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 his "United States of Europe" speech, Churchill used a quote to suggest that Europe must forgive and forget. Finish the quote:
There must be "a blessed act of ____."
What is "oblivion"
The United Kingdom has the world's fifth largest economy (measured by GDP). Name the four larger nations.
What are: 1. The United States $32.64 trillion;
2. China: $21.55 trillion;
3. Germany: $5.47 trillion;
4. Japan: $4.34 trillion;
5. United Kingdom: $4.27 trillion
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
The bombing campaign depicted in "The Iron Lady" while Thatcher was Prime Minister was waged by what organization?
This British Prime Minister was in office when Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Who is: David Cameron
Colin studied the history of this alcoholic beverage in early modern England
What is: cider
Who was the longest-reigning British monarch? (You must give the regnal number in addition to the name)
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
Churchill suggested that the United Kingdom did not need to join his proposed "United States of Europe" because it already belonged to this organization:
What is: The British Commonwealth
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 houses of the British Parliament? (Similar to how the US Congress is divided into two parts called the House of Representatives and Senate)
What are: the House of Commons and House of Lords
Burke complained that the majority of the new French National Assembly was composed of people from which occupation?
What are: lawyers ("practitioners of the law")
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
In which decade did Britain first join the European Common Market/European Economic Communities?
What is: the 1970s
Daily Double! (Paleography)
What is: "I haue payne in my teathe" ("I have pain in my teathe")
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.
Burke was skeptical of "metaphysical" rights, but he did believe people have "real rights." He lists eight rights. Name two of them.
What are: 1) Living according to law; 2) Justice; 3) The "fruits of their industry" (property); 4) The right to make industry fruitful; 5) Acquisitions of their parents; 6) The nourishment and improvement of their offspring; 7) Instruction in life and consolation in death; 8) Anything else so long as it does not "trespass upon others"
Before she became Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher was the "Secretary of State for ____." Which cabinet post was she the secretary for?
What is: Education (technically: "education and science," but the movie didn't mention the science part)
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
According to Samuel Huntington, the world is divided into "seven or eight major civilizational dons" (or cultural groupings). Name seven of them.
What are: "Western, Confucian [or Chinese], Japanese, Islamic, Hindu [or Indian], Slavic Orthodox [or Russian], Latin American, and possibly African civilizations"