Question: England became a possession of which country when it became conquered after the first millennium?
Answer: Denmark

Question: When did the Norman Conquest occur?
Answer: 1066

Question: In 1169, Ireland was invaded by which people?
Answer: Angevins

Question: Since the Norman invasion who had feudal possession of Ireland?
Answer: the Pope

Question: During the end of the Middle Ages which two kingdoms was Great Britain divided into?
Answer: Kingdoms of England and Scotland

Question: What was the name of the church that King Henry VIII founded?
Answer: Church of England

Question: Which king failed to receive a divorce from the Pope in 1534?
Answer: King Henry VIII

Question: Which crown did the King of Scotland inherit in 1603?
Answer: Crown of England

Question: Why did the King of England have issues with parliment in the 17th century?
Answer: his policy of tolerance towards Catholicism

Question: What happened to Britain during the 17th century?
Answer: political upheaval, religious division and war

Question: Who where the ruling class after the revolutionary republic was created?
Answer: Protestant and British

Question: The English Civil War brought about what change to Britain?
Answer: revolutionary republic in England

Question: In what year was the Kingdom of Great Britain founded?
Answer: 1707

Question: When did the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland unite?
Answer: 1801

Question: How large did the British Empire become by the beginning of the 20th century?
Answer: one third of the globe

Question: What negative factor occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution in England?
Answer: terrible condition for the working class

Question: What was the result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1919-1922?
Answer: Most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom

Question: What are the names of the two states that are sovereign in the British Isles today?
Answer: Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Question: What is another name that Ireland is also called?
Answer: Republic of Ireland

Question: Northern Ireland is part of which country?
Answer: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Question: What is another name for the  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: Which three states in the United Kingdom have devolved governements?
Answer: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Question: Which state send members to the parliament in Edinburgh?
Answer: Scotland

Question: What type of government does the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies have?
Answer: parliamentary democracies

Question: Who shares power in Northern Ireland?
Answer: unionists and nationalists

Question: Unionists in Northern Ireland want to remain part of which country?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: Nationalist in Northern Ireland want to join which country?
Answer: the rest of Ireland

Question: The United Kingdom is part of what union?
Answer: European Union (EU)

Question: What does the Schengen area allow in the European Union?
Answer: passport-free travel between EU members states

Question: When was a free-travel area created betwen Northern Ireland and Ireland?
Answer: 1997

Question: This free-travel area in Ireland is now called what?
Answer: Common Travel Area

Question: What are the two exceptions to the voting rights in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandand Britain?
Answer: presidential elections and constitutional referendums

Question: In what elections are other Europeans who are living in the United Kingdom or Ireland, allowed to vote in?
Answer: local and European Parliament elections

Question: Which ministry wants to end this type of voting of EU nationals?
Answer: UK Ministry of Justice

Question: What type of arrangement let British and Irish citizens vote in each other's elections?
Answer: Reciprocal arrangements

Question: What has caused several uncommon arrangements between the various states in the United Kingdom?
Answer: The Northern Ireland Peace Process

Question: What type of citizenship can Northern Ireland people have?
Answer: choice of Irish or British citizenship or both

Question: The Northern Ireland Executive meets with what other government to develop policies for the island of Ireland?
Answer: Government of Ireland

Question: The 1998 Good Friday Agreement resulted in what arrangement?
Answer: policies common across the island of Ireland

Question: What was one of organizations that was founded because of the Good Friday Agreement?
Answer: British–Irish Council

Question: Which states belong to the British-Irish Council?
Answer: all of the states and territories of the British Isles

Question: How many Oireachtas members where there in the original British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly?
Answer: 25

Question: How many members of the United Kingdom Parliament were in the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly originally?
Answer: 25

Question: The British-Irish Council has added representatives from which parliament?
Answer: Scottish Parliament

Question: Does the Parliamentary Assembly had any kinds of legislative authority?
Answer: no

Question: What does the British-Irish Council discuss?
Answer: issues of mutual importance

Question: What does the British-Irish Council do?
Answer: investigates and collects witness evidence

Question: How often does the British-Irish Council meet?
Answer: biannually

Question: Who recommended that the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Assembly should look very closely at the work that the British-Irish Council does?
Answer: Niall Blaney

Question: What types of media give the people of Ireland information about what is going on in Britain?
Answer: British television, newspapers and magazines

Question: What is available to the people in Northern Ireland so they have access to the media?
Answer: private television

Question: What is one of the most popoular television shows in the United Kingdom?
Answer: The X Factor

Question: Who can receive the Costa Book Award?
Answer: authors resident in the UK or Ireland

Question: What are some of the minor sports in the United Kingdom?
Answer: croquet, bowls, pitch and putt

Question: What is the most popular sport in the United Kingdom?
Answer: association football

Question: How many national Ruby teams are there in the United Kingdom?
Answer: four

Question: In which hemisphere do the rugby playing countries meet once every four years?
Answer: southern hemisphere

Question: How often do the national rugby teams play for the Triple Crown?
Answer: each year

Question: The Irish Sea tunnel was first purposed in what year?
Answer: 1895

Question: What is the name of the recent proposal of a tunnel between Rosslare and Fishguard ports?
Answer: Tusker Tunnel

Question: Who proposed the Tusker Tunnel?
Answer: The Institute of Engineers of Ireland

Question: What is the estimated cost to build the Tusker Tunnel?
Answer: £15 billion or €20 billion

Question: In what year was a bridge proposed between County Antrim in Northern Ireland to Galloway, Scotland?
Answer: 2007

Question: What Museum has a vase with an image of an episkyros player?
Answer: National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Question: What game did Athenaeus reference in 228 AD?
Answer: harpastum

Question: What is the name of a similar, non-competitive game in Japan called?
Answer: kemari

Question: What country is the game chuck-guk from?
Answer: Korea

Question: What country is the game wogabaliri from?
Answer: Australia

Question: What year did the Football Association arrange The Laws of the Game?
Answer: 1863

Question: Who Organizes the World Cups?
Answer: International Federation of Association Football

Question: About how many years between World Cups?
Answer: four

Question: What country did the Laws of the Game come from?
Answer: England

Question: Who are the only players allowed to touch the ball with their hands?
Answer: goalkeepers