TEST 15

The capital city of Wales is Cardiff.

The Roman army left Britain in AD 410 to defend other parts of the Roman Empire and never returned.

You will receive a fine up to £1,000 if you watch TV but do not have a TV licence.

Emmeline Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858. She set up the women’s Franchise League in 1889, which fought to get the vote in local elections for married women.

King Charles III is the head of state of the UK.

The First World War lasted four years (1914 – 1918).

Henry VII was the leader of the House of Lancaster.

The Houses of Parliament and St Pancras Station were built in the 19th century, as were the town halls in cities such as Manchester and Sheffield.

There are now more than 61,000 volunteers helping to keep the National Trust running.

The population of the UK in 1851 was 20 million people.

‘A rose by any other name’ is a line from William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.

Vaisakhi (also spelled Baisakhi) is a Sikh festival which celebrates the founding of the Sikh community known as the Khalsa.

In 2003, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien was voted the country’s best-loved novel.

The Welsh assembly has 60 Assembly members and the Scottish Parliament has 129 members.

James Watt’s work on steam power, helped the progress of the Industrial Revolution.

There are two ways to arrange a visit to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. You can either contact the Education Service (details are on the Northern Ireland Assembly website at http://www.niassembly.gov.uk) or contact an MLA.

In 1932 Scotsman John Logie Baird made the first television broadcast between London and Glasgow.

The small claims procedure is used for claims of less than £3,000 in Northern Ireland.

Between 1870 and 1914, around 120,000 Russian and Polish Jews came to Britain to escape persecution.

The Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf tells of its hero’s battles against monsters and is still translated into modern English.

The 39 Steps (1935) was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

In 1948, Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, the Minister for Health, led the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS), which guaranteed a minimum standard of health care for all, free at the point of use.

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to accede to the British throne upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022.

The note with the highest value in the UK is the £50 note.