British Institutional Political History
Name the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom
According to The Economist, the development of the Railroad was said to be especially beneficial for which group/class of people
What is: the lower class/poorer people
What was the occupation of Margaret Thatcher's father?
What is: a grocer or politician
In which decade did Britain first join the European Common Market/European Economic Communities?
What is: the 1970s
In the context of our course, what does "IRA" stand for?
What is: the Irish Republican Army
Who is the current monarch of England? (You must give the regnal number in addition to name)
Who is: Charles III
Edmund Burke was dismayed by the treatment of the French Queen at the hands of revolutionaries. What was the name of this French Queen?
Who is: Marie Antoinette
In his "United States of Europe" speech, Winston Churchill used a quote from William Gladstone to suggest that Europe must move beyond retribution and forgive each other for past wrongs. Finish the quote: There must be "a blessed act of ____."
What is "oblivion"
What are: 54 articles worth of options
Colin studied the history of this alcoholic beverage in early modern England
What is: cider
Who was the longest-reigning British monarch?
Who is: Elizabeth II
The Navigation Acts forced British colonists to send certain "enumerated" goods through England first before they could be re-exported. Name any TWO of these enumerated goods in the Navigation Act of 1660.
What is: sugar, tobacco, cotton, indigo, ginger, fustic, or dying wood.
Margaret Thatcher led the United Kingdom to war with Argentina over these disputed islands.
What are: the Falkland Islands
Winston Churchill felt it was unnecessary for Britain to join his proposed "United States of Europe" because the UK already belonged to this particular organization.
Fill in the blank from the second verse of the UK's National Anthem:
"Oh Lord our God arise/Scatter her enemies/And make them fall./Confound their _____,/ Frustrate their knavish tricks,/On thee our hopes we fix,/God save the King!"
What is: "politics"
What are the two bodies of the British Parliament? (Similar to how the US Congress is divided into two parts called the House of Representatives and Senate)
During the French Revolution, the revolutionaries tried to change the measurement of time. How many hours were in the new revolutionary day (midnight to midnight)?
What is: 10 hours
The Beveridge Report outlined social welfare payments for children being born, people losing employment, old people's retirement, disability or long-term illness, and a host of other reasons for people of WHICH income level?
What is: all income levels
Before there was the European Union (EU), there was the European Communities (EC), and before that there was the European Economic Community (EEC). What organization predated the EEC? As a hint, the acronym for this organization was ECSC.
What is the European Coal and Steel Community
Daily Double! (Paleography)
What is: "I haue payne in my teathe" ("I have pain in my teeth")
Before the Glorious Revolution of 1688, British monarchs regularly appropriated funds through dubious methods. Name three of these illicit tactics directly mentioned in the "Constitutions and Commitment" article.
What are: forced loans, failure to repay loans, selling crown lands, selling monopolies and patents, expansion of the House of Lords/sale of peerages/sale of titles, purveyance, sale of legal dispensations, and the seizure of bullion.
This famous American Revolutionary propagandist wrote a stinging rebuttal, titled "Rights of Man," in response to Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France"
Who is: Thomas Paine
Which Conservative Party figure followed Margaret Thatcher as British Prime Minister?
Who is: John Major
The Tim Oliver article mentions a specific framework requirement governing the withdrawal of any country from the European Union. This framework mandated a two-year process to establish a new relationship between the UK and EU. What was the name of this framework procedure?
What is: Article 50
According to Samuel Huntington, the world is divided into "seven or eight major civilizational dons" (or cultural groupings). Name seven of these.
What are: "Western, Confucian [or Chinese], Japanese, Islamic, Hindu [or Indian], Slavic Orthodox [or Russian], Latin American, and possibly African civilizations"