Question 1
What is essential for a democracy?
Question 2
What happened in 1066 ?
Question 3
When did the War of Roses (1455) end?
Question 4
1534 The Act of Supremacy, What is that?
Question 5
Who were the most important wives of Henry the VIII?
Question 6
Why the Monarchy was interrupted between 1649 - 1660?
Question 7
What was the Restoration (1660)?
Question 8
What was the Glorious Revolution?
Question 9
Who was the last Suart monarch? And which House ascended the throne?
Queen Anne. Succeeded by The House of Hanover (George I)
Charles the First (beheaded) succeeded by the House of Windsor
James II
Question 10
Who was the last Hanover monarch?
George I (1714 - 1720)
Queen Victoria (1838 - 1901)
George V (1936 -1936)
Richard Coeur de Lion
Question 11
Which is the current House ?
House of Coburg and Gotha
House of Tudor
House of Burgesses
House of Stuart
House of Commons![]()
House of Hanover
House of Windsor
Question 12
What are the nicknames of Elizabeth II?
Question 13
What are the Royal Prerogatives?
Levying taxes, arbitrary executions, imposed treaties
Declares War, Proclaimes Peace, Signs Treaties (royal assent)
Being the Head of the Church and of the Commonwealth
Question 14
What was the Annus Horribilis? (1992)
2Pacalypse Now by 2Pac
Death of Michel Berger
A series of scandals related to the Queen's family
Question 15
What was the Jacobite Rebellion?
Jacob bite an onion?
Jacobus = James II who tried to recaptured Scotland
Jacobus = King James II ivented the bus station before the invention of the bus itself
Question 16
The English Constitution is based on Conventions and 4 documents. What are those documents?
1832 The First Reform Act
1628 The Petition of Rights
1689 The Bill of Rights
1997-1998 Devolution of Power
1215 Magna Carta
1679 The Habeas Corpus
Question 17
What is the Act of Settlement (1701)?
The Monarch must be a member of the Church of England.
Protestants could create a settlement in Ireland
England settled America
Question 18
What is the Reform Act?
Does it give the right to vote to men?
It is an act passed to give the right to vote to a part of the population
Does it give the right to vote to women?
Question 19
The Representative of People Act, gives the right to vote to...
Commentaires
Hope you finally had that first year ;-)
My first year was so long ago...I completely forgot what was the act of settlement!!!
Your test was really fun (brough back memories)...
Are you a first year? Are you cramming for the examens? If so, good luck!