SBK 2

In which book was the English language, for the first time in its history, thoroughly nationalized and standardized, and who was its editor?

"Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles" edited by James Murray

Which was the oldest colony of the British Empire?

Ireland

What was the name of the famous national personification figure invented in England in 1712 for the purpose of distinctiveness?

John Bull

Which were three dominating European powers in the 17th and 18th centuries, respectively?

Spain France Britain

When did England begin to establish colonies and trade networks in the Americas and Asia?

the 15th and 16th century (Age of Discovery)

Which event opened the moment of Britain's supremacy in Europe, and in which year did it happen?

the Battle of Trafalgar 1805.

The growth of which new class was significant outcome of the installation of large military garrison in Northern Ireland in the 1970s?

the Catholic middle class

Which party was often associated with implicit pro-English-hegemony feelings?

the Conservative Party

Who was the capital of New Zealand named after?

the Duke of Wellington, who had been very sympathetic to the settlement of South Australia

What is the name of the national anthem of Wales, and which is the traditional Welsh instrument?

(Old) Land of My Fathers the harp

Name three practices that help make Britishness more inclusive, taught about in citizenship classes in the UK.

-anti-discrimination measures -legal exemptions for minority religious practices -using public services to promote racial equality

Who became, in 1916, the first and only Welsh Prime Minister of the UK?

David Lloyd George

At the center of which three defining concentric circles does Great Britain lie, according to Winston Churchill's speech at the Conservative Party conference in Llandudno in 1948?

1. The Empire 2. The Anglophone Atlantic world 3. Europe

Name three practices through which white people in the UK demonstrate that British Asians are not accepted as British because of their race or cultural background.

1. students facing stereotyping and low expectations from teachers 2. minority ethnic-sounding names reducing the likelihood of people being offered an interview 3. women wearing headscarves facing particular discrimination once entering the workplace

How many British overseas territories and Commonwealth Realms are there, respectively?

14 overseas territories + 16 Commonwealth Realms (formerly 53 members)

In which year was the East India Company established?

1600

Which years represent the three constitutional moments in the history of the UK?

1707 1801 1921

In which year did Britain lose the Thirteen Colonies in North America?

1783, after the American War of Independence

In which year di the Easter Rising in Ireland take place?

1916

In which year did partition of Ireland take place, and which two unstable antagonistic political blocks exist in Northern Ireland (supply both names for each of the blocks)?

1921 nationalist and republican unionist and loyalist (the IRA and the Protestants)

In which years did the two Welsh referendums on devotion take place?

1979 and 1997

In which year was 'The Good Friday Agreement' signed?

1998

In which year were the first elections to the National Assembly for Wales held?

1999

When did the English national identity begin to emerge?

19th century

Which year marked the 300th anniversary of the British Union?

2007

In which year did the referendum on Scottish Independence from the United Kingdom take place?

2014

What percentage of the overall number of inhabitants in the UK did England's population represent by the 1990s?

85%

Whose figure stands on the enormous column erected in 1842 in the center of Trafalgar Square?

Admiral Horatio Nelson

Name chronologically the two US presidents with whom Tony Blair partially agreed, but also partially disagreed.

Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

Which Britpop bands were known as the "big four"?

Blur, Oasis, Suede, Pulp

Who in the Head of the Commonwealth?

Britain's monarch (Queen Elizabeth II)

What was the name of the 1914 Act in which nationality did not refer to Britain as a geographical entity but was rather perceived in terms of those who owed allegiance to the Crown?

British Nationality and Aliens Act

Name three areas in the UK in which race riots took place in the 1970s?

Brixton, the Midlands and Liverpool

Which city is the youngest capital in Europe, and in which year did it become the capital city?

Cardiff, 1955

Who advocated most strenuously the unification of France and Great Britain in 1940, so that they ' shall no longer be two nations, but one Franco-British Union'?

Churchill

Why did Winston Churchill believe Britain's future lay with the US rather than with Europe?

Churchill was the one who coined the term 'special relationship' after the war. He believed Britain's future lies with the US rather than with Europe since US secured arms, money and ultimately troops for the defeat of Nazi Germany. Therefore, he asserted America's involvement in Europe shouldn't decline after the war and there was barely anyone amongst the political classes of the time who pressed for unity with Europe at the expense of the special relationship with the USA

What is the name of the agreement which allows travelers from the Republic of Ireland to the UK and vice versa to avoid passport checks?

Common Travel Area (CTA)

What is the name of the world's oldest association of states, established by former British colonies after they gained independence?

Commonwealth of Nations

What was the name of the organization founded in 1981, which became a successful catalyst for political pressure on London and a apolitical guarantor of the US contributing to the International Fund for Ireland?

Congressional Friends of Ireland

Which is the only language in the UK that has equal status with English as an official language?

Cymraeg (Welsh)

Who was the most important advocate and theorist of systematic colonization?

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

Which countries challenged Britain's economic lead at the start of the 20th century?

Germany and the United States

Which constituent part of the UK is seen as its 'last stateless nation'?

England

Of which three constituent parts of the UK does the island of Great Britain consist?

England, Wales, Scotland

What is the Irish language called and what is the name for schools in which teaching is in the Irish language in Northern Ireland?

Gaelic, gaeliscoileanna

Which city was made the Cultural Capital of Europe in 1990?

Glasgow

Name the two provisos with which John Major signed the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992.

He declined to sign the Social Chapter safeguarding minimal employment conditions throughout the Union, on account of the strong Conservative belief in a free market economy with a nonregulated labour force. He also insisted on Britain's right to opt out of the planned single currency for the Union.

Which famous writer, a native American, was obsessed by " that quiet and comfortable sense of the absolute" enjoyed by the English?

Henry James

Who is the author of A Dictionary of Modern Usage?

Henry Watson Fowler

What is the title of H. V. Morton's 1942 book in which he contrasts pre-war England with wartime England?

I Saw Two Englands

What is the title of H. V. Morton's 1927 book in which he purposely 'skirts Black England' in order to see its 'real north' of ancient cities and countryside?

In Search of England

Which country was known as "the jewel in the crown of the British Empire"

India

Name three countries from which the greatest number of migrants came to the UK after 1947.

India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Which term has been in use for Anti-Muslim hatred in the UK since 1997?

Islamophobia

Who articulated British political identity as imperial in the late 19th century?

Joseph Chamberlain

Which British monarch ensured that the Irish Parliament declared him King of Ireland in 1541?

King Henry VIII

What are the names for language varieties spoken in Lowland Scotland and in the Highlands?

Lowland Scots Scottish Gaelic

What are the titles of two 19th century English novels that reflect the racial fear engendered by the 1857 Indian mutiny, and who are their corresponding authors?

Mansfield Park - Jane Austin The Mystery of Edwin Dood - Charles Dickens

Name the British PM and the US president , respectively, who had a particularly good relationship during the 80s.

Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan

What was the name of the 1948 Act that granted the inhabitants of the UK the status of 'citizens of the UK and colonies' instead of being formally 'subjects' of the Crown?

Nationality Act

In which British colony was the Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1940, and between whom?

New Zealand, between the Crown (Pakeha - white settlers) and the Maori

Which was the most economically disadvantaged area in the United Kingdom in the 1970s?

Northern Ireland

Who is the author of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack?

Paul Gilroy

What was the period of relative peace in Europe and the world (1815-1914), during which the British Empire became the global hegemon and adopted the role of global policeman, called?

Pax Britannica (British Peace)

Which British monarch issued a proclamation recognizing Indians as British subjects and granting them equality of citizenship?

Queen Victoria

What are the names for the Welsh language radio station and the Welsh language television station launched in 1977 and in 1982 respectively?

Radio Cymru Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C)

Who referred to the UK as "Yookay"?

Raymond Williams

In which three constituent parts of the UK did devolution at the end of the 20th century provide political identities to their respective cultural distinctive characters?

Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

What are the English and the British flags called, respectively?

St. George's Cross + The Union Jack

Which two British PMs evoked rural England in their famous speeches in 1924 and 1993, respectively?

Stanley Baldwin John Major

What is the name of the black British teenager from south east London whose murder inquiry represents a critical moment in the process of political and cultural change in britain?

Stephen Lawrence

Whose work at BCCCS opened up new dialogues on Black cultural identity, effectively challenging the notion that British culture was quintessentially 'white'?

Stuart Hall

What is the full title of the 1982 BCCCS book which brought a critical Black perspective to the reading of a wide range of cultural texts, effectively extending the intellectual boundaries of a new discursive terrain for a Black British culture?

The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 70s Britain

Name two main Protestant institutions which hold parades throughout Northern Ireland.

The Orange Institution Royal Black Institution

Who was the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump at the White House, and in which year did it happen?

Theresa May, 2017

Who referred to The UK as "Cool Britannia"?

Tony Blair

Whose gravestone is inscribed with the words "Prime Minister of England, 1908-1916", even though there has never been a Prime Minister of England, only United Kingdom?

Viscount Asquith

Name the British PM and the US president, respectively who had a particularly strong relationship during WWII.

Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Name two kinds of powers after legislative devolution in the UK: those which are transferred and those which allow for decisions to make only by the UK Parliament

administrative legislative powers

According to the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic minorities in Britain, prejudice against which ethnic, racial or religious group is the highest?

against Asians, Muslims and those identifying as 'politically black'

What fraction of the world's land surface did the British Empire cover on the eve of WWI and what percentage of the world's population did it incorporate?

around 25% of world's land surface around 23% (412 million) of world's population

What is the British state, as the classic example of the 'state-nation', identified by instead of ethnicity?

by state institutions such as Parliament and the monarchy

What issues has the term 'Irish question' been used to describe lately?

describes Irish nationalism and calls for Irish independence and covers issues associated with the UK-Irish border and Brexit

What has Englishness been intrinsically linked to, instead of being a typical form of national identity, and what had been central to its formation?

exclusiveness, especially exemplified by one's choice of language

When did the British Empire achieve its largest territorial estent?

immediately after the First World War

Which is the strongest Scottish political party, and in which year was it formed?

in 1928 Scottish National Party (SNP) - formerly known as the National Party of Scotland, until 1934

Over which three elements that made up the so-called 'Holy Trinity' did Scots have de facto autonomy for two centuries after 1707?

law education religion

What was the term for English and Scottish Protestant settlers on confiscated land in Ireland?

planters

Which British cultural identity are films like Horace Ove's Pressure, Menelik Shabazz's Burning an Illusion and Ngozi Onwuhra's Welcome II the Terrordome cinematic representations of?

representations of Black Britishness

Name two kinds of devolution in the UK: the one through which political power is transferred from the central to a subnational government, and the other one which recognizes the centre of political power, but allows for regional interests to also be represented.

reserved devolved

Which colloquialism is frequently used in the republican community in Northern Ireland as a reference to the Protestant and Unionist Institutions , and to characterize political unionism as a whole?

the ' Black Bastards'

What was the name of an influential group of people with whom John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in Northern Ireland, networked effectively in the mid 1970s?

the 'four horsemen'

Which are the two British heraldic symbols in the title of George's Orwell's famous essay published in 1941?

the Lion and the Unicorn

Which treaty afforded constitutional citizenship to the Welsh for the first time?

the Maastricht Treaty

Which specific part of England was accorded literally utopian status in William Morris' News from Nowhere (1890)?

the Southern English countryside (Lake District and the lush southdownlands)

Which three flags are used in Northern Ireland?

the Ulster Banner / Red Hand Flag the Tricolour Saint Patrick's Saltire / Cross of St. Patrick

Which national flag is believed to be the oldest one still in use, and which animal does it feature?

the Welsh flag Red dragon

What are the iconic symbols of Scottish culture, banned in 1746?

the kilt and the bagpipes

Until which year was the British state constitutionally a 'unitary' one with a single legislature at Wastminster?

until 1999

Name three ways in which Muslim men and women in the UK are being held back in the work place.

widespread Islamophobia, racism and discrimination