So you think you know about Parliament?

1. Parliament is made up of:

a) House of Commons and House of Lords

b) House of Commons and Government

c) Government and Monarchy

d) House of Commons, House of Lords and Monarchy

2. The oldest part of the Parliamentary Estate is:

a) Speaker’s House

b) Chamber of the House of Lords

c) Westminster Hall

d) Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower)

3. The Monarch has the power to:

a) Appoint the Prime Minister

b) Dissolve Parliament

c) Declare war

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

4. The last time the Monarch refused to give Royal Assent to a

piece of legislation was in:

a) 1707

b) 1807

c) 1907

d) 1981

5. What is the current approximate membership of the House of

Lords?

a) 1,330

b) 950

c) 850

d) 550

6. The House of Lords has a limited role in:

a) Revising legislation

b) Approving budgets

c) Matters concerning the EU

d) Scrutinising government policy

7. Where does the Lord Chancellor sit?

a) Woolsack

b) Government front bench (Lords)

c) Government front bench (Commons)

d) Supreme Court

8. How many MPs are there in the House of Commons?

a) 678

b) 650

c) 600

d) 591

9. Approximately what percentage of MPs in the House of Commons

are female?

a) 40%

b) 30%

c) 20%

d) 10%

10. The maximum life of a Parliament is:

a) 4 years

b) 5 years

c) 6 years

d) 8 years

11. During World War II the House of Commons sat in:

a) Commons Chamber

b) Lords Chamber

c) Church House

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

12. The Government is made up of:

a) Cabinet

b) All Ministers and the Whips

c) All Conservatives and Liberal Democrat MPs

d) All Conservative MPs and peers

13. Who is First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil

Service?

a) Chancellor of the Exchequer

b) Chair of the Finance and Services Committee

c) Prime Minister

d) The Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service

14. How many Prime Ministers have served the current monarch?

a) 6

b) 8

c) 12

d) 14

15. The longest piece of legislation passed in recent times is:

a) NHS Act 1946

b) European Communities Act 1972

c) Companies Act 2006

d) Corporation Tax Act 2009

16. Who is the only person who is allowed an alcoholic drink in the House of Commons Chamber?

a) Speaker

b) Prime Minister

c) Chancellor of the Exchequer

d) Chief Whip

17. Where can you see the four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna

Carta?

a) Lincoln Cathedral

b) British Library

c) Salisbury Cathedral

d) All of these

e) None of these

18. Proceedings in the House of Commons were first televised in:

a) 1983

b) 1987

c) 1989

d) 1992

19. Who is the odd one out (think parliamentary!)?

a) Russell Brand

b) David Attenborough

c) Kate Winslet

d) Jamie Oliver

20. What is the significance of the owls that keeps appearing...?