Referendums Quiz

Which Prime Minister was against the use of referendums?

• Clement Attlee

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

• Margaret Thatcher

What type of democracy involves people voting for elected representatives?

• Direct democracy

• Representative democracy

• Participatory democracy

• Deliberative democracy

In which year did the UK hold a referendum on whether to stay in the European Community?

• 1975

• 2011

• 2016

• 1973

What was the result of the 2016 UK referendum on EU membership?

• Remain 48.11%

• Leave 51.89%

• Remain 67.23%

• Leave 32.10%

What was the result of the 1975 UK referendum on staying in the European Community?

• Yes 67.23%

• No 32.77%

• Yes 32.10%

• No 67.23%

Which regions voted on devolution in 1997?

• Scotland and Wales

• Northern Ireland and Scotland

• England and Wales

• Scotland and Northern Ireland

What was the result of the 1998 referendum in Northern Ireland regarding the Good Friday Agreement?

• Yes 71.12%

• No 28.88%

• Yes 94.39%

• No 5.61%

What was the referendum question asked in London in 1998?

• Do you support the agreement reached at the multiparty talks on Northern Ireland?

• Are you in favour of the Government's proposals for a Greater London Authority, made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly?

• Should Scotland be an independent country?

• Do you want the Assembly now to be able to make laws on all matters in the 20 subject areas it has powers for?

In the 1997 referendum in Wales, what percentage voted 'Yes' to devolution in Wales?

• 22.07%

• 55.30%

• 50.30%

• 74.29%

On what type of issues are referendums usually held in the UK?

• Popular issues

• Constitutional issues

• Social issues

• On any law the government wants