Election Quiz

I cittadini del Regno Unito andranno alle urne per scegliere il nuovo governo,

In vista del fatto che tra meno di due settimane i cittadini del Regno Unito andranno alle urne per scegliere il nuovo governo, oggi vi invito a mettere alla prova la vostra conoscenza della politica britannica cercando di rispondere alle seguenti domande:

 

1) The coalition currently governing the United Kingdom is made up of the ________________ parties

a) Labour & Liberal  b) Green & Conservative  c) UKIP & Communist       d) Conservative & Liberal

 

2) David Cameron is leader of the Conservative or ________________ party.

a) Fascist          b) Tory               c) Republican             d) Nationalist

 

3) The leader of the UK Labour Party is ________________  .

a) Ed Miliband           b) Gordon Brown       c) Tony Blair     d) Nick Clegg

 

4) The lower chamber of the UK parliament is known as the House of ________________ .

a) Common People   b) Commoners          c) Commons      d) Comics

 

5) The upper chamber of the UK parliament is known as the House of ________________ .

a) Senators                b) Lords             c) Rich People           d) Ministers

 

6) Voters mark their preference for a candidate on a ________________ paper.

a) ballot             b) voting            c) election         d) toilet

 

7) Voting in a general election takes place in a ________________ station.

a) polling           b) electing         c) fire                 d) political

 

8) Each area which elects a representative to Parliament is known as a ________________ .

a) circumscription     b) district          c) field               d) constituency

 

9) The term used to describe a candidate elected to parliament is ________________ .

a) PM                  b) MP                  c) PP                            d) MM

 

10) Surveys of voting intentions conducted before an election are called “opinion ________________ “.

a) tests              b) polls              c) enquiries                d) interviews

 

11) When no political party obtains an overall majority, the result is a ________________ parliament.

a) suspended             b) hanging                  c) hung               d) folk

 

12) The lower house of the UK Parliament consists of ________________ elected members.

a) 500                b) 550                c) 600                 d) 650

 

13) General elections in the UK are always held on a ________________ .

a) Sunday          b) Tuesday        c) Thursday       d) Friday

 

14) The maximum term for a parliament in the UK is ________________ years.

a) four                b) five                c) six                  d) seven

 

15) The UK Parliament is housed in the Palace of ________________ .

a) Westminster                   b) London          c) Big Ben                   d) Crystal

 

 

 

Key: 1)d 2)b 3)a 4)c 5)b 6)a 7)a 8)d 9)b 10)b 11)c 12)d 13)c 14)b 15)a