British Citizenship Test 14

St Patrick’s day, patron of Northern Ireland is celebrated on the 17th of March.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has 108 elected members, known as MLAs (members of the Legislative Assembly). They are elected with a form of proportional representation.

The most important minister in Parliament became known as the Prime Minister. The first man to be called this was Sir Robert Walpole, who was Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.

British actors to have won Oscars include Colin Firth, Sir Antony Hopkins, Dame Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Tilda Swinton. Emily Watson has not won an Oscar yet.

During ‘the Enlightenment’ Adam Smith developed ideas about economics which are still referred to today.

Admiral Nelson was in charge of the British fleet at Trafalgar and was killed in the battle.

In Scotland, the 31st of December is called Hogmanay.

Proceedings in Parliament are broadcast on television and published in official reports called Hansard.

The most famous rugby union competition is the Six Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy.

Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Captain James Cook mapped the coast of Australia and a few colonies were established there.

The Crimean War was the first war to be extensively covered by the media through news stories and photographs.

Stonehenge stands in what is now the English county of Wiltshire.

St Augustine led missionaries from Rome, who spread Christianity in the south. St Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury.

You have to be 18 to go into betting shops or gambling clubs.

This statement is true.

Ulster fry is the correct answer.

In 1945 the British people elected a Labour government. The new Prime Minister was Clement Attlee.

The UK has hosted the Olympic games on three occasions: 1908, 1948 and 2012.

Canals were built to link the factories to towns and cities and to the ports, particularly in the new industrial areas in the middle and north of England.

Civil servants are accountable to ministers. They are chosen on merit and are politically neutral – they are not political appointees.

Britain and France developed the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner, Concorde.

The Industrial Revolution was the rapid development of industry in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Britain was the first country to industrialise on a large scale. It happened because of the development of machinery and the use of steam power.

One of the tribal leaders who fought against the Romans was Boudicca.