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
