WorksheetsCorona Quiz - Eight
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
UK Citizenship Question
"The Restoration" refers to the re-establishment of Catholicism as the official Church in the 17th century.
TRUE or FALSE?
True
False
UK Citizenship Question
What important change to our voting rights took place in 1969?
Compulsory voting was introduced
Prisoners were given the vote
Women over 35 were given the vote
The voting age was reduced to 18 for men and women
UK Citizenship Question
Who built the Tower of London?
Oliver Cromwell
William the Conqueror
King Richard III
King John
UK Citizenship Question
The Scottish Parliament abolished the authority of the Pope in which year?
1580
1660
1680
1560
UK Citizenship Question
Who or what is Clarice Cliff?
A famous designer of ceramics
A famous landmark in Sussex
A famous operatic soprano
The highest point in Cornwall
UK Citizenship Question
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly have most recently worked together successfully since which year?
2007
2010
2017
2020
UK Citizenship Question
What significant problem arose from trading and settlements overseas in the 19th century?
Conflict with other countries, particularly Spain
Conflict with other countries, particularly France
There were no problems
There was no plan or structure to the expansion
UK Citizenship Question
The official name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
‘Great Britain’ refers only to England, Scotland and Wales, and NOT to Northern Ireland.
True
False
UK Citizenship Question
The UK is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. How many permanent members does the Security Council have?
10
6
5
4
UK Citizenship Question
Where are minor criminal cases tried in a Justice of the Peace Court?
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
UK Citizenship Question
Who defeated the Vikings ?
Alfred the Great
Edward the Elder
Edmund I
Edgar the Peaceful
UK Citizenship Question
What was the symbol of the House of Lancaster?
A White Rose
A Red Rose
A Pink Rose
A Blue Rose
UK Citizenship Question
Who commissioned the "Domesday Book"?
John, King of England
Richard I
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
UK Citizenship Question
What was one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years War ?
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Crécy
Battle of Bosworth Field
Battle of Castillon
UK Citizenship Question
When was the Scottish Parliament formed ?
1999
1969
1989
1979
UK Citizenship Question
Which TWO of the following can investigate criminal law related crimes ?
The Courts
A Council
The Judge
The Police
UK Citizenship Question
In the 1830s and 1840s, a group called the Chartists campaigned for reform. What they wanted was....?
A. Every man to have the vote
B. Elections every year
C. Secret ballots
A, B and C
UK Citizenship Question
In 2013, who was the longest reigning British monarch?
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
Victoria
UK Citizenship Question
With the objective of restoring Catholicism in England which country attacked England but without success?
France
Portugal
Italy
Spain
UK Citizenship Question
Whom did Henry VII marry to form an alliance between the House of York and the House of Lancaster?
Elizabeth Windsor
Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth Tudor
Elizabeth of Lancaster
UK Citizenship Question
Who was Charles Stuart Parnell?
Irish Nationalist Politician
Irish Poet
Irish Actor
English Author
In what year was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?
1950
1951
1952
1953
Which island was discovered by Captain Cook in December 1777?
Christmas Island
Cook Islands
Hawaii
Bermuda
To which group of islands does Corfu belong?
Ionian
Dodecanese
Sporades
Cyclades
On which island is Noel Coward buried?
Jamaica
St Vincent
Barbados
Jersey
For what is Harry Beck best remembered?
Designing the London Underground Map
Designing the Routemaster bus
Designing Trafalgar Square
Inventing the pelican crossing
In Dad's Army, what was Private Fraser's occupation?
Undertaker
Banker
Policeman
Butcher
Which of these places did Sir Edmund Hillary NOT get to?
The summit of Mt. Everest
The North Pole
The South Pole
The summit of K2
Which London born actor has hosted the Academy Awards a record 18 times?
Bob Hope
Ricky Gervais
Jack Lemmon
Johnny Carson
In Porridge, what was the FULL NAME of the character played by Ronnie Barker?
(a)
Which topical person's name is an anagram of "Nigel, Fetch an Iron Leg"?
(a)
Which country's name means 'Land of the people...'?
Lesotho
Japan
Russia
Thailand
Who won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1982?
Barbara Cartland
Jeffrey Archer
Stephen King
Isaac Asimov
Who was the USA's first ever Honorary Citizen?
Winston Churchill
Mother Teresa
John Lennon
William Penn
Outside of Paris, which city contains the most French-speaking people?
Kinshasa
Montreal
Algiers
Lyon
What nationality was Marie Tussaud who founded the famous wax work exhibitions?
Swiss
French
American
Dutch
What spectacular Islamic edifice was built in the city of Agra by Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife?
(a)
"Pillow talk" cost Margaretha Geertruida Zelle her life in 1917, by what name is she better known?
(a)
In athletics, what is the last event of the Decathlon?
1500m
Steeplechase
Pole vault
High jump
What is the only sport to have been played on the surface of the moon?
Golf
Soccer
Bowls
American Football
The 'Tonton Macoute' were the dreaded paramilitary police in which country?
Haiti
Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Senegal
HP Sauce is a popular brown sauce which was produced by HP Foods.
What does the HP stand for in HP Sauce?
House Proud
Houses of Parliament
Home Produce
Hearty Products
In TOTAL, how many cents altogether did the operator ask for in the song 'Sylvia's Mother' by Dr. Hook.
40
80
120
160
Which TWO of these actresses was married to Frank Sinatra?
Ava Gardner
Mia Farrow
Katherine Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Put the following distances in order of size, starting with the smallest:
A: equatorial diameter of the Earth
B: length of the Great Wall of China
C: diameter of the Moon
D: length of the Trans-Siberian Railway
C B D A
A C D B
D B A C
A C B D
Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, James Garner, Elliot Gould and Robert Mitchum have all played one of these characters. Which one?
Philip Marlowe
James Rockford
Sam Spade
Hercule Poirot
The 'Impressionist' movement takes its name from the 1872 painting 'Impression, soleil levant' (Impression, Sunrise).
Who painted it?
Claude Monet
Edgar Degas
Paul Cézanne
Henri Matisse
What is the opposite of the Lima syndrome?
Stockholm syndrome
London Syndrome
China Syndrome
Helsinki Syndrome
Which famous comic crime fighter shares their name with a city in Turkey?
(a)
The clock image shows 3:35. If the image is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, what time will it show?
Note: Please write your answer in the form hh.mm
(a)
On July 1st 2013, which country became the 28th member of the European Union?
Croatia
Romania
Czechia
Hungary
Which film star died during the shooting of the Ridley Scott movie Gladiator?
Richard Harris
Peter O'Toole
Oliver Reed
David Hemmings
Which shop had its Royal Warrant removed in February 2000?
Harrods
Fortnum & Mason
Liberty London
Selfridges
What was originally defined as the area of land which a pair of oxen could plough in one day?
Acre
Hectare
One Square Mile
Rood
Who wrote the thriller 'Caravan to Vacares', which was made into a film in 1974
Alistair Maclean
Agatha Christie
Harlan Coben
Ruth Rendell
When Alcock & Brown made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic in 1919, which country did they land in?
Ireland
USA
Wales
Scotland
Fiat is based in which Italian city?
Turin
Milan
Genoa
Naples
In what year were there two general elections in Britain; Abba won the Eurovision Song Contest and West Germany won the football World Cup?
(a)
What board game was invented in the 1930s by Clarence B Darrow?
Monopoly
Scrabble
Backgammon
Snakes and Ladders
Which African country was founded in 1822 as a home for freed slaves from the USA?
Sierra Leone
Liberia
The Gambia
Burkina Faso
