queen of Scots was Elizabeth I’s

New laws in 1960s also known as the Swinging Sixties made it easier to get an abortion or a divorce

New laws in 1960s also known as the Swinging Sixties made it more difficult to get an abortion or a divorce

Prime Minister __________ created the National Health Service

Samuel Pepys

Sir Isaac Newton

St Andrew is the patron saint of

St George is the patron saint of

St Patrick is the patron saint of

The _________ occurred during Charles II’s rule.

The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the Battle of Hastings in embroidery.

The Bill of Rights of 1689 limited the _____ powers

The Celtic language consists of languages spoken in Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

The civil war between King Charles I and Parliament began in

The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon in ______ at the Battle of Waterloo

The first Archbishop of Canterbury is ______

The Glorious Revolution refers to

The modern copy of The Globe Theatre is at

The Reform Act gave

The Scottish Parliament made Roman Catholic service illegal in

The Spitfire and the Hurricane were important planes in the Battle of Britain

The Spitfire and the Hurricane were important planes in the Battle of France

Tony Blair’s government did not allow Northern Ireland to form a government

What does the National Insurance Contributions fund?

What happened after the General Election in May 2010

What happened in the 1400?

What industry did Richard Arkwright develop efficient and profitable factories?

What language was John Barbour’s poem of the Battle of Bannockburn?

What was Adam Smith famous for?

What was David Hume famous for?

What was James Watt famous for?

What was the nationality of Kenneth MacAlpin?

When did people start farming in Britain?

When did the great depression start?

When did the UK join the European Economic Community (EEC)?

When did the Wars of the Roses end?

When James inherited Elizabeth I’s throne in 1603, Scotland became part of Britain

When was Britain separated from the continent of Europe?

When was Charles II crowned King of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?

When was the first BBC radio broadcast?

When was the first regular television service?

Where did 300,000 British soldiers flee from Hitler’s army after France fell?

Where did feudalism exist?

Where did the Boer War take place?

Which industries developed during the great depression?

Which of the following British King was called the King of Ireland?

Which of the following colonies became independent countries after 1947?

Which of the following did Margaret Thatcher’s government do?

Which of the following is a 20th century British invention?

Which of the following is Shakespeare’s play?

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following statement is correct

Which of the following was famous during the Victorians?

Which patron saint does the crosses in the Union Flag represent?

Which series of concerts was organised by BBC?

Who won the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War?

The Tower of London was built by

Who was Henry VII’s son?

In which city did Sake Dean Mahomet own up the first curry house in Britain in 1810?

Which two cities did the United States drop the atomic bomb, bringing the Second World War to a close?

In which part of England is Land’s End situated?

Who was Churchill’s deputy Prime Minister in the wartime coalition government?

Who wrote Land of Hope and Glory?

Which conflict resulted in the formation of the UN?

Which country’s traditional meal is the “Ulster Fry”?

What was William Wilberforce famous for?

Charles II was succeeded by James II. What religion did James II follow?

Who designed the new St Paul’s Cathedral?

What is the name of the best preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe?

Shipbuilding and coal mining declined under Margaret Thatcher’s leadership.

The Chartists wanted all regions to be equal in the electoral system.

India and Pakistan were granted independence from Britain in 1947.

Sir Chris Hoy has won more Olympic medals than Bradley Wiggins

Thomas Chippendale was a designer of ceramics.

The Easter Uprising took place in Belfast.

Who did the Scottish Jacobites attempt to put on the throne in 1745?

Why did the first English troops go to Ireland at the beginning of the Middle Ages?

What pivotal event occurred on ‘D-Day’?

With which other country did Britain develop Concorde, the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner?

What did the Scottish Parliament abolish in 1560?

Edinburgh Castle was built in which period?

At the General Election in May 2010, what happened for the first time since February 1974?

Which leader was defeated at the Battle of Hastings?

In 1688 William of Orange invaded England with little resistance and then ruled peacefully with his wife Mary. This was later called:

Which of these statements about the evacuation of Dunkirk is false?

During Edward VI’s reign, what book was written to be used in the Church of England that is still used today?

Bonnie Prince Charlie’s army were finally defeated by George II’s army at which 1746 Battle?

Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

In 1969, Monty Python’s Flying Circus introduced a new type of:

Why was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

When Civil War broke out between Charles I and his Parliament, those who supported the king were known as:

Many Huguenot immigrants came to England between 1680 and 1720. Who were they?

Where does Nelson’s column, the monument to Admiral Nelson, stand?

Which of these statements about The Proms is false?

What was the purpose of the Statute of Rhuddlan?

Which English King fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?

Which one of these was not an Allied Power?

Where did the Boer War against settlers from the Netherlands take place?

Who introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan?

What was the name of the British sailor who was the fastest person to sail round the world single-handed?

Who succeeded Edward VI as monarch of England?

Which classical composer born in 1659 was the organist at Westminster Abbey?

For what has Sir Steven Redgrave won Olympic medals?

What as the biggest source of employment in Britain before the Industrial Revolution?

Who became Prime Minister in 1945?

What was the Magna Carta?

On what date did the First World War end?

What was the population of the UK in the year 1600?

What year was the Turner prize established?

When was the National Health Service established?

In what year did Henry VIII take the throne?

How long ago did Britain become separated from the Continent by the Channel

In Ireland, what event caused a million deaths and the emigration of one and a half million people to the United States and England in the 19th century?

Where was the Great Exhibition of 1851 held?

Canterbury Cathedral was built in what period?

What was the name of the railway that Isambard Kingdom Brunel was responsible for constructing?

What is the 18th century period of many new ideas on politics, philosophy and science called?

What was the name of the tribe led by Boudicca?

In which battle did the Scottish defeat the English in 1314

The Domesday Book recorded details of:

Where was William Shakespeare born?

After Charles I’s execution by Parliament in 1649, who did the Scots declare King?

Who developed the television?

In the Hundred Years War, England fought against which country?

What was the name of the most famous satirical magazine of the 19th century?

What fraction of the population of England died because of the Black Death?

In what month of 1945 did the Allies finally defeat Germany?

Which of Shakespeare’s plays contains the line “To be or not to be?”

Which British city was almost totally destroyed by German bombing?

Which king defeated the Vikings?

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

Who pioneered the railway engine?

When Scottish landlords destroyed crofts to make way for large flocks and herds, what was this called?

What nationality was the famous poet and writer Dylan Thomas?