For how many years has Queen Elizabeth been reigning the country up until 2012?
100
This is the address of the prime minister.
What is 10 Downing Street?
100
She is the head of state of the UK.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
100
This party was formed to promote the interests of the working class.
What is the Labour party?
100
As opposed to the local government in Britain, the US, Canada and Germany have this form of government, in which the states have given powers to the central government.
What is federal government?
200
On this occasion the queen has to read a speech that is given to her.
What happens at the opening of parliament?
200
This person is the head of the majority party in the House of Commons.
What is a prime minister?
200
He is the Prime Minister and yes, that is the party he´s leading.
Who is David Cameron, and is it the conservative party he is leading?
200
A framework for government that is not a single written document but includes many different laws, court decisions, and political customs.
What is an unwritten constitution?
200
That is the term for the local government authorities which manage public services. They also collect one kind of tax (based on the estimated value of property).
What is a local council?
300
This is the term for the money that used to be given to royals for performing civil duties.
What are civil list payments?
300
Yes, that is the form of government in the UK. (And besides that, it is also a constitutional monarchy.)
Is the UK a parliamentary democracy?
300
He is the Duke of York and she is the the Duchess of Cornwall.
Who is Prince Andrew?
Who is Camilla?
300
This means that all members of the government belong to the same political party. It is the opposite of coalition government.
What is a single-party government?
300
This is the term for the oldest divisions of the country in England and Wales. Originally, they were called "Shires".
What are the counties?
400
This incident caused the protest
of tax payers and prompted the queen
to pay private income tax.
What happened after the Windsor Castle fire in 1992?
400
This convention means that the rest of the government has to go along with what the prime minister has decided. Also because of this tradition, no member of the government can criticize government policy in public.
What is "collective responsibility"?
400
They are the elected government representatives on a local level. They are the equivalent of the members of parliament and meet in a council chamber in the Town Hall or County Hall, where they make policy which is implemented by local government officers.
Who are the councillors?
400
There are two major protestant parties (the Democratic Unionists, the Ulster Unionists), and two major Catholic parties (Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party).
Which are the main parties in Northern Ireland?
400
This term describes the smallest unit of local government in England with very few powers. Originally it was used for villages centred around a local church.
What is a parish?
500
If your name is published on this document you can become Commander of the British Empire or Knight of the order of the Garter.
What is the Honours List?
500
This organization is directly under the PM´s control and works in the same building. It runs a busy communications network, keeping ministers in touch with each other and drawing up the agenda for cabinet meetings.
What is the cabinet office?
500
This group of people exercises some control over the ministers, and runs the cabinet office. They get a high salary and have absolute job security, but they are rather unknown to the public.
Who are the civil servants?
500
These parties of Wales and Scotland stand for independence from the UK, or at least for greater internal self-government.
What are Plaid Cymru and the SNP?
500
This term describes the shifting of power from central government to local communities.