British Politics and Real Life Reality Check

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  1. 3. “if, by adopting the spirit of the Reform Bill, it be meant that we are to live in a perpetual _________ __ ________ … if this be the spirit of the Reform Bill, I will not undertake to adopt it.’ 6, 2, 9
  2. 4. Who is the president of China?
  3. 6. Major agricultural tariff, introduced 1815
  4. 9. In which Asian country has the Tatmadaw staged a coup after losing elections?
  5. 10. Temporary alliance in 1834 of Whigs, Radicals and Irish MPs. Indicated the possibility of expanding the Whig Party into something bigger. 9, 5, 7.
  6. 11. Broke away from the Repeal Movement in 1847 and persued ‘independence of Irish nation.’
  7. 12. Which trending hashtag concerns the conservatorship of a popstar’s life, movements and money by her father? 4, 7.
  8. 14. Name of first rap single to have chart success in the world, by Sugar Hill Gang, in 1979. About the only country it did not succeed in was the USA. 7, 7.
  9. 16. Hundreds of these arrived to George III, prompting him to call an election in 1784. 5, 9
  10. 19. A recent US intelligence report accused the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia (Mohammad bin Salman) of murdering journalist Jamal Kashoggi in which Euro-Asian city?
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  1. 1. Linked money in circulation to gold and silver deposits in Bank of England in 1819.
  2. 2. What does ‘corona’ mean, as in ‘corona virus’? It refers to the virus’s shape.
  3. 5. Right to freedom from arrest suspended for one year in May 1794; potentially a major threat to British liberties, but in fact, little used.6,6
  4. 7. Most petitions to Parliament in the late 1820s did not concern reform of Parliament at all. They focused on ________ .
  5. 8. Introduced prison warders, segregated male and female prisoners, prohibited chains and manacles. Name + year.
  6. 13. Limited outdoor relief only to those Irish who had less than ¼ of an acre, leading to mass evictions. 7, 6
  7. 15. Key thinker who influenced Pitt’s attempts to reduce tariffs and stimulate international trade.
  8. 17. Price of one pint of organic milk in Sainsbury’s in pence.
  9. 18. Introduced by Pitt in 1799, abolished against the will of Liverpool in 1816, reintroduced by Peel in 1842.