History of Great Britain - an overview

How many names of days of the week in English are of Germanic origin?

• 1

• 4

• 5

• 6

The Roman name for Scotland is ... .

• Iberia

• Helvetia

• Caledonia

• Hibernia

The endings -chester, caster, or -cester mean ... .

• a camp

• a river

• a town

• a field

During the Norman conquest, the Englishmen were defeated in the battle of ... .

• Waterloo

• Somme

• Hastings

• Canterbury

In the Elizabethan age, the first ... appeared.

• limited liability companies

• public limited liability companies

• joint stock companies

• No correct answer

After the death of Elizabeth I, the reigning dynasty was ... .

• The Lancasters

• The Stuarts

• The Windsors

• The Hanoverians

Which was the name of Cromwell's republic?

• the Res Publica

• the Free English State

• the Commonwealth

• the Revolutionary Republic

Some serious provisions as to the role of the Parliament during the Stuart restoration were made in ... .

• the Great Charter

• the Bill of Rights

• the Habeas Corpus Act

• No correct answer

When did the UK join the European Communities?

• 1951

• 1957

• 1973

• 1991

What were the Five Economic Tests intended for?

• to decide whether to join the EU

• to decide whether to join the European Monetary Union

• to decide whether to leave the EU

• to decide whether to leave the European Monetary Union