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IBIS Fragenkatalog 1. What party is also called Cinderella party? The Lib Democrats, because they are right between the Labour and the Conservatives 2. Where is the Scottish Parliament based? Holyrood 3. What was NOT a key feature in Margaret´s Thatcherism? High taxation 4. Which road name is us...

IBIS Fragenkatalog 1. What party is also called Cinderella party? The Lib Democrats, because they are right between the Labour and the Conservatives 2. Where is the Scottish Parliament based? Holyrood 3. What was NOT a key feature in Margaret´s Thatcherism? High taxation 4. Which road name is used as a metonym for British Government? Whitehall 5. What was M. Thatcher´s term? 1979- 1990 6. M. Thatcher was the leader of? Conservatives 7. Calvinism is… A major belief branch of Protestantism which follows the theological tradition and the forms of Christian practice 8. The Official name of the Conservatives is: Conservative and Unionist Party 9. What color does the Labour Party have? Red 10. What color do the Lib Dem have? Yellow 11. Which party uses a scribbled Oak tree? Conservative Party 12. What color does the Conservative Party have? Blue 13. Which chronological order of PM´s is correct? Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher, Blair 14. The current leader of the Labour Party is? Jeremy Corbyn 15. Which slogan is often heard in relation to the NHS? Healthcare must be free at the point of delivery 16. Which electoral system is used in the UK? Fist past the post 17. Who is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland? Arlene Foster 18. Stuart Hall: Culture has no…. Fixed Meanings 19. Culture is a Study of Perfection Said by Matthew Arnold 20. Who is double subaltern in Spivak´s sense? A Muslim Bangladeshi Woman in the UK 21. What is Cultural Materialism? A politicized form of historiography 22. Which cultural theorist considered the parasite as an ideal? Homi Bhaba 23. Who can be considered an exemplary parasite? Salman Rushdie 24. The Cattle Raid of Cooley is a… Central epic of Ulster Cycle 25. Edward Elgar conducted… The London symphony Orchestra 26. Who held the River of Blood Speech? Powell 27. Clonmacnoise is… Monestry and its location on river Shannon is ideal 28. The Book of Kells was written in… Iona 29. Home of Sikhism is… The Golden Temple of Amritsar 30. What is the special importance of Sikhism? The 5 Ks 31. What is NOT a threat to Britishness according to Robin Cook´s Chicken Tiki Masalla Speech? Decline of the Empire 32. Who said Culture is ordinary? Raymond Williams 33. Which function does the Sovereign have? Supreme Governor of the Church of England 34. The Glorious Revolution is important for… The way to parliamental monarchy 35. What did M. Thatcher campaign for in 1973? Britains entry in the EEC 36. Who was king/queen when the 39 articles came into effect? Elizabeth 1 37. What is not espoused in the 39 articles? Transubstantitation 38. Who first gave an English monarch the title fidei defensor? Pope Leo X 39. Outside the UK, Anglicanism is mainly referred to as… Episcopalianism 40. Which football club did not employ any Protestant Players before the 1990s? Celtic Glasgow 41. Why was X mas not celebrated in Scotland until the mid 20th century? Calvinism refuses festivities 42. Why did 18th century Scotland produce many philosophers and scientists, but few painters and musicians? Calvinism concentrates on reason 43. Northern Ireland is not… Identical with Ulster 44. What are the 3 Strands? Dublin, Belfast, London 45. What is meant by the Orange Marches? Annual rallies in commemoration of Williams Orange victory over the Irish armies 46. What is the Executive in the UK? Queen + Majesty Government 47. What is the Irish Gaelic name for Dublin? Baile Atha Cliath 48. What is meant by the Latin name Hibernia? All Ireland 49. Cead mile faille is… A formulate Welcome 50. When did Ireland split? 1921 51. Dancing at the crossroads is… A social event? 52. Who is the Irish mythological hero? Cuchulainn 53. Which language is NOT a Goidelic one? Welsh 54. Who is meant by the Irish word fili? A member of the elite poets class in Ireland 55. Nicola Sturgeon is… A SNO politician and the First Minister of Scotland 56. What did Stuart Hall say? The recipient is never passive 57. Lord Cancellor is also… Secretary of Justice 58. The Statutes of Kilkenny… Were introduced in 1366 59. When and where did the Easter Rising start? 1916 in Dublin 60. When were the British troops first sent to Northern Ireland because of the troubes? In the late 1960s 61. What was in 1801? Act of Union 62. What was in 1921? Irish Independence 63. What´s special about Northern Ireland? 6 counties remain to the UK 64. Who was Bobby Sands? A republican Hunger Striker 65. What is special about Bernadette Devlin? Youngest female MP ever 66. Heroic couple is part of? English Sonnett 67. What is close to the sea? Southhampton 68. What is typical for the Judicary? Court of Appeal is divided into Criminal and Civil Division 69. What is Sein Fein? It is a political party in N.I. which has the strongest bond to the IRA 70. What is Corrymeela? A peace initiative by Maread Corrigan 71. What do Gerry Adams and Martin Mc Guiness have in common? Both Sinn Fei members 72. Ian Paisley is a member of? DUB 73. Which countries gained full independence in 1947 and 1971? India and Bangladesh 74. What is a JP? Justice of Peace 75. New Labour stands for… Pro Europe and Thatcherite economic thinking 76. David Hume is a key figure of… Secpticism 77. M. Thatcher is best described as… A Eurosceptic Conservative who pushed Privatization 78. Social Contrast originates in… Thomas Hobbes concept 79. Miller vs. Jackson is an example for… Equity 80. Key term of Marx philosophy… Class struggle 81. Key term of Darwin´s philosophy… Survival of the fittest 82. Key term of Edward Saiid… The Orient 83. When did D. Cameron propose the in or out referendum? 2013 84. Tax the rich until pigs squeak is often associated with… The Labour Party 85. Disadvantage of the FTTP is… The number of votes cast for a party is not reflected in the number of seats 86. What is an established church? Church can not make changes without the consent of the state 87. What are the 3 wings? Anglo Catholocism, Evangelism, Liberals 88. Rice food dish? Haggis  89. Messiah was composed by… George Frideric 90. Which author is known for poetic diction? Alexander Pope 91. Who is known for satires? Jonathan Swift 92. Pain and Pleasure was important for… Utilitarianism 93. The Vikings prepared to climb the….. Hill of the Ash 94. The Book of Kells was written in… Iona 95. What is Episcopalism? The theory of church polity according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the episcopal order as a whole, and not in any individual except by delegation 96. What is eudemonia? Human Well being 97. Who referred to eudemonia? Plato Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) 1. Margaret Thatcher’s attitude to the IRA was a. Uncompromising 2. Which of the following countries is most densely populated? a. England 3. Which of the following languages is most widely spoken in the UK? a. Welsh 4. Star‘s Wood lies to the north of the square TL6432, slightly west of the centre of the square. What is its full grid reference? 5. In both Scotland and Wales, the regions with the highest percentages of Celtic language speakers (i.e. of Scottish Gaelic or Welsh, respectively) are all located in the country's… a. North West 6. What does "Collective Responsibilty" mean in British politics? a. All members of the Cabinet must be seen to support government policies in public, even if they disagree with them personally. 7. Who of the following are ​not​ allowed to vote in a Scottish Parliamentary Election? a. Germans living in Scotland 8. Who is responsible for writing the Queen's Speech at the opening of Parliament? a. Prime Minister 9. Póblacht na hÉireann is a. Identical with Republic of Ireland 10. Which of the following does the Magna Carta Libertatum (1215) guarantee? a. The right for parliament to create laws. 11. What is the primary area of focus of Equity in court? a. Fairness 12. What is the legislative? a. Apparatus for creating laws 13. What is the Coronation Throne better known as a. King Edwards Chair 14. Which is now the highest court in Wales and England (i.e. since Blair's reforms came into effect in 2009)? a. Supreme Court 15. John Constable was a representative of a. Romaniticism 16. Albertopolis is located in which London borough? a. Kensington 17. The term Celtic Tiger a. stands for Ireland’s rapid economic growth which started in the late 1980s 18. The architect of St Paul's Cathedral and many other buildings in central London which were built after the Great Fire was a. Sir Christopher Wren 19. William Hogarth was famous for which of the following? a. Horses?? Engravings?? 20. The "Eisteddfod" is a celebration of what? a. Welsh culture and language 21. What is L. S. Lowry famous for? a. Working Class 22. Which of the following painters was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts? a. Sir Joshua Reynolds 23. What was so special about Hilliard's portraits?  a. They were all miniatures 24. The Empire Windrush brought mostly people from which region to the UK? a. Windrush 25. Which of the following languages is spoken by the highest percentage of citizens of the country/region it belongs? a. Scottish Gaelic 26. The Scottish Parliament is based where? a. Holyrood 27. Which two countries gained full independence in 1947 and 1971 respectively? a. India and Bangladesh 28. Who wrote and delivered the notorious "Rivers of Blood" speech in 1968? a. Enoch Powell 29. The beginning of Romanticism a. Is associated with the year 1798 30. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day –’ a. Shakespeares Sonnet 18 31. Macbeth a. Medieval man 32. Macbeth’s famous soliloquy “Life is but a walking shadow …” a. Alludes to Plato’s allegory of the cave 33. Jane Austen was a. still mainly traditional in her attitude towards marriage 34. Which of the following poets is not a representative of English Romanticism? a. John Donne 35. Daniel Defoe’s ​Robinson Crusoe a. Book for children 36. Alexander Pope a. was a master of the heroic couplet 37. William of Orange a. Bill of Rights 38. Shakespeare a. Modified italian sonnet 39. Francis Bacon and John Locke a. promoted metaphysical speculation 40. The Great Fire of London a. Started in bakeries lane 41. In the process of composing some of his plays, Shakespeare made use of a. Stage mirror 42. Literary periods a. Artificial constructs 43. Elizabeth I had a. a body politic and a body natural 44. One period within Neoclassicism is called a. Augustan Age 45. Ireland was a. united with England in 1800/1801 46. The Dáil Éireann is Irish for a. the House of Representatives 47. In Irish, Dublin is a. Baile Atha Cliath 48. The Statutes of Kilkenny  a. 1366 49. The Easter Rising was started a. Dublin 1916 50. With the title "The Liberator" a. The irish honor Daniel Oconnel 51. Ireland consists of how many provinces? a. 4 52. The 1922 Committee is the 18-member executive committee of which party? a. Conservatives 53. Which of the following is the full official name of the Conservative Party today? a. Conservative and Unionist Party 54. Which of the following describes the symbol used by the Liberal Democrats? a. Yellow 55. Thatcher gave her Sermon on the Mound speech in which country? a. Scotland 56. Which party won a landslide victory in the 1997 General Election? a. 1997 57. Which of the following did Margaret Thatcher campaign for in 1973? a. UK membership of the EEC 58. Plaid Cymru is the party that looks to represent the interests of which group or country? a. Wales 59. Which of the following is a slogan associated with the core ideals of the NHS? a. Healthcare free at the point of delivery 60. Why did the UK not join the Euro under New Labour? a. Gordon Brown's five tests 61. Upon which monarch did Pope Leo X bestow the title "F.D." ("Fidei defensor/defensatrix"), which the Royals still use as an official title today? a. King Henry VIII 62. When discussing the ​theology​ of the Presbyterian Church, which of the following terms is normally used? a. Calvinist 63. Which of the following best describes how ​Protestants​ see the reference to Jesus's death in mass? a. Reenactment 64. Which of the following law changes came into being in the Anglican Church in 2014? a. Women Bishops allowed 65. Outside of England, Anglicanism is mainly referred to as what? a. Episcopalianism 66. Which of the following football clubs did not allow Catholics to play for it until the 1990s? a. Rangers 67. Why was Christmas not celebrated in Scotland until the mid-20th century? a. Because Calvinism believes in the intellect, but mistrusts celebrations. 68. Which of the following is said to be the sacred home of Sikhism? a. Golden Temple of Amritsar 69. Three of the following four people argue that there are not enough facts to prove God's existence and so each chooses to be referred to as an Agnostic, but which one of the four does not share this opinion and calls himself an Atheist? a. T H Huxley 70. According to John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism makes sense only if the greatest degree of happiness to be attained by each individual is first and foremost defined a. Qualitatively  71. In ​Leviathan (​ 1651) Hobbes advocates a. absolutist government as the only means of ensuring order and security. 72. John Locke claimed that a. all knowledge resulted from experience 73. Locke’s, Hume’s, and Berkeley’s philosophies are subsumed under the term a. Empiricism 74. Artistotele a. First true philosopher 75. Skepticism 76. The reason for Britain’s intervention in Northern Ireland was a. Orange marches 77. Corrymeela… a. s a peace project started by Mairead Corrigan 78. Through which of the following did Matthew Arnold argue most strongly was the best way of enabling the poor to get out of poverty? a. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Study questions 1. High Lecture: What was so special about Hilliard’s portraits? o They were all miniatures (i.e. 10 inches high or smaller) o They were all inspired by his love of David Hasselhoff o They always featured horses o They were all of Elizabeth ll 2. Philosophy: Aristotle is often referred to as: o The first true statesman o The first true philosopher o The first true poet o The first natural scientist 3. Philosophy: According to John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism makes sense only if the greatest degree of happiness to be attained by each individual is first and foremost defined o Quantitatively o Quonositatively o Questitatively o Qualitatively 4. Constitutional Thinking: Which is now the highest court in Wales and England (i.e. since Blair’s reforms came into effect 2009)? o Court of Appeal o Supreme Court o House of Lords o Magistrate’s Court 5. Northern Ireland: Margaret Thatcher’s attitude to the IRA was o Uncompromising o Fundamental to the creation of the Good Friday Agreement o Cooperative o Deemed irrelevant by those involved in this area during the 1980s 6. Irish hybridity: With the title “The Liberator” o The Irish honour James Farrell o The Irish honor Eamonn de Valera o The Irish honor Bono o The Irish honor Daniel O’Connell 7. Religion: Which of the following best describes how Protestants see the reference to Jesus’s death in mass? o As a re-enactment o As a blasphemous gesture o As a repetition o As a denial 8. Constitutional Thinking: What is the primary area of focus of Equity in court? o Judicial Precedent o Lay participation o Damages o Fairness 9. Literary Culture: Which of the following poets is not a representative of English Romanticism? o Lord Byron o John Donne o S.T. Coleridge o W. Wordsworth 10. Literary Culture: Elizabeth l had o A body polite and a body impolite o A body neutral and a body official o A body virtual and a body corporeal o A body politic and a body neutral 11. Literary Culture: Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe o Was written as a book for children o Is a retelling of the adventures of Sir Walter Raleigh o Is a neoclassical hymn upon the refined Englishman and his capacity to structure the wilderness o Is a retelling of the adventures of Sir Francis Drake 12. Religion: Which of the following law changes came into being in the Anglican Church 2014? o Women Bishops allowed o God recognized as being neither male or female o Abortion allowed o Priests allowed to marry 13. Constitutional Thinking: What does “Collective Responsibility” mean in British politics? o All members of Parliament are expected to sign out new laws – even if they disagree with them o All members of the Cabinet must be seen to support government policies in public, even if they disagree with them personally o All Members of Parliament are deemed equally responsible by law for all decisions made in the House of Commons o All parties have an agreement to support all wars in the country may be involved in 14. Folk Culture: Stories about Trooping Fairies o Were the central characters in Beckett’s End of Storytelling o Deal with the Banshee and the Pooka o Pursue an implicit didactic purpose o Were based on traditional Scottish stories 15. Literary Culture: Macbeth o Combines mediaeval and modern character traits in his personality o Is an implicit criticism of King James l o Is seen as an attack on the ideals of Romanticism o Is an example of mediaeval man 16. Northern Ireland: Corrymeela… o Is the Republican part of Belfast o Is a peace project started by Mairead Corrigan o Where the largest loss of life in a single bombing during the troubles occurred o Is that part of Belfast where the Unionists dwell 17. Northern Ireland: The reason for Britain’s intervention in Northern Ireland was o The attempted murder of Pope John Paul ll o Margaret Thatcher’s nomination for the Killorglin Puck Fair o An outbreak of violence during one of the annual Orange Marches o Winston Churchill’s order 18. Folk Culture: Céad Mile Fálite is o A renowned independence fighter o A formulaic welcome o Is another name for the Irish Renaissance o The name for speakers of Irish Gaelic 19. Irish hybridity: Ireland was o Liberated by the Spaniards in 1588 o Under the English dominion for almost 800 years o England’s largest colony o United with England in 1800/1801 20. Mapping; Identity and Diversity: In both Scotland and Wales, the regions with the highest percentages of Celtic language speakers (i.e. of Scottish Gaelic or Welsh, respectively) are all located in the country’s … o North West o South West o North East o South East 21. Folk Culture: Finnegans Wake is o An experimental novel by James Joyce o The traditional welcome celebration for someone returning from a long stay abroad o An experimental poem by W.B. Yeats o The traditional farewell to a dead person or people about to emigrate 22. Religion: Outside of England, Anglicanism is mainly referred to as what? o Episcopalianism o Presbyterianism o Radical Reformation  o Calvinism 23. Philosophy: In Leviathan (1651) T. Hobbes advocates o The idea that government may be rightly overthrown if it infringes fundamental rights of its citizens o The idea that supernatural elements of Christianity are not necessary to the acquirement of true religion o The necessity of civil conflict o Absolutist government as the only means of ensuring order and security 24. Folk Culture: Presently, Irish Gaelic is used in everyday life by approximately o 50% of the Irish population o 10% of the Irish population o 30% of the Irish population o 3% of the Irish population 25. Irish hybridity: The term Celtic Tiger o Stands for Ireland’s rapid economic growth which started in the late 1980s o Is a synonym for the legendary hero Chuchulainn o Stands for Ireland’s rapid economic growth which started in the late 1920s o Is a synonym for Daniel O’Connell 26. Irish hybridity: Póblacht na hÉirann is o The Irish Gaelic name for Northern Ireland o The name of the Northern Ireland government o Identical with Republic of Ireland o The government of Éire 27. Irish hybridity: The Dáil Éirann is Irish for o The Upper House of the Irish Parliament o The Prime Minister o The House of Representatives o The Home of the Irish Prime Minister 28. Literary Culture: Shakespeare o Invented the Petrarchan sonnet o Wrote sonnets as part of the metaphysical poets movement o Introduced the free-verse sonnet o Modified the Italian sonnet 29. Identity and Diversity: Which two countries gained full independence in 1947 and 1971 respectively? o Ireland and India o India and Bangladesh o India and Pakistan o Ireland and Bangladesh 30. Literary Culture: Macbeth’s famous soliloquy “Life is but a walking shadow…” o Is borrowed from the bible o Is programmatic for Humanism o Alludes to Plato’s allegory of the cave o Was modified by T. Hobbes 31. Philosophy: Locke’s, Hume’s and Berkeley’s philosophies are subsumed under the term o Empiricism o Evacuism o Encompasism o Euphemism 32. Northern Ireland: What could have been said about Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness in 2016? They o Are representatives of Sinn Féin o Are representatives of the DUP o Were both said by the Bloody Sunday report to have been armed with a machine gun during the incident o Are MPs of the Dáil and the proprietors of the world’s biggest brewery 33. Religion: Why was Christmas not celebrated in Scotland until the mid-20th century? o Because the Scottish people celebrated Jesus’s birth at another time, based on their traditional calendar o Because the levels of poverty were so great that it was considered unfair to celebrate it o Because Calvinism believes in the intellect, but mistrusts celebrations o Because Calvinism doesn’t believe in a church year 34. Politics and Power: Thatcher gave her Sermon on the Mound speech in which country? o Belgium o Scotland o Ireland o England 35. Irish hybridity: Ireland consists of how many provinces? o 6 o 5 o 3 o 4 36. Theories of Culture: Which of the following theorists referred to the “parasite” as being an ideal? o Spivak o Hall o Said o Bhabha 37. Literary Culture: In the process of composing some of his plays, Shakespeare made us of o Stage Mirror Analysis o Daily Mirror o Mirror stage Analysis o The Mirror for Magistrates 38. Identity and Diversity: The Empire Windrush brought mostly people from which region to the UK? o Caribbean o India o Ireland o Italy 39. Theories of Culture: Which of the following describes best Cultural Materialism? o An apolitical form of historiography o An assessment of the cultural wealth of communities in history o An apolitical analysis of cultural communities o A politicized form of historiography 40. Philosophy: Three of the following four people argue that there are not enough facts to prove God’s existence and so each chooses to be referred to as an Agnostic, but which one of the four does not share this opinion and calls himself an Atheist? o T.H. Huxley o Jean-Paul Sartre o W.H. Auden o Charles Darwin 41. Folk Culture: Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats o Are the focus of Joyce’s Finnegans Wake o Were two originators of the Celtic Revival o Were married o Advocated violent resistance to the English colonial power 42. Religion: When discussing the theology of the Presbyterian Church, which of the following terms is normally used? o Reformed o Apostolic o Calvinist o Sola gratia 43. High Culture: The architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral and many other buildings in central London which were built after the Great Fire was o Sir Walter Raleigh o Sir Christopher Wren o Sir Joshua Reynolds o Augustus Leopold Egg 44. Politics and Power: Which party won a landslide victory in the 1997 General Election? o Labour o Conservatives o Liberal Democrats o New Labour 45. Folk Culture: The Irish Renaissance o Was first supported by Wilde and Joyce o Was a short-lived literary movement with the aim to liberate Ireland by means of Celtic culture o Started in the 16th century o Is the Irish equivalent to the one in England 46. Constitutional Thinking: Who is responsible for writing the Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament? o Queen o Lord Speaker o Prime Minister o Archbishop of Canterbury 47. Theories of Culture: What was the name Bhabha gave to the area of ideals created through a hybridity of the dominant and migrant cultures? o Hybrid space o Encoding space o Subaltern space o Third space 48. Politics and Power: Why did the UK not join the Euro under New Labour? o Decision overruled in High Court o Gordon Brown’s five tests o Banned through the Maastricht Treaty o Vote on this lost in the House of Commons 49. High Culture: The “Eisteddfod” is a celebration of what? o Welsh culture and language o Military skill and artistic talent o Scottish culture and language o British literature 50. Constitutional Thinking: What is the Coronation Throne better known as? o King Edward’s Chair o King Henry Vlll’s Chair o The Abbey Chair o Queen Elizabeth l’s Chair 51. Literary Culture: Literary periods o Are artificial constructs o Have existed since the 16th century  o Were first introduced by W. Caxton o Were abolished in the late 17th century 52. Religion: Upon which monarch did Pope Leo X bestow the title “F.D.” (Fidei Defensor/defensatrix), which the Royals still use as an official title today? o King James l o King Henry Vl o King Henry Vlll o Elisabeth l 53. Theories of Culture: What did Spivak mean by “strategic essentialism”? o Strategic importance of romanticizing subaltern groups o Strategic importance of speaking for the subaltern groups o Strategic importance of never consenting to the rule of a subaltern group o Strategic importance of making essentialist claims, even when these are generalisations 54. High Culture: John Constable was a representative of o Impressionism o Art nouveau o Romanticism o The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 55. Constitutional Thinking: What is the legislative? o Apparatus for creating laws o Apparatus for maintenance of Sovereign’s powers of state o Apparatus for solving disputes and dealing with legal matters o Apparatus for putting laws into practice 56. Constitutional Thinking: The Scottish Parliament is based where? o Senedd o Whitehall o Holyrood o Stormont 57. Identity and Diversity: Who wrote and delivered the notorious “Rivers of Blood” speech in 1968? o David Lloyd George o Edward Heath o Enoch Powell o Robin Cook 58. Literary Culture: The Great Fire of London o Is the annual feast of celebrating the City of London o Happened during the Stuart reign o Happened before the Great Plague o Started in Baker’s Lane 59. Literary Culture: Jane Austen was o One of the first English women to fight for the rights of the lesbian community o Still mainly traditional in her attitude towards marriage o In fact a pseudonym used by the author George Elliot o One of the first English suffragettes to fight for women’s rights 60. Philosophy: Which of the following philosophers is most closely associated with Scepticism? o Samuel Beckett o John Locke o J.S. Mills o David Hume 61. Irish hybridity: The Easter Rising was started o In Cork in 1798 o In Dublin in 1921 o On Whit Sunday in 1801 o In Dublin in 1916 62. High Culture: William Hogarth was famous for which of the following? o Impressionist paintings o Satirical engravings o Engravings of horses o Romantic paintings 63. Literary Culture: Alexander Pope o Was Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth l o Was the only English Pope on the papal see o Was the most popular of the Puritan poets o Was a master of the heroic couple 64. Northern Ireland: The city with the highest percentage of Protestants is o Cork o Derry o Dublin o Belfast 65. Literary Culture: The beginning of Romanticism o Is associated with Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones o Is usually associated with the year 1798 o Coincides with the Glorious Revolution o Is associated with the re-birth of Catholicism in Britain 66: Politics and Power: Plaid Cymru is the party that looks to represent the interests of which group or country? o All Celts o Wales o Irish speakers in Ireland  o Scotland 67. Religion: Which of the following football clubs did not allow Catholics to play for it until the 1990s? o Liverpool o Rangers o Manchester United o Celtic 68. High Culture: Albertropolis is located in which London borough? o Tower Hamlets o Westminster o Kensington o Whitehall 69. Mapping the British Isles: Which of the following countries is most densely populated? o Wales o Scotland o England o Northern Ireland 70. Northern Ireland: The Northern Ireland Assembly (Parliament) resides in o Long Kesh, Belfast o Stormont o Westminster o Holyrood 71. Mapping the British Isles: Which of the following languages is most widely spoken in the UK? o Scottish Gaelic o Urdu o Welsh o Arabic 72. Theories of Culture: Which of the following people would (and did) Bhabha refer to as being an example of what he termed a “parasite”? o Enoch Powell – because he showed the negative consequences of immigration o Salman Rushdie – because he fused the best aspects of the dominant and weaker cultures, and thereby changed the dominant culture o Margaret Thatcher – because she was an ideal in accepting other cultures o William Penn – because he created an ideal environment for religious culture when he founded Pennsylvania 73. Politics and Power: Which of the following did Margaret Thatcher campaign for in 1973? o Devolution in the UK o A UK poll tax o UK membership of the EU o UK membership of the EEC 74. Politics and Power: Which of the following describes the symbol used by the Liberal Democrats? o Red rise o Red bird of liberty o Yellow bird of liberty o Blue torch 75. Identity and Diversity: Which of the following languages is spoken by the highest percentage of citizens of the country/region it belongs? o Irish Gaelic o Scottish Gaelic o Welsh o Cornish 76. Theories of Culture: Which of the following did Stuart Hall argue could NOT be seen to exist in cultural studies? o Fixed Meanings o Decoding o Media Representation o Encoding 77. Literary Culture: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day – “ o Is the first line of Donne’s ‘Holy Poem’ o Is the first line of Wordsworth’s ‘The Daffodils’ o Is the first line of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 o Is the first line of Pope’s Essay on Man 78. Religion: Which of the following is said to be the sacred home of Sikhism? o The Guru Garanth Sahib o Golden Temple of Amritsar o The Great Mosque of Mumbai o Westminster Cathedral 79. Literary Culture: One period with Neoclassicism is called o The Caesarean Age o The Augustan Age o The Julian Age o The Imperial Age 80. High Culture: What is L. S. Lowry famous for? o Painting working class scenes o Composing modernist operas o Painting extremely realistic images o Composing choral music 81. Literary Culture: William of Orange o Signed the Act of Union o Signed the Domesday Book  o Signed the Bill of Rights o Signed Magna Carta 82. Theories of Culture: What does Geertz call description of all behaviour that also explains the behaviour’s context so that it becomes meaningful to an outside, too? o Thick description o Feudal description o Decoding o Encoding 83. Politics and Power: The 1922 Committee is the 18-member executive committee of which party? o The Labour Party o The Conservatives o The SNP o The Liberal Democrats 84. Theories of Culture: Through which of the following did Matthew Arnold argue most strongly was the best way of enabling the poor to get out of poverty? o Better Education o Promotion of Marxism o Broader Politics o Development of Free-market Economy 85. Irish hybridity: In Irish, Dublin is o Dia Dhuit o Baile Atha Cliath o Taoiseach o Sláinte 86. Theories of Culture: What does Spivak mean by the term “Subaltern” in her essay of 1985? o Subordinate communities o Dominant communities o Ambiguous communities o Strategic communities 87. Philosophy: John Locke claimed that o All knowledge resulted from experience o To be was to be perceived o Man was predestined by God o Life was but an illusion 88. Irish Hybridity: The Statues of Kilkenny o Exacerbated the impact of the Irish potato famine o Were the official documents announcing the separation of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland o Were promulgated in 1366  o Prohibited the public use of English in Ireland 89. Constitutional Thinking: Which of the following does the Magna Carta Libertatum (1215) guarantee? o The right to a trial in court before imprisonment o The right for parliament to create laws o The right for the Queen to overrule the parliament where necessary o The right to sue a fellow citizen for an infringement of your rights 90. Literary Culture: Francis Bacon and John Locke o Denounced Romanticism o Defended Puritanism o Advocated Empiricism o Promoted metaphysical speculation 91. High Culture: Which of the following painters was one of the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts? o George Stubbs o Augustus Leopold Egg o Francis Bacon o Sir Joshua Reynolds 92. Northern Ireland: To label the conflict in Northern Ireland as the Ulster Conflict is o Religiously-speaking highly symbolic o Imprecise o Correct o Generally acceptable in Northern Ireland, but not in the Republic 93. Folk Culture: Ireland’s legendary mythological hero is o Patrick o Maeve o Tír na nÓg o Cuchulainn 94. Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland o Was predominantely Catholic in the late 1960s o Joined the Irish Free State in 1921 o Is meant to be jointly governed by a First Minister and a Deputy First Minister o Is Póblacht na hÉireann in Irish 95. Politics and Power: Which of the following is a slogan associated with the core ideals of NHS? o Healthcare free at the point of delivery o Healthcare to Britons in need o Commitment to healthcare o Accessible healthcare for workers  96. Constitutional Thinking: Who of the following are NOT allowed to vote in a Scottish Parliamentary Election? o 17-year olds o 16-year olds o Scots living in England o Germans living in Scotland 97. Philosophy: Which of the following philosophers compared the human mind with a white sheet of paper? o David Hume o John Locke o Martin Heidegger o J.S. Mill 98. Politics and Power: Which of the following is the full official name of the Conservative Party today? o Conservative Loyalist and Unionist Party o Conservative and Unionist Party o Conservative Tories o Conservative Party 99. Folk Culture: The Gaelic word filí o Means “son” o Stands for a brotherhood o Means “rebel” o Stands for a member of the poet’s class Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)  IBIS Fragenkatalog 1. What party is also called Cinderella party? The Lib Democrats, because they are right between the Labour and the Conservatives 2. Where is the Scottish Parliament based? Holyrood 3. What was NOT a key feature in Margaret´s Thatcherism? High taxation 4. Which road name is used as a metonym for British Government? Whitehall 5. What was M. Thatcher´s term? 1979- 1990 6. M. Thatcher was the leader of? Conservatives 7. Calvinism is… A major belief branch of Protestantism which follows the theological tradition and the forms of Christian practice 8. The Official name of the Conservatives is: Conservative and Unionist Party 9. What color does the Labour Party have? Red 10. What color do the Lib Dem have? Yellow 11. Which party uses a scribbled Oak tree? Conservative Party 12. What color does the Conservative Party have? Blue 13. Which chronological order of PM´s is correct? Heath, Wilson, Callaghan, Thatcher, Blair 14. The current leader of the Labour Party is? Jeremy Corbyn 15. Which slogan is often heard in relation to the NHS? Healthcare must be free at the point of delivery 16. Which electoral system is used in the UK? Fist past the post 17. Who is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland? Arlene Foster 18. Stuart Hall: Culture has no…. Fixed Meanings 19. Culture is a Study of Perfection Said by Matthew Arnold 20. Who is double subaltern in Spivak´s sense? A Muslim Bangladeshi Woman in the UK 21. What is Cultural Materialism? A politicized form of historiography 22. Which cultural theorist considered the parasite as an ideal? Homi Bhaba 23. Who can be considered an exemplary parasite? Salman Rushdie 24. The Cattle Raid of Cooley is a… Central epic of Ulster Cycle 25. Edward Elgar conducted… The London symphony Orchestra 26. Who held the River of Blood Speech? Powell 27. Clonmacnoise is… Monestry and its location on river Shannon is ideal 28. The Book of Kells was written in… Iona 29. Home of Sikhism is… The Golden Temple of Amritsar 30. What is the special importance of Sikhism? The 5 Ks 31. What is NOT a threat to Britishness according to Robin Cook´s Chicken Tiki Masalla Speech? Decline of the Empire 32. Who said Culture is ordinary? Raymond Williams 33. Which function does the Sovereign have? Supreme Governor of the Church of England 34. The Glorious Revolution is important for… The way to parliamental monarchy 35. What did M. Thatcher campaign for in 1973? Britains entry in the EEC 36. Who was king/queen when the 39 articles came into effect? Elizabeth 1 37. What is not espoused in the 39 articles? Transubstantitation 38. Who first gave an English monarch the title fidei defensor? Pope Leo X 39. Outside the UK, Anglicanism is mainly referred to as… Episcopalianism 40. Which football club did not employ any Protestant Players before the 1990s? Celtic Glasgow 41. Why was X mas not celebrated in Scotland until the mid 20th century? Calvinism refuses festivities 42. Why did 18th century Scotland produce many philosophers and scientists, but few painters and musicians? Calvinism concentrates on reason 43. Northern Ireland is not… Identical with Ulster 44. What are the 3 Strands? Dublin, Belfast, London 45. What is meant by the Orange Marches? Annual rallies in commemoration of Williams Orange victory over the Irish armies 46. What is the Executive in the UK? Queen + Majesty Government 47. What is the Irish Gaelic name for Dublin? Baile Atha Cliath 48. What is meant by the Latin name Hibernia? All Ireland 49. Cead mile faille is… A formulate Welcome 50. When did Ireland split? 1921 51. Dancing at the crossroads is… A social event? 52. Who is the Irish mythological hero? Cuchulainn 53. Which language is NOT a Goidelic one? Welsh 54. Who is meant by the Irish word fili? A member of the elite poets class in Ireland 55. Nicola Sturgeon is… A SNO politician and the First Minister of Scotland 56. What did Stuart Hall say? The recipient is never passive 57. Lord Cancellor is also… Secretary of Justice 58. The Statutes of Kilkenny… Were introduced in 1366 59. When and where did the Easter Rising start? 1916 in Dublin 60. When were the British troops first sent to Northern Ireland because of the troubes? In the late 1960s 61. What was in 1801? Act of Union 62. What was in 1921? Irish Independence 63. What´s special about Northern Ireland? 6 counties remain to the UK 64. Who was Bobby Sands? A republican Hunger Striker 65. What is special about Bernadette Devlin? Youngest female MP ever 66. Heroic couple is part of? English Sonnett 67. What is close to the sea? Southhampton 68. What is typical for the Judicary? Court of Appeal is divided into Criminal and Civil Division 69. What is Sein Fein? It is a political party in N.I. which has the strongest bond to the IRA 70. What is Corrymeela? A peace initiative by Maread Corrigan 71. What do Gerry Adams and Martin Mc Guiness have in common? Both Sinn Fei members 72. Ian Paisley is a member of? DUB 73. Which countries gained full independence in 1947 and 1971? India and Bangladesh 74. What is a JP? Justice of Peace 75. New Labour stands for… Pro Europe and Thatcherite economic thinking 76. David Hume is a key figure of… Secpticism 77. M. Thatcher is best described as… A Eurosceptic Conservative who pushed Privatization 78. Social Contrast originates in… Thomas Hobbes concept 79. Miller vs. Jackson is an example for… Equity 80. Key term of Marx philosophy… Class struggle 81. Key term of Darwin´s philosophy… Survival of the fittest 82. Key term of Edward Saiid… The Orient 83. When did D. Cameron propose the in or out referendum? 2013 84. Tax the rich until pigs squeak is often associated with… The Labour Party 85. Disadvantage of the FTTP is… The number of votes cast for a party is not reflected in the number of seats 86. What is an established church? Church can not make changes without the consent of the state 87. What are the 3 wings? Anglo Catholocism, Evangelism, Liberals 88. Rice food dish? Haggis  89. Messiah was composed by… George Frideric 90. Which author is known for poetic diction? Alexander Pope 91. Who is known for satires? Jonathan Swift 92. Pain and Pleasure was important for… Utilitarianism 93. The Vikings prepared to climb the….. Hill of the Ash 94. The Book of Kells was written in… Iona 95. What is Episcopalism? The theory of church polity according to which the supreme ecclesiastical authority is vested in the episcopal order as a whole, and not in any individual except by delegation 96. What is eudemonia? Human Well being 97. Who referred to eudemonia? Plato Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)