TEST 28

In 1284 King Edward I of England introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan, which annexed Wales to the Crown of England.

Court orders can be obtained to protect a person from being forced into a marriage, or to protect a person in a forced marriage.

The first tennis club was founded in Leamington Spa in 1872.

Unfair dismissal or discrimination in the workplace is classified as a civil offence.

Henry VIII was king of England from 21 April 1509 until his death on 28 January 1547.

The currency in the UK is the pound sterling (symbol £).

In May 2010, and for the first time in the UK since February 1974, no political party won an overall majority in the General Election. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties formed a coalition and the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, became Prime Minister.

Diwali normally falls in October or November and lasts for five days.

The European Council is not part of the British government.

There is a popular yearly rowing race on the Thames between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Admiral Nelson’s ship was known as the HMS Victory.

When driving in the UK, you must pay an annual road tax and display the tax disc, which shows that the tax has been paid, on the windowscreen.

The capital city of the UK is London.

The Lord of the Rings is not the British film.

A jury is made up of members of the public chosen at random from the local electoral register.

St David’s Day, patron of Wales is celebrated on the 1st of March.

Remembrance Day people wear poppies (the red flower found on the battlefields of the First World War).

It is a criminal offence to cause harassment, alarm or distress to someone because of their religion or ethnic origin.

You can get contact details for all your representatives and their parties from your local library and from http://www.parliament.uk.

The Old Bailey is probably the most famous criminal court in the world.

Ealing Studios has a claim to being the oldest continuously working film studio facility in the world.

Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell led a team which was the first to succeed in cloning a mammal, Dolly the sheep.

London’s west end is also known as ‘Theatreland’.

Sir Francis Drake was one of the commanders in the defeat of the Spanish Armada and one of the founders of England’s naval tradition.