Life in the UK Test Questions

1. How many years was Mary Stuart kept prisoner by Queen Elizabeth I?

2. Who wrote, “The Bruce” about the Battle of Bannockburn?

3. Which statement below is correct?

4. What are Ralph Vaughan William and Sir William Walton famously know for?

5. In which year did William, the Duke of Normandy defeat Harold, the Saxon king of England, at the Battle of Hastings.

6. In which year did the Black Death come to England?

7. How old was Mary Stuart (often now called ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’) when her father died and she became queen?

8. Which TWO are Bank Holidays in England? (Choose 2 answers)

9. TRUE or FALSE: Clement Attlee was born in Manchester in 1880?

10. During which period did Parliament begin to develop into the institution it is today?

11. Which statement below is correct?

12. Which statement below is correct?

13. In which year did Sir Winston Churchill die?

14. What sport is Sir Ian Botham famously known for?

15. Where would you need to go to see the Bayeux Tapestry (the great piece of embroidery that commemorates the Battle of Hastings)?

16. Which statement below is correct?

17. Which statement below is correct?

18. When were the first professional football clubs formed?

19. Which statement below is correct?

20. Which statement below is correct?

21. Which statement below is correct?

22. Which TWO events below are associated with Dunkirk during World War II? (Choose 2 answers)

23. Which TWO are famous authors? (Choose 2 answers)

24. TRUE or FALSE: The first World War ended 11.00 am on 11th November 1945.