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episode number 812 and as I said at the00:00:05
end of the last episode it's back to00:00:07
normal podcasting today which means that00:00:09
we are back to the usual mix of00:00:11
conversation culture and humor with bits00:00:14
of vocabulary and general knowledge I00:00:17
hope you enjoy the episode and learn00:00:19
some things from it too obviously in the00:00:22
last episode I talked about the crisis00:00:24
in turkey and Syria following the series00:00:26
of earthquakes that happened there last00:00:28
week this situation is ongoing and is00:00:32
still very serious of course millions of00:00:35
people are in need of assistance and we00:00:37
all have the option to help out by00:00:39
supporting Charities which are trying to00:00:41
bring Aid to those people so please00:00:44
consider supporting those charities00:00:46
uh the disaster's emergency committee is00:00:49
an association that you can donate to00:00:51
that's dec.org dot UK of course there00:00:55
may be other Charities operating from00:00:57
your countries which you can also00:00:58
consider donating to00:01:00
okay so that's just a thought and a00:01:02
suggestion there following on from what00:01:04
I talked about in episode 811 right so00:01:09
back to this episode number 812.00:01:13
so this episode was recorded a few weeks00:01:16
ago in January and this one is all about00:01:19
the life in the UK test which is a00:01:22
multiple choice test00:01:24
that people take as part of the00:01:27
application process for British00:01:28
citizenship00:01:30
I'm joined by Cara Leopold in this00:01:33
episode she is a fellow English teacher00:01:35
from the UK can she pass the life in the00:01:37
UK test can a British person pass this00:01:40
test and could you pass it too even if00:01:43
you're not planning to become a UK00:01:45
citizen do you know the answers to these00:01:47
questions Let's test your knowledge of00:01:50
British stuff00:01:51
so you can see this as a quiz if you00:01:53
like and you can see it as a chance to00:01:56
learn some stuff about the UK that you00:01:58
might not know and of course watch out00:02:01
for useful vocabulary as it arises and00:02:05
generally you can just tune in to the00:02:07
sounds of English as it is spoken if00:02:10
you're listening to the audio version00:02:11
then stick around until the end and I'll00:02:14
chat to you a bit more then I'll have a00:02:16
bit of a ramble which is often what00:02:18
happens at the end of the audio versions00:02:20
of these episodes00:02:21
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so I'm now going to stop this00:03:16
introduction so you can now go back in00:03:19
time a little bit and listen to my other00:03:21
introduction as I introduce you to Cara00:03:24
have a bit of a chat with her and then00:03:26
get started properly with the test and00:03:28
that's all going to start right now so00:03:30
here we go right now now here now right00:03:33
now go hello listeners welcome to a new00:03:37
episode of Luke's English podcast you00:03:39
pressed play and it appears to be00:03:41
working right if you can hear my voice00:03:44
and you that's what you wanted to happen00:03:46
congratulations uh this is it welcome00:03:50
back to the show everyone so uh yes I've00:03:53
got a slightly sore throat listeners I00:03:56
don't know if you can hear that you00:03:58
might be thinking what's what's wrong00:04:00
with Luke's voice I've got a slightly00:04:01
sore throat but don't worry if before00:04:03
you send me your messages of concern00:04:05
don't worry everything's fine it's just00:04:07
a little bit of a sore throat00:04:10
um but we'll see if my voice survives uh00:04:12
the recording of this episode but00:04:15
um that's okay because I won't be doing00:04:17
all the talking today because I do have00:04:19
a guest joining me and that is Cara00:04:21
Leopold from Leo Dash listening.com and00:04:25
we're going to be talking about British00:04:27
citizenship and the British citizenship00:04:30
test which is difficult to say I mean00:04:32
that's that should be in the test I00:04:34
suppose just can you say question one00:04:36
can you say British citizenship test00:04:39
um so uh Cara is back on the podcast uh00:04:43
hello Cara how are you00:04:46
hi Luke yeah I'm well like I said00:04:49
earlier I'm slightly terrified because00:04:50
the wind is howling outside and I'm00:04:52
worried something might fall through my00:04:55
Velux window which is above me hence00:04:57
that's why my forehead is all shiny00:04:59
because the the light is coming down00:05:01
through the Velux but apart from that00:05:03
yeah I'm fine although I'm actually00:05:05
quite scared about doing this British00:05:07
citizenship test and saying it00:05:10
even like you say even saying it's hard00:05:13
so God knows God only knows what the00:05:15
actual test will be like00:05:16
um00:05:17
well we'll see won't we I have done some00:05:20
of this kind of stuff before on the00:05:21
podcast but it sort of never grows old00:05:24
really because there's quite a lot of00:05:25
different things that you end up talking00:05:27
about with the British citizenship00:05:29
British I always end up becoming Sean00:05:31
Connery when I say that the British00:05:32
citizenship test00:05:36
um but um so I have done some of this00:05:39
before but uh it's nice to be back00:05:41
talking about this subject but anyway00:05:42
Cara this is your this is I think your00:05:45
fifth time on the show could well be00:05:47
you're welcome back thank you thank you00:05:50
for having me yeah listeners uh you00:05:53
might you might remember Cara and me00:05:55
talking in previous episodes including00:05:57
most recently number 690 in which we00:06:00
compared urban and rural life and life00:06:03
away from the UK and also other episodes00:06:05
including the one about the climate00:06:07
crisis and also about learning English00:06:09
with films and TV series uh Cara your00:06:12
website is Leo Dash listening.com just00:06:15
remind us what you do over there what do00:06:19
I what do I do yeah00:06:21
um teach listening skills with movies I00:06:23
guess is the main thing I'm doing and00:06:25
then um yeah helping people understand00:06:27
fast talking native speakers thanks to00:06:30
to movies and also helping people listen00:06:32
to each other connect with each other00:06:33
through movies by discussing them00:06:35
because I have a Movie Club which is00:06:37
started during the pandemic and that's00:06:39
been fun we've watched loads of really00:06:41
good movies and discussed them and00:06:44
yeah what better thing is there to do00:06:47
with your time than watch films and then00:06:48
talk about them you know so yeah00:06:51
absolutely so yeah if people are00:06:53
interested in improving their English00:06:55
with TV series and films you're a good00:06:58
person to go to because you can kind of00:06:59
help them do it because it's not just as00:07:01
simple as sitting down in front of00:07:03
Netflix there are certain other things00:07:04
that you can and should do exactly and00:07:08
you're the person who can tell them all00:07:09
about that00:07:10
indeed yeah Cara correct me if I'm wrong00:07:13
uh but you are originally from Scotland00:07:15
I am00:07:17
so I got the I got the Cara Leopold00:07:19
question one in the car a Leopold test00:07:21
yeah correct and you also lived in00:07:24
England for some years as well I did00:07:26
yeah that's where I was living before I00:07:28
moved to France yes so I've lived in but00:07:31
will this help me on the citizenship00:07:32
test I have lived I'm more British than00:07:35
perhaps other people are because I've00:07:37
lived in00:07:38
Scotland and in England although I00:07:40
haven't lived in the UK for 15 years so00:07:42
that's probably a big black mark on my00:07:45
possibilities for doing well on this00:07:46
test00:07:47
luckily we don't have to retake the00:07:50
British citizenship test if we want to00:07:53
go back they wouldn't let me back in00:07:55
that would be ridiculous that would be00:07:58
yeah like no we'd never get back in you00:08:00
know I can't I can't vote now you know00:08:02
because I've been away for 15 well00:08:05
exactly how it works I think after 1500:08:07
years00:08:08
but I don't know how they they calculate00:08:10
it I guess according to00:08:13
when you started voting abroad kind of00:08:16
thing if that makes sense so I think for00:08:19
me the cutoff might be 2010 even though00:08:21
I moved in 2007 but now of course00:08:23
because our French citizenship I can00:08:25
vote in France and I did in 22 I voted00:08:27
loads of times because everything in00:08:28
France is in you know you have for me to00:08:32
all those into you have multiple um tour00:08:35
what would we call that in English you00:08:36
have more than one round of voting right00:08:40
yeah so I voted in the presidential00:08:42
elections and I voted in the00:08:44
which sort of like there was a lot of00:08:45
elections in 2022 and I voted a lot00:08:49
um00:08:50
so just constantly voting00:08:54
in in French elections so but uh so00:08:57
you yeah you live in France like me I00:09:00
mean we did we dealt with this in full00:09:02
detail in the last time we were on the00:09:04
show that I live in Paris but you live00:09:05
out in buzzar song check out my00:09:07
pronunciation I can actually say it00:09:09
correctly now not bad00:09:12
which is in the east of France00:09:16
um and yeah so you've been here for 1500:09:17
years right and you're French now are00:09:19
you00:09:20
I am yeah they gave me00:09:23
um I got French nationality last year00:09:25
about this time last year actually I got00:09:28
the the little email from them00:09:31
um and uh yeah00:09:33
so that's and that was all made official00:09:36
like in the summer they gave me some00:09:38
official looking stuff but yeah I meant00:09:40
I could vote so that was kind of it00:09:42
doesn't really change much but oh I got00:09:44
a French passport oh and I got a French00:09:46
ID card I get all you get all these cool00:09:48
stuff after you become um French yeah00:09:52
well I mean you have to like pay for00:09:54
your passport and everything you get the00:09:56
laminated French ID card you get a nice00:09:58
EU passport yeah having the EU passport00:10:02
is definitely the bit the big um00:10:05
the big draw there for the French00:10:06
nationality that's well that's why I00:10:08
applied they have what I used to have by00:10:10
being British00:10:12
yeah I know oh god brexit let's not go00:10:15
there00:10:16
um so okay but so as well as being a00:10:19
French citizen now you're still a00:10:21
British citizen as well because you've00:10:23
got dual citizenship right that's the00:10:25
way it works yeah you don't have to like00:10:27
choose one or the other yeah all right00:10:30
so you are both a French and British00:10:32
citizen technically I am00:10:34
okay so question for you then Cara do00:10:37
you do you um feel less British now after00:10:41
having lived away for 15 years and uh00:10:44
having become French too do you feel any00:10:46
less British than you did before00:10:49
um yeah that's a good question because00:10:50
maybe like you could you could say well00:10:52
now she's half and half00:10:54
so00:10:55
or she's like 200 she's like a hundred00:10:59
percent of one and a hundred percent of00:11:02
the other I've been criticized on this00:11:04
show before for my math skills for00:11:07
because of not knowing the difference00:11:08
between X and Y axes on a on a graph so00:11:12
maybe I shouldn't start going down the00:11:15
quantifying route00:11:17
um I I don't I don't know actually I00:11:20
don't know it's an interesting question00:11:21
yeah I mean00:11:23
no I don't think so I don't think so00:11:27
still feel00:11:28
fairly connected to Britain I mean it's00:11:30
it's only the country next door but I am00:11:32
glad I'm not living there00:11:35
for various reasons but um and I'm very00:11:38
happy to have a new passport even though00:11:39
we said we wouldn't go there00:11:41
uh down the brexit route so yeah no I00:11:45
feel kind of the the the same as before00:11:47
and00:11:49
um I'm glad they gave me French00:11:50
nationality I was worried that they that00:11:52
they wouldn't that I wouldn't pass my00:11:54
little interview but I did00:11:56
um was it difficult was it difficult00:11:58
process to become French00:11:59
um like it just kind of so the typical00:12:03
kind of French thing where you need to00:12:05
like you did00:12:07
you create a dose dossier so there's00:12:09
loads of paperwork to hand in and that00:12:11
can take a long time to get together but00:12:13
it's not difficult per se it's just long00:12:15
it takes a really long time and um like00:12:18
I sent my application off in like the00:12:21
Autumn of 2019 and then I didn't even00:12:24
get like an acknowledgment letter until00:12:27
February 2020 and then we all know what00:12:29
happened after that so00:12:32
um yeah it's just it's just it's just00:12:33
long and then in 2021 I did the the00:12:37
interview so there's no test per se in00:12:41
France like there would be a language00:12:42
test but that's only if00:12:45
um you haven't like completed any any00:12:48
studies in France and because I had00:12:50
actually studied at University here that00:12:52
counts as you passing the language test00:12:55
because they kind of consider well if00:12:57
you've studied in France you probably00:12:59
speak good enough French to you know not00:13:02
have to do the test and then yeah you do00:13:04
this interview00:13:06
you have to go to the perfect view and00:13:08
in some random office and somebody asks00:13:11
you questions about La Republic00:13:13
and also weird questions weird intrusive00:13:16
questions about like are your neighbors00:13:18
French are your friends French00:13:22
are you a member of any association00:13:25
yeah yeah I was really shocked by those00:13:27
questions they're like what are you00:13:28
asking me that for but they're trying to00:13:30
like figure out how integrated you are00:13:31
into French life so are they asking you00:13:34
like general knowledge questions about00:13:36
La Republic and by the way listeners00:13:38
that's the Republic that's not Larry00:13:40
public it's not a guy called Larry Larry00:13:43
public00:13:45
like who's Larry public and why is he so00:13:48
important no it's anyway00:13:52
um so they ask you questions about like00:13:53
the history of like modern France and00:13:55
stuff do they yeah like exactly yeah00:13:58
like what are some symbols of the00:13:59
Republic like what is a democracy you00:14:02
know I mean I thought the questions were00:14:03
a bit silly like sort of what is a00:14:05
democracy like I mean but you do have to00:14:08
be prepared to to answer it and and yeah00:14:11
they give you like a little booklet to00:14:12
revise from which has some like key00:14:14
dates and French history00:14:17
um and yeah and I actually wasn't going00:14:19
to bother revising and then my partner00:14:21
had to go at me and he was like00:14:24
you might not pass00:14:26
you don't learn this stuff so he kind of00:14:28
forced me to um learn it and then he00:14:31
sort of tested me on it a bit but the00:14:33
other types of questions I had no idea00:14:34
because I hadn't bothered really00:14:36
preparing it or doing much00:14:39
um Research into it because I thought it00:14:41
was a kind of a bit of a formality I00:14:43
mean I think it is00:14:46
um but yeah I wasn't prepared for quite00:14:48
and like he was like you should have00:14:50
lied about who your friends are because00:14:52
like I did mention I have like foreign00:14:55
friends and I have friends who are like00:14:56
American or whatever but I also have00:14:58
French friends I mean I don't really see00:14:59
what difference it makes you know like00:15:02
um and yes my neighbors are French but00:15:04
for lots of people who've just arrived00:15:07
in France that's not true like if you're00:15:09
a foreigner you often end up in00:15:10
neighborhoods where there's a lot of00:15:12
foreigners like that's not really your00:15:14
fault so I thought that was a bit00:15:15
discriminatory to00:15:17
be like you know00:15:19
why don't you live in the right the00:15:21
right area of town with all the French00:15:23
people you know plus if you are if you00:15:26
are sort of coming to France and you00:15:28
don't hold French values and in fact00:15:31
you're only coming to take sort of00:15:32
advantage of it and in fact maybe you00:15:34
even sort of hate aspects of France00:15:36
which is probably what they're trying to00:15:37
filter out they're probably trying to00:15:39
prevent those people from getting00:15:41
citizenship but it's a it's a really00:15:43
easy it's really easy test to to cheat00:15:45
on yeah you just lie yeah so uh do you00:15:48
have French friends00:15:50
um yeah good okay well that was easy00:15:52
it's like when you come to the airport00:15:54
and they they ask you security questions00:15:56
they're just so easy to get them right00:15:59
you know it's just like um are you00:16:00
affiliated with any terrorist00:16:02
organizations00:16:03
um let me think no you know like oh uh00:16:07
yes uh well there's the uh I mean no no00:16:09
I mean no sorry I'll tell you know or00:16:12
when you arrive in Australia and they00:16:13
say or New Zealand and they say have you00:16:15
be have you been in contact with any00:16:18
controlled or illegal substances in the00:16:19
last two weeks and you're like um00:16:22
um no not me of course I haven't you00:16:24
could literally just lie and also what I00:16:26
didn't like it's like me and like this00:16:28
one other woman at the perfect cure in00:16:31
her office there's not like a panel of00:16:32
people like so it could just be like I00:16:35
don't know you turn up and she doesn't00:16:37
like your face or something00:16:39
um funnily enough we were both wearing00:16:41
masks when there were this interview00:16:43
take place00:16:45
um so you know that person could just00:16:46
decide I don't like you I don't like the00:16:48
look of you and just decide to not give00:16:51
you I mean it didn't seem very00:16:54
um a potentially like not objective and she00:16:57
was just like making notes she could00:16:58
have been writing anything I don't know00:17:00
what she was writing like she hadn't got00:17:03
any french friends well I do I do but00:17:05
anyway yeah I didn't think it was so00:17:07
important00:17:08
um okay so yeah you probably if you do00:17:11
want to do it you should probably00:17:13
prepare a bit better than I did00:17:15
um but your your wife is French right00:17:17
and I think that gives you a lot of00:17:19
brownie points yes because I've really00:17:22
integrated yeah you're really interested00:17:23
I was like my partners at the end of00:17:25
DaVinci I was like my partner is French00:17:27
I don't want to live in the UK I'm not00:17:29
going back to the UK like I really00:17:32
insisted like please please don't send00:17:35
me away basically just throw out loads00:17:37
of lift loads of French references uh00:17:39
Partners French uh I I like love um00:17:43
um00:17:50
um uh uh naked people in films00:17:53
um okay you're in yeah each give her the00:17:57
passport now she said all the right00:17:59
things arguing arguing in the street um00:18:02
little coffees that taste not very nice00:18:05
um bread different types of bread loads00:18:08
of bread yeah I had a croissant this00:18:10
morning before I came to this interview00:18:12
does that count come with all the the00:18:15
croissant crumbs still on your clothes00:18:18
like literally walk into the test room00:18:20
brushing off the remnants of the00:18:22
croissant I'm like wiping it away from00:18:24
your mouth00:18:25
bees the woman or man in there when you00:18:28
go kiss them on the cheek like multiple00:18:30
times00:18:31
then you're definitely gonna gonna get00:18:33
in anyway let's move out let's turn our00:18:35
attention to the British citizenship00:18:37
test which you don't need to take but00:18:39
we're gonna do anyway as I've said I00:18:41
have done this with before with Paul00:18:43
Taylor I'm pretty sure he failed uh but00:18:46
and in fact I wonder if most British00:18:48
citizens would actually pass this test00:18:49
which does raise all sorts of questions00:18:52
about citizenship questions which we00:18:54
probably won't try to answer here00:18:56
because frankly they are rather00:18:58
difficult philosophical discussion00:19:00
points around how we define national00:19:02
identity I'll I'll name some of those00:19:04
questions but I'm not going to try and00:19:05
answer them for example what does it00:19:07
mean to be a citizen of a country is it00:19:09
just about where you were born is it00:19:12
just about where your parents were born00:19:13
is it where you live is it about the00:19:16
values which you have is it about how00:19:18
you integrate with the values of the00:19:20
country where you live now is it about00:19:22
the way that you live and the things you00:19:24
do is it about the place that you've00:19:26
come from and the reasons you've come to00:19:28
this particular country is it about your00:19:30
knowledge of the history of the place00:19:32
where you've moved to how do we test00:19:34
these things in less than one hour00:19:35
there's a lot to it anyway let's see now00:19:39
listeners if Cara can do better than00:19:42
Paul and also let's see generally what we can00:19:45
learn about British life and I need to00:19:47
say this as well okay obviously if Cara00:19:51
gets any questions wrong in this British00:19:54
citizenship test some people will be00:19:57
shocked and they'll think how can she00:19:59
not know things about her own country00:20:01
ignorance should be punished she should00:20:03
be banished from the kingdom forever is00:20:06
what some people might think if they're00:20:08
if they're having a bad day so if you00:20:10
are one of those people out there who00:20:12
can't handle it if we get any of these00:20:14
questions wrong then good luck to you00:20:16
basically so let's get started Cara so00:20:20
um00:20:21
I think I'll probably need to do some00:20:22
info about the test first just to cover00:20:25
some details oh yeah that would be good00:20:26
because I know zero about this test00:20:29
so I'm really starting from scratch here00:20:32
okay so00:20:34
um let's have a little look what is the00:20:36
test00:20:37
this is from lifeintheuktests.co.uk00:20:42
um life in the UK the life in the UK00:20:44
test is a computer-based multiple choice00:20:47
test containing 24 questions and is00:20:49
designed to test applicants knowledge of00:20:51
life in the United Kingdom it's part of00:20:54
the application process for citizenship00:20:56
in the UK so as well as doing other00:20:58
things you know application forms and so00:21:00
on you also have to do this test00:21:02
everybody in the bracket the age bracket00:21:05
of 18 to 64 is required to pass this00:21:08
test as part of their citizenship or00:21:11
their indefinite leave to remain00:21:12
application the pass Mark for the test00:21:15
is 75 percent00:21:17
okay that's the equivalent of 18 out of00:21:21
24 questions answered correctly okay the00:21:24
information is based on the life in the00:21:27
UK book which is similar to what you00:21:29
said in France they have a leaflet which00:21:31
contains sort of a lot of dates and00:21:32
things the life in the UK test is based00:21:35
on a whole book booklet so the chapters00:21:38
of the book these are the things that00:21:40
you might be tested on values and00:21:42
principles of uh the UK all right uh00:21:45
what is the UK00:21:48
okay yeah00:21:50
um the history history of the UK from00:21:53
early Britain through the Middle Ages00:21:55
through the Tudors and stewards uh all00:21:58
the way up until this sort of industrial00:21:59
period of the British Empire then the00:22:02
20th 20th century and modern Britain00:22:05
since sort of 1945. uh chapter four of00:22:08
the book which could be which could come00:22:10
up in the test is about00:22:12
Britain today it's modern the modern00:22:15
makeup of the UK including its religion00:22:17
its customs and traditions Sports arts00:22:21
and culture Leisure places of interest00:22:23
and then chapter five is all about the00:22:25
government and how the government works00:22:27
the law the British constitution00:22:31
um British and international institutions00:22:33
um and your role in the community okay I00:22:37
think we're going to get started are you00:22:38
ready I am ready yeah I don't really I00:22:41
still don't really know what to expect00:22:43
exactly and I can't believe they only00:22:44
ask 24 questions and they're multiple00:22:47
choice 24 questions multiple choice00:22:49
we're going to start the test oh um I'm00:22:51
gonna share my screen with you okay so00:22:54
that you can actually see these00:22:55
questions at the same time as me okay00:22:57
then right so we are now going to start00:22:59
the test Cara let's do it here we go00:23:03
so the question question number one is00:23:06
where is the cenotaph located where is00:23:09
the cenotaph located on the cenotaph is00:23:13
this is what already00:23:15
um so I'm gonna like have to approach it00:23:17
for I feel like we're playing Who Wants00:23:18
To Be A Millionaire so00:23:21
um I'm gonna sort of go for a process of00:23:24
elimination so the options are Dorset00:23:26
Trafalgar Square Whitehall and Wiltshire00:23:28
so I'm gonna eliminate the first and00:23:30
last ones and then that leaves me with00:23:32
Trafalgar Square or a white hole and00:23:36
just instinctively I want to see00:23:37
Trafalgar Square00:23:39
even though I'm not sure so that so just00:23:41
to just to kind of clarify this for00:23:44
those people listening who like probably00:23:47
have got no idea what any of these00:23:48
questions are yeah to be honest so uh00:23:51
the cenotaph right is where is the00:23:54
cenotaph and all right we'll deal with00:23:55
that in a minute but the options are as00:23:57
you said Cara Dorset Trafalgar Square00:24:00
Whitehall or Wiltshire so Dorset and00:24:02
Wiltshire are both counties in England00:24:05
these are like like sort of large areas00:24:08
in England00:24:10
um Dorset and Wiltshire are both in the00:24:12
sort of West or Southwest pretty much00:24:14
yeah00:24:15
um and uh then Trafalgar Square and00:24:18
Whitehall are both parts of London okay00:24:22
Whitehall is a road00:24:23
where you find 10 Downing Street is off00:24:26
Whitehall and Trafalgar Square is a00:24:28
famous Square in London with um the00:24:31
National Gallery and00:24:32
and statues and Nelson's column and00:24:35
stuff like that so the cenotaph you00:24:37
reckon it's in Trafalgar Square or00:24:38
Whitehall do you yeah yeah on well now00:24:41
I'm getting worried I don't even know00:24:43
do you know what it is00:24:46
kind of Monument00:24:47
yeah it's some kind of Monument00:24:49
do you know what it is00:24:51
yeah I do I do more or less more or less00:24:54
yeah00:24:56
I'm not being tested because yeah let me00:24:59
just go with your focus I want to just00:25:00
go with what my gut instinct was and00:25:02
that was Trafalgar Square who cares if00:25:04
it's wrong okay it's in Whitehall okay00:25:09
it's in Whitehall so the cenotaph is00:25:12
exactly some kind of Monument00:25:14
um and it's a monument to uh people who00:25:17
died in uh World War II World War One00:25:20
uh it's a it's a the cenotaph is a war00:25:23
memorial on Whitehall in London designed00:25:26
by Sir Edwin lutens00:25:29
um unveiled in 192000:25:31
uh um as the king the United Kingdom's00:25:34
National Memorial to the British and00:25:36
Commonwealth dead of the first world war00:25:38
so it's a World War One war memorial it00:25:42
was quite important center of London00:25:45
thing on00:25:47
on the 11th of November you know uh00:25:50
Remembrance Day oh they put me through00:25:53
the king00:25:54
they put poppy wreaths of poppies on00:25:57
their red flowers on there to as a mark00:26:00
of commemoration so there you go00:26:03
well I learned something good for me00:26:06
okay here's the next question question00:26:08
two what created the United Kingdom of00:26:11
Great Britain and Ireland what created00:26:14
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and00:26:18
Ireland so the options are the act of00:26:21
Union00:26:22
uh the act for the governments00:26:25
the great governments or the great Union00:26:29
um yeah so this requires a bit of00:26:30
historical knowledge I'm actually going00:26:32
to go with the first one the active00:26:34
Union00:26:36
sounds right to me it's worth noting as00:26:39
well here that it's the question says00:26:42
what created the United Kingdom of Great00:26:43
Britain and Ireland00:26:45
so that's not Northern Ireland that's00:26:47
Ireland so there was a time when Ireland00:26:49
was part of the United Kingdom00:26:53
um oh yeah true way listeners obviously00:26:55
that's not the case anymore it's just00:26:57
Northern Ireland so you're saying the00:26:58
act of Union I I don't know I think I00:27:01
think I would choose the act of Union00:27:03
we'll see yes you are right there we go00:27:06
I've got one right I'm off the hook now00:27:07
so00:27:09
I guess the act of Union00:27:12
um probably happened I'm thinking of00:27:14
like there was that King James the first00:27:16
of England and James VI00:27:21
olated Buzz00:27:23
was he not behind yeah well there was00:27:24
the the union of of England and Scotland00:27:27
uh 1707. right00:27:30
yeah that's then but um there there were00:27:33
various different acts of Union that uh00:27:36
took place but um00:27:38
anyway anyway uh you've got the question00:27:41
right congratulations 50 you're on 5000:27:43
now00:27:45
hello everybody just for your00:27:47
information uh this is some text from00:27:50
Wikipedia00:27:51
about the union with Great Britain in00:27:55
1800 following the Irish rebellion of00:27:58
1798. the Irish and the British00:28:01
parliaments enacted the acts of Union00:28:04
the merger created a new political00:28:07
entity called United Kingdom of Great00:28:09
Britain and Ireland with effect from the00:28:12
1st of January 1801. so there you go I00:28:15
bet you're glad you know that now aren't00:28:17
you yes of course you are right let's00:28:18
carry on so question three which which00:28:21
flag00:28:22
which flag are you ready for this one a00:28:25
witch flag has a white cross on a blue00:28:28
background oh it's a difficult one it's00:28:30
a tricky one I might just horribly00:28:32
embarrass myself and um bring shame on00:28:34
my nation00:28:36
by deliberately getting it wrong blue00:28:38
background white cross which one is it00:28:40
good God what island Scotland England or00:28:42
Wales that sounds like the English flag00:28:44
no no no it's the Scottish it's the00:28:47
Scottish flag00:28:49
is the Scottish flag00:28:52
yeah you're absolutely right of course00:28:55
um the English flag being white with a00:28:58
red cross the Welsh one is the best00:29:00
because there's a big red dragon on it00:29:03
Fierce question number four the UK00:29:05
government hasn't used the power to00:29:08
suspend the Northern Ireland assembly00:29:11
the UK government has not used the power00:29:14
to suspend the Northern Ireland assembly00:29:17
is this true or false00:29:19
I'm even struggling to understand what00:29:22
that means didn't the Northern Ireland00:29:23
assembly kind of suspend itself00:29:27
like00:29:28
don't they have various issues00:29:32
they've got some issues that's certainly00:29:34
true got some issues yeah it's not it's00:29:36
not easy00:29:37
um in Northern Ireland well because if00:29:40
things has been themselves then00:29:44
um or is that is that a UK thing you00:29:47
know because some you know we have these00:29:48
devolved parliaments but sometimes the00:29:51
UK or the Westminster government kind of00:29:55
goes no you're not doing that you can't00:29:57
have your referendum or just a bit of00:30:00
commentary just before we continue just00:30:01
for the listeners who are wondering00:30:03
about this question as well so the UK00:30:05
government obviously uh mainly based in00:30:08
Westminster in London where most of the00:30:11
the big decisions are made but then00:30:13
um during Tony Blair's government mainly00:30:16
there was a lot of devolution which is00:30:17
basically the transfer of power to local00:30:21
governments in Scotland Wales and00:30:24
Northern Ireland and there are there are00:30:27
parliaments in those areas in those00:30:29
places too including one in Northern00:30:32
Ireland which is called the Northern00:30:33
Ireland assembly because the Scottish00:30:35
Parliament is called the Scottish00:30:36
Parliament but Wales and Northern00:30:38
Ireland they only have an assembly is00:30:40
that not the same thing as a parliament00:30:43
it's basically the same thing just00:30:45
different now I don't know why Scott is00:30:46
the Scottish Parliament and the Northern00:30:48
Ireland assembly and the Welsh assembly00:30:50
I don't know why they've got different00:30:51
names but essentially they are they're00:30:53
the same thing I think Scotland's got00:30:55
more power so the the the the government00:30:57
has the right has the power to suspend00:31:01
um I guess to suspend those parliaments00:31:04
or assemblies and nor the northern Irish00:31:06
one is particularly susceptible to this00:31:10
um I guess if things break down in some00:31:13
way because obviously the troubles have00:31:15
been uh you know problematic and stuff00:31:18
between the uh the the Loyalists and the00:31:21
Republicans and their their sort of00:31:23
associated vaguely Associated or less00:31:25
vaguely Associated00:31:27
um political parties which are which00:31:30
share the Northern Ireland assembly00:31:32
so anyway do you think it's ever been00:31:35
necessary for the UK government to00:31:37
essentially suspend the power of the00:31:40
Northern Ireland assembly and say all00:31:41
right you're not it's you know you're00:31:42
canceled for a while we're going to00:31:43
close you for a while while you sort out00:31:46
your your issues00:31:47
yeah see I was going to see I just find00:31:50
the statement really confusing you know00:31:52
it's like because it's like a negative00:31:53
you know00:31:54
is a negative it's yeah the government00:31:57
hasn't used the power to suspend the00:32:00
Northern Ireland assembly yeah it's00:32:01
confusing when there's like a negative00:32:03
involved yeah so I was I was going to00:32:06
say true but then like discussing it00:32:08
with you I almost want to say false00:32:11
because surely there have been instances00:32:15
where00:32:17
this perhaps made political sense but I00:32:20
just I'm just going to go with my first00:32:22
instinct which was true00:32:24
which could be wrong so you think that00:32:26
everything's been fine in Northern00:32:27
Ireland during this time00:32:30
and the government has gone yay just00:32:32
carry on yeah no everything's fine well00:32:34
let's see you're going true it's wrong00:32:36
okay yeah that makes correct that makes00:32:38
sense yeah yeah yeah00:32:40
so since 1997 which is what we just said00:32:44
we didn't say 1997 but anyway since 199700:32:47
when Tony Blair did come into power00:32:50
um some Powers have been devolved from00:32:52
the central government to give people in00:32:54
Wales Scotland and Northern Ireland more00:32:56
control over matters that directly00:32:58
affect them there has been a Welsh00:33:01
assembly and a Scottish Parliament since00:33:03
1999 there is also a northern Irish00:33:06
assembly Northern Ireland assembly00:33:08
although this has been suspended on a00:33:10
few occasions why confuse my Myself by00:33:12
saying hasn't the Northern Ireland00:33:13
assembly just kind of suspended itself00:33:15
like without the Westminster government00:33:18
yeah intervening anyway okay well that's00:33:20
in well that's interesting well that's00:33:22
worrying I don't know00:33:24
um worrying interesting however you00:33:26
wanna00:33:27
a combination we don't know exactly why00:33:29
uh we also don't know exactly how it was00:33:32
suspended either so it might well be00:33:34
possible that the northern Irish00:33:35
government essentially suspended Itself00:33:37
by probably like uh one of the parties00:33:40
refusing to sit in the assembly for some00:33:43
reason that's normally the way that that00:33:45
happens because they they just refused00:33:47
to speak to each other hmm00:33:49
yeah it's not happy families yes and00:33:52
that that might effectively cause the uh00:33:55
that might mean that the Northern00:33:57
Ireland assembly suspends itself but00:34:00
it's actually the UK government who sort00:34:01
of presses the legal button to make it00:34:03
happen sort of thing okay that makes00:34:05
sense yes yeah00:34:07
all right next question00:34:09
or another difficult one Cara00:34:12
question five when is Christmas Eve when00:34:16
is Christmas Eve would you like the00:34:17
options00:34:18
yeah read them out go on00:34:22
Christmas Eve is it the 24th of December00:34:25
the 25th of December the 23rd of00:34:28
December or the 26th of December you're00:34:31
very good at reading them00:34:33
to give away the answer00:34:37
um because if I was to read if I was to00:34:40
read it in that way it would be the 24th00:34:42
of December well the 25th of December00:34:45
the 23rd December or the 26th of00:34:47
December or that first option again the00:34:49
24th of December wink wink wink00:34:54
um could the last time I checked the00:34:56
Christmas Eve was on the 24th of00:34:57
December00:35:00
boss00:35:01
what do we call the 25th00:35:03
Christmas Day00:35:06
Christmas Day what about the 26th that's00:35:09
Boxing Day don't ask me about why that's00:35:11
called no no one knows why it's called00:35:13
Boxing Day00:35:14
uh and what about the 23rd why do we00:35:17
call it what do we call the 23rd that's00:35:19
like unofficially known as Christmas00:35:20
Eve's Eve00:35:22
that's right it's also General Panic day00:35:25
isn't it of like I've got all my00:35:27
presents oh God yeah there's no food in00:35:29
the house run to the shops yeah00:35:33
okay next question six what is the00:35:36
capital of England what is the capital00:35:38
of England the options Edinburgh Belfast00:35:42
Cardiff or London00:35:44
tough one notice that it asks about the00:35:47
capital of England00:35:50
um00:35:51
not the capital of the basically what's00:35:52
the capital of the most important of the00:35:54
four countries00:35:57
Scottish people exist thank you00:36:00
um no I'm joking of course00:36:02
there might be a capital Scotland00:36:04
question it's random it's random you00:36:05
know it's just randomly yeah so they00:36:08
could I'm sure yeah every yeah you must00:36:10
they obviously ask about the capitals of00:36:12
the other nations00:36:14
um so it's London it's London of course00:36:16
yeah you almost clicked Cardiff did I00:36:19
whoops uh capital of Scotland Edinburgh00:36:23
capital of Wales is Cardiff00:36:27
capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast00:36:30
and there you go Belfast okay oh00:36:33
question seven another history question00:36:34
oh God uh what did the chartists00:36:37
campaign for the chartists what did the00:36:41
chartists campaign for something to do00:36:44
with charts no00:36:46
like pop charts00:36:48
like charts and graph00:36:51
um just said oh no we're back to charts00:36:54
and graphs again X and Y axes yeah okay00:36:57
the chartists so did they campaign for00:37:00
the right to vote for the working class00:37:02
or the right to vote for women00:37:06
uh the right to vote for 18 year olds00:37:10
or the right to vote for 21 year olds I00:37:13
don't know why it says the women yeah00:37:16
just be women the grammar mistake in the00:37:19
yeah who wrote this I want a refund so00:37:22
was it the right to vote for the working00:37:24
class for women for 18 year olds or 2100:37:27
year olds00:37:28
okay00:37:29
um I could just I could just Google the00:37:31
answer couldn't I but I'm not going to00:37:33
cheat no I mean the right to vote for00:37:35
the working class that looks quite00:37:37
tempting00:37:40
um votes for women that was a00:37:41
suffragettes00:37:42
and then yeah because the rates to votes00:37:45
they kind of been handed down piecemeal00:37:47
over the over the years right so it00:37:50
maybe started off it was like men but it00:37:52
was only some men00:37:53
uh men of a certain class men of a00:37:55
certain age and then you know it00:37:57
eventually gets down to women or00:37:58
whatever I don't know I'm gonna go for00:38:00
the first one because that just looks00:38:02
plausible to me00:38:04
Working Class People is the correct00:38:07
answer okay well done well quick uh00:38:10
chartists quick search for chartism00:38:13
chartism was a working-class movement00:38:15
for political reform in the United00:38:17
Kingdom that erupted like a volcano from00:38:22
1838 to 1857 and was the strongest in00:38:26
1839 1842 and 1848 it took its name from00:38:31
The People's Charter of 1838 and was a00:38:35
national protest movement with00:38:37
particular strongholds of support in00:38:39
Northern Ireland the East Midlands the00:38:41
Staffordshire potteries the black00:38:43
country and the South Wales valleys00:38:45
basically a working class00:38:47
um00:38:48
protest movement uh in order to campaign00:38:51
for the rights of working-class people00:38:53
including getting them the the vote00:38:56
okay good for them um question eight00:38:59
yeah good for them question eight what00:39:02
is not00:39:03
here's another negative question uh what00:39:06
it00:39:07
what is not a fundamental principle of00:39:11
British life what00:39:16
what is not a fundamental principle of00:39:19
British life the options00:39:21
looking after yourself and your family00:39:25
I'm confused but00:39:27
uh not what is not is that a fundamental00:39:30
principle of British life looking after00:39:32
yourself and your family going down the00:39:34
pub or something like that going down00:39:37
the pub is a fundamental principle but00:39:39
we're deciding which ones are not00:39:41
fundamental principles so looking after00:39:44
yourself00:39:45
is that fundamental I mean you know you00:39:47
know we're known for drinking too much00:39:49
and eating fairly bad food so I don't00:39:51
know maybe this is not a fundamental how00:39:53
we show we care00:39:55
yeah here get those nine pints down your00:39:58
neck it's because I love you00:40:02
yeah drink more beer don't eat properly00:40:06
there we go look after yourself and your00:40:08
family um00:40:10
what is not a fundamental principle of00:40:12
British life treating others with00:40:13
fairness looking after the environment00:40:16
or driving a car00:40:19
so which one of these things is not a00:40:21
very important principle look at00:40:23
yourself and your family treating other00:40:25
people with fairness looking after the00:40:27
environment or driving a car which one's00:40:29
it which one is not that important in00:40:32
terms of British principles yeah well I00:40:34
mean I want to say driving a car but I00:40:36
actually think in real quality on the00:40:38
ground a lot of people act as if driving00:40:39
a car is their fundamental Birthright00:40:43
and the best thing about being alive is00:40:46
just being able to sit on a couch on00:40:49
Wheels and beep at people and go fast00:40:55
like Jeremy Clarkson yeah00:40:57
[Laughter]00:40:59
he would say it's driving a car that's00:41:03
obviously would be his answer he's a00:41:05
fundamental principle but we're saying00:41:07
is not so just put just put driving a00:41:09
car please00:41:11
you're right driving a car is not a00:41:14
fundamental principle of British life00:41:15
it's not what defines British life but00:41:17
looking after yourself and your family00:41:19
obviously very important treating other00:41:20
people with fairness is apparently very00:41:22
important and looking after the00:41:24
environment is another fundamental00:41:26
principle of British life but I mean I00:41:28
don't know who decided these things but00:41:29
there it is you got the question right00:41:31
yeah00:41:33
um next00:41:35
which this question nine which of these00:41:37
is a famous classical music event in the00:41:41
UK oh there's some good answers yeah do00:41:44
you want to read out the answers so the00:41:46
answers are00:41:47
um the proms00:41:49
tea in the park cream Fields Glastonbury00:41:54
Festival00:41:56
I've got a lot of this emphasis on cream00:41:58
Fields but that's not the answer00:42:01
um00:42:02
Team Fields is one for all you ravers in00:42:05
the nation which one is a famous00:42:06
classical music event00:42:09
um I know this one it's the proms00:42:13
right and we can talk about the others00:42:15
yeah I think we should so the proms is00:42:18
this famous classical music event in the00:42:20
UK it happens the last night of the00:42:22
proms happens at the Royal Albert Hall00:42:24
and it's a big classical music00:42:27
Extravaganza lots of people waving00:42:30
British flags and singing Britannia and00:42:33
Britannia rules the waves it's a bit00:42:34
sort of a bit much really00:42:37
um what about the other events tea in00:42:39
the park cream Fields Glastonbury tea in00:42:42
the park so tea in the park uh we drove00:42:44
past it one year actually with my00:42:45
partner when we were on holiday in00:42:48
the in Scotland I actually never00:42:50
understood where it was so it didn't it00:42:52
happened so I think tea in the park has00:42:53
ended it's not on anymore but it was00:42:56
held for a long time00:42:59
um in Scotland is it in Perth perthshire00:43:03
or something like that I actually have a00:43:05
really bad grasp on Scottish geography00:43:07
even though I'm Scottish just as a kid I00:43:09
just remember getting like bundled into00:43:11
a car and taken on holiday places and00:43:13
then you fall asleep and you wake up two00:43:15
hours later somewhere else in Scotland00:43:17
and you know you don't really know which00:43:20
direction you went in00:43:22
um so tea in the park was a was a kind00:43:24
of like Indie music rock music festival00:43:26
I never actually went to it and now00:43:28
apparently it's not on anymore so oh00:43:30
well00:43:31
um and then cream Fields is another like00:43:35
contemporary music festival but this00:43:37
time it's more like dance00:43:39
techno house whatever that kind of thing00:43:42
and then Glastonbury is a very famous00:43:44
music festival00:43:46
um that I went to once00:43:49
um just before leaving for France and um00:43:52
I was actually volunteering so I got in00:43:55
for free and actually got a really nice00:43:57
campsite with nice showers and nice00:43:59
toilets Because the actual toilets are00:44:02
pretty horrific00:44:03
um at Glastonbury as they are at many00:44:06
music festivals00:44:08
um yeah so it was like Glastonbury in00:44:10
2007 that's a very good Festival it's00:44:12
amazing all the stuff there is not just00:44:14
music but all the extra stuff and they00:44:16
only set it up for like four days and00:44:18
you're just like why wouldn't you just00:44:20
leave this in the field for like a year00:44:22
because there's so much cool stuff00:44:24
um00:44:25
anyway00:44:26
they don't it's amazing it's massive as00:44:28
well isn't it Glastonbury humongous yeah00:44:32
who did you who did you see in in 200600:44:35
well I didn't have a ton of time to see00:44:37
different groups because I was like00:44:39
volunteering behind a bar but00:44:42
um who did I see um oh God 2007 I00:44:44
remember hearing Amy Winehouse00:44:47
and she didn't sound good already in00:44:49
2007.00:44:51
um and um I saw oh what's that group The00:44:54
Killers I think I saw00:44:57
um God who was big in 2007. yeah I saw a00:45:00
few things it was actually very hard to00:45:03
get around because so it had rained and00:45:06
the problem is like so it rains and then00:45:08
there's like rivers of mud right so the00:45:11
mud is really liquid and you can00:45:13
actually get through it quite easily and00:45:14
then what happens is the mud starts to00:45:16
dry and you get this kind of mud that's00:45:18
like halfway between like wet and dry00:45:22
and it is so like physically demanding00:45:24
to walk because you you're like dragging00:45:28
yourself through the mud and the mud is00:45:29
like pulling you back00:45:30
and I hardly slept and then and then00:45:33
just walking around was like really00:45:34
physically romantic00:45:36
it was an interesting experience yeah00:45:38
yeah00:45:40
for sure absolutely I've never been to00:45:42
Glastonbury I don't know if I'd make it00:45:44
the now I'd be like I'm too tired one's00:45:47
one bad night in a tent and I'd just be00:45:49
like oh I just want to go home let's get00:45:51
a good night's sleep please I hate00:45:53
camping I hate tents00:45:55
um really yeah just too many bad00:45:58
experiences and intense00:46:02
yes00:46:03
uh it can be a bit intense can't it uh00:46:07
the Glastonbury Festival00:46:10
so uh history of Glastonbury uh 2007 uh00:46:14
the the acts that performed there were00:46:16
Bjork00:46:17
uh Shirley Bassey Iggy Pop CSS the go00:46:20
team Amy Winehouse M.I.A Kate Nash Billy00:46:24
Bragg Karine Bailey Ray Damian Marley00:46:28
Lily Allen and The Chemical Brothers00:46:30
were some of the actors that performed00:46:32
that year00:46:33
hmm I was too busy serving serving beer00:46:36
to have seen all of those but yeah very00:46:39
important very important you were doing00:46:40
a very important job I was doing a very00:46:42
well beer and cider00:46:44
oh God the people got angry when we00:46:46
started to run out of cider oh yeah00:46:47
anyway let's joy for another time so00:46:49
especially the fuel is just fuel for the00:46:52
so question 10 do you want to read out00:46:54
do you want to read out question 10 uh00:46:57
yes00:46:59
um who was the first Britain to win the00:47:02
Olympic gold medal in the 10 000 meters00:47:05
I suppose I should read out the answers00:47:07
shouldn't I so we've got Mo Farah David00:47:10
Weir Bradley Wiggins and Sir Chris hoy00:47:14
so Bradley Wiggins and Sir Chris Hoy do00:47:17
cycling00:47:19
so there's no as far as I know there's00:47:22
not a 10 000 meter cycling event that00:47:25
would be a bit short00:47:26
maybe unicycling I guess so yeah or00:47:29
something00:47:33
um so00:47:35
um Bradley Wiggins bizarrely won the00:47:37
Tour de France one year and then00:47:40
disappeared yeah anyway00:47:44
um David Weir I don't know what he does00:47:48
um Mo Farah00:47:50
um I believe is the answer yes I think00:47:52
so the first Britain to win the Olympic00:47:54
gold medal in the 10 000 meters running00:47:56
yeah it's Mo Farah I mean he's kind of00:47:58
like um a famous uh uh Olympic hero in00:48:02
the UK isn't it yeah you're right00:48:04
Mo Farah yeah there you go let's move on00:48:06
so um question 11 uh which of these UK00:48:10
landmarks is in Wales00:48:13
which of these UK landmarks is in Wales00:48:16
the options snowdonia Loch Lomond the00:48:20
Lake District and the Giant's Causeway00:48:22
so that which one is in Wales that would00:48:24
be I know where all of these are and I00:48:26
and the answer is snowdonia you're00:48:29
absolutely right snowdonia which is an00:48:31
area a sort of a national park type00:48:33
thing and that's where uh one of the00:48:36
highest mountains in the UK is Mount00:48:39
Snowden but uh I've got listeners all00:48:42
over the place uh listening to this00:48:44
including people probably who know about00:48:46
the Alps and the Andes and the Ural00:48:48
Mountains and stuff like that mount00:48:50
Snowdon let's let's see how high it is00:48:53
probably not very high because um what's00:48:55
the the highest mountain in the UK is in00:48:57
Scotland and I don't even think it's as00:48:59
high as the highest peak in the Jura00:49:02
mountains which are near me and the00:49:03
highest peak here is around 1 400 meters00:49:06
which is not that high really00:49:10
um so Snowden is00:49:13
1085 meters high00:49:16
I mean I think that the I think the room00:49:19
that I where I record these podcasts is00:49:21
is higher than that because you know the00:49:23
the number of stairs I have to climb to00:49:25
get up here00:49:26
um it feels like it is but yeah that's00:49:28
it it's more of a little Hill isn't it00:49:30
really compared to some mountain ranges00:49:32
that we know of but yeah what just about00:49:34
just over 1 000 meters high and the00:49:36
highest mountain in the UK is Ben Nevis00:49:38
in Scotland 1 345 meters ah so cute but00:49:44
you say that but like I think it's got00:49:46
snow in it year round I've never been up00:49:48
Ben Nevis but I think it's got snow on00:49:50
it year round and I think sort of the00:49:52
top of the ascent is a bit tricky00:49:53
because of that whereas like in France00:49:56
at that height you know your mountain is00:49:58
going to be00:49:59
green for a lot of the year so00:50:03
um easier to walk up yeah00:50:05
because you know Ben Nevis being so much00:50:08
sort of further north yeah yeah it does00:50:10
get snow on the top okay so snowdonia is00:50:13
the correct answer Loch Lomond is in00:50:16
it's near Glasgow it's glasgow's00:50:18
favorite it's where you go in Glasgow to00:50:21
like go to the beach go to the beach yes00:50:24
and no because actually Glasgow is00:50:25
really near some beaches as well uh like00:50:28
it's near the coast as well but Loch00:50:29
Lomond is a popular spot for like00:50:31
walking weddings I've been to weddings00:50:34
up there00:50:35
um cousins have got married up there and00:50:38
yeah there's like a beach if you can00:50:40
call it that and you can go swim in the00:50:42
lock and then there's lots of walks00:50:44
around there's lots of mountains around00:50:45
the lock nice place00:50:47
yeah uh that's Loch Lomond nice place to00:50:51
visit uh the Lake District in England00:50:52
which is also a nice place to visit lots00:50:54
of uh mountains and great places to go00:50:57
walking Lakes of course uh the highest00:50:59
mountain in England is in is in the Lake00:51:01
District uh its name is scarf El Pike00:51:04
and it is a total of 978 meters high not00:51:08
even a not even a thousand meters you00:51:10
can do it in a day you could walk up00:51:12
with your hands in your pockets00:51:15
cigarette in your mouth00:51:18
you know00:51:23
uh and then the Giants Causeway is an00:51:25
amazing place in Northern Ireland I've00:51:27
never actually been there I've never00:51:28
been but it looks really cool yeah it00:51:30
does moving on uh question 12. uh where00:51:33
was Robert Burns from Cara oh another00:51:37
tricky one for a Scottish person so this00:51:39
is Scotland's national poet00:51:41
who wrote poems in uh Scots which is the00:51:45
Scottish dialect and he wrote poems00:51:47
about00:51:48
mice and haggis00:51:51
so there's a poem about haggis that you00:51:53
read out on burns night so actually00:51:56
um the other day somebody posted00:51:58
something on LinkedIn about00:52:00
um Saint Andrews day so Saint Andrew is00:52:02
the patron saint of Scotland and Saint00:52:04
Andrews day I think is at the end of00:52:06
November but honestly nothing as far as00:52:09
I know really happens on Andrew's day00:52:12
and kind of the big Scottish night of00:52:13
the year is Burns night which is coming00:52:15
up soon00:52:17
um I think it's on the 25th of January00:52:19
and that is a night where you eat haggis00:52:21
and you read The Poetry of Robert Burns00:52:24
and you drink whiskey and that's like00:52:25
the really really Scottish00:52:27
celebration you know okay nice yeah so00:52:31
the answer is Scotland of course you are00:52:33
right you're doing pretty well you're00:52:34
halfway through okay and you've got00:52:38
um you've got 10 out of 12. so so that00:52:40
is um that's strong you're part you're00:52:42
passing you're going to be allowed back00:52:43
into Britain well now I'm a bit nervous00:52:45
about the next question so do you want00:52:47
to read the next question for us the00:52:48
question is who built the Tower of00:52:50
London it's a very famous landmark00:52:53
across the Thames00:52:55
so we've got some options so they00:52:57
they're all men00:53:00
um we've got Henry VII00:53:02
Oliver Cromwell that could be00:53:05
interesting to talk about Henry VII or00:53:08
William the Conqueror00:53:09
Frenchman built it what00:53:12
William the Conqueror the Norman the00:53:15
Norman Invader yeah it's a viking really00:53:17
1066.00:53:20
yeah because the the Normans were kind00:53:22
of a Viking tribe but they lived in the00:53:24
north of France you know French people00:53:26
couldn't care less about William the00:53:28
Conqueror and the invasion they have no00:53:30
clue what all that's about 1066 and all00:53:34
that they're just like what but for us00:53:36
that is a hugely significant date 106600:53:39
which is when the Normans invaded00:53:41
England and killed the king and we had00:53:43
the French were quote unquote from00:53:45
French or Norman royal family for a long00:53:47
time00:53:48
yep that shaped our language so have you00:53:52
got any idea the Tower of London00:53:54
listeners it's a tourist attraction a00:53:57
castle on the banks of the on the on the00:53:59
on the um Bank of the River Thames there00:54:02
where the crown jewels are kept it's got00:54:05
lots of there's lots of stories attached00:54:06
to the Tower of London that including00:54:09
stories of torture and00:54:11
and other things00:54:13
um I mean they all seem relatively00:54:15
plausible I mean Oliver Cromwell doesn't00:54:17
seem very plausible because Cromwell was00:54:20
um I don't know what his actual title00:54:22
was but there was a brief period so the00:54:24
English cut off the head of a monarch a00:54:26
hundred years before the French00:54:28
and installed a brief Republic so people00:54:31
don't know this people are like you love00:54:33
the queen you love the royal family00:54:35
royal family your subjects you're not00:54:37
citizens you love your royal family hey00:54:40
we chopped off the head of a king back00:54:43
in the day who was also called Charles00:54:47
um and um and yeah Oliver Cromwell then00:54:50
became the whatever his title was head00:54:53
of this brief Republic but I think he he00:54:56
would have been in charge so briefly he00:54:58
would he wouldn't have had time00:55:00
to um build the terror of London00:55:04
and that probably wasn't on his agenda00:55:07
so I think we can rule him out00:55:10
go on a clue00:55:14
it's medieval it's a medieval castle00:55:16
then it made because Henry VII and Henry00:55:19
VII so this is like Tudor times early00:55:23
modern periods kind of thing well I00:55:26
actually did think it was William the00:55:28
Conqueror00:55:30
but it's in good shape for having been00:55:32
built I mean I'm assuming there's been00:55:34
various iterations over the years00:55:36
like what's standing now is not00:55:40
what was originally built yeah because00:55:42
of all the different Kings have used it00:55:44
and stuff you know uh it's you know the00:55:46
tutors you know famously used it a lot00:55:48
and uh Henry VII you know everyone's00:55:51
been proud of it over the years and and00:55:53
so on so yeah it's definitely been well00:55:55
maintained but the the main original00:55:58
basic structure of it was was that's a00:56:01
hurry I know I know I know we're going00:56:03
I'm just like stalling00:56:06
um I'm gonna say William the Conqueror00:56:08
then okay00:56:09
is the correct answer well done00:56:12
so uh yeah William the Conqueror was a00:56:15
was a guy well not he didn't make it00:56:17
himself he's like sorry can't not right00:56:19
now I'm building a castle you know it00:56:21
wasn't like uh William can you do no I'm00:56:23
still building a castle you know um you00:56:26
didn't do it himself he would have been00:56:28
exhausted no obviously he got some other00:56:30
people to do it but he he was in charge00:56:32
when it was done but yeah William the00:56:34
Conqueror00:56:35
um brought lots of French castle00:56:37
building00:56:38
um know-how uh with him and lots of the00:56:41
castles that were built um in the00:56:43
medieval period were built um during the00:56:46
reign of uh you know William the00:56:48
Conqueror and so on00:56:50
um so yeah yeah definitely uh definitely00:56:52
his work00:56:54
um Cromwell you mentioned him an00:56:55
interesting characters sort of we're00:56:57
talking about the 17th century00:56:59
um here with Cromwell he was known as00:57:01
the Lord protector right the head of00:57:04
state of the Commonwealth of England00:57:06
Scotland and Ireland I don't think he00:57:08
was a very fun guy he wasn't I heard he00:57:10
was pretty maybe kind of of puritanic00:57:13
very puritanical and very sort of like00:57:15
you know no fun probably no building00:57:19
stuff I don't know yeah and I don't00:57:21
think he was very nice to the Irish00:57:23
okay00:57:24
to put it mildly anyway let's move on00:57:28
let's move on yes question number 14.00:57:32
so question 14 is when is Saint David's00:57:35
day when is Saint David's day you00:57:37
mentioned Saint Andrews day which is a00:57:39
it's an Andrew being the patron saint of00:57:40
Scotland and you don't really celebrate00:57:42
his day that much but since David's day00:57:45
is another one so when is Saint David's00:57:47
day okay well it's not the first answer00:57:48
because the first answer is 30th of00:57:50
November and that is00:57:52
Saint Andrews day that nobody in00:57:54
Scotland celebrates seemingly00:57:57
um 17th of March that is like an00:58:00
international day that is Saint00:58:02
Patrick's Day00:58:04
um00:58:05
23rd of April Patrick being the patron00:58:08
saint of Ireland Ireland yes okay so it00:58:11
can't be the 17th of March the 23rd so00:58:14
it's either the 23rd of April or the00:58:16
first of March and I think having00:58:18
thought about it a little bit00:58:20
laughs00:58:21
I think it is the first of March because00:58:24
I think the 23rd of April is Saint00:58:26
George's day which is the English the00:58:28
patron saint as if you needed a date00:58:30
yeah all bloody year it's all about you00:58:32
England England00:58:34
all day long00:58:36
Scotland just an afterthought along with00:58:40
Wales Northern Ireland those are the00:58:42
bits the little little places sir yes00:58:45
you're saying the first of March00:58:48
I'm saying the first of March you're00:58:49
right of course Saint David's day isn't00:58:51
David being the patron saint of Wales00:58:53
and it's all about daffodils isn't it00:58:56
and leeks isn't it right I don't know00:58:59
leaks is that the leak is there is there00:59:02
um the symbol is there a symbol I like00:59:05
leaks but I don't think I'd to have them00:59:08
as my national symbol you like leaks you00:59:11
just wouldn't want to wear one no00:59:14
just that because you know you can do00:59:15
that in Wales on the first of March you00:59:17
can wear a leak on your lapel00:59:19
oh no to be patriotic and stuff but also00:59:22
daffodils I think00:59:24
um daffodils those beautiful yellow00:59:25
flowers that do come out at the00:59:28
beginning of March which is always a00:59:30
wonderful wonderful thing to see you00:59:32
know it's like oh spring is just around00:59:34
the corner the daffodils are out it's00:59:35
really a nice thing to see so yeah it's00:59:37
sort of like for me synonymous with00:59:40
daffodils00:59:41
um okay so you got that one right as00:59:43
well you're doing okay00:59:45
um okay question 15 this is one for the00:59:47
French00:59:48
would love this question00:59:50
read it out please roast beef00:59:54
roast beef roast beef is a traditional00:59:57
food of which country00:59:59
this is so silly I can't believe this is01:00:02
on the test so we've got England01:00:03
Northern Ireland Scotland or Wales it's01:00:06
a great way to to to push the stereotype01:00:09
roast beef01:00:11
well that'll be01:00:14
um the English because the Scottish eat01:00:16
haggis01:00:17
the Welsh have got their leaks and God01:00:20
knows what they eat in Northern Ireland01:00:22
England yes roast beef is a traditional01:00:26
food01:00:27
yeah the French people are like we don't01:00:29
use the roast beef you always eat a01:00:31
roast beef that's my that's a terrible01:00:33
French accent what was that moving on uh01:00:36
question 16. when did the first01:00:39
Christian communities appear in Britain01:00:42
when did the first Christian communities01:00:44
appear in Britain the options in the01:00:47
first and second centuries in the fourth01:00:50
and fifth centuries in the third and01:00:52
fourth centuries or the second and third01:00:54
centuries why do they put them in the01:00:55
weird order oh yeah that is odd first01:00:57
and second fourth and fifth third and01:01:00
fourth second and third just put it in01:01:01
the right order I don't know why they01:01:03
put it in the wrong order just confuse01:01:04
you yeah well I guess after the decline01:01:08
of the Roman Empire01:01:11
I mean01:01:13
it could be I don't have a bloody clue01:01:16
it could be as early as the first and01:01:17
second I mean all of these look pretty01:01:19
plausible right it's not like they've01:01:20
got like the first and second and then01:01:22
like the 17th and 18th or you know01:01:25
yeah01:01:26
it's all within the first 500 years or01:01:30
or yeah that's a pretty yeah that's a01:01:32
yeah that's a pretty generous01:01:34
um timeline isn't it so basically right01:01:36
uh listeners01:01:38
um before the Romans invaded Britain was01:01:43
it was um sort of a Celtic pagan01:01:47
uh culture01:01:49
just people with their bodies painted in01:01:51
different with body paints and like ah01:01:54
waving sticks in the air and a lot of01:01:56
hair01:01:57
and then the Romans came along with all01:01:59
their technology and stuff and there01:02:00
were several they had several attempts01:02:02
to invade England the first attempt the01:02:06
English01:02:07
um01:02:08
you know I don't know if they were01:02:10
called the English01:02:12
Celtic tribes or whatever01:02:15
um exactly uh queen boudica or bodacia01:02:21
um they they they fought against the01:02:23
Romans and and beat them and and burned01:02:25
down the Roman Temple and all this stuff01:02:27
it's very dramatic great stuff but great01:02:29
for movies great for Hollywood movies01:02:32
um and um and then the Romans came back01:02:34
again and they actually did then sort of01:02:36
like um establish their power and stuff01:02:39
like that and and that all happened in01:02:40
the first01:02:41
basically essentially the first 50 years01:02:43
uh after Christ okay that's well that's01:02:47
that's helpful for me but the Romans did01:02:49
eventually convert to Christianity01:02:50
themselves didn't they01:02:53
mm-hmm so that they may have brought it01:02:55
with them they could have brought it a01:02:56
bit like covid or something01:03:04
with spreading Christianity all around01:03:07
uh yeah well01:03:11
okay that does actually help me I01:03:12
because I was like Romans that's before01:03:15
Christ01:03:17
but but yeah there is the the yeah they01:03:20
did continue the Romans were still01:03:21
around after Christ they were still01:03:23
around yeah they didn't they didn't give01:03:24
up01:03:25
[Music]01:03:29
um yeah it's not when Christ was was01:03:31
killed on the cross and all the Romans01:03:33
just died like at the end of some movie01:03:35
like at the end of Lord of the Rings01:03:36
like Christ died for our sins and01:03:40
all the Romans got all the Romans fell01:03:42
over Christ died01:03:47
um right we're not going to spend an01:03:48
hour on on on these weird ideas01:03:52
um let's go for the second and third01:03:55
I have to pick one don't second and01:03:57
third you're going through you can01:03:58
reckon it took a couple of hundred years01:04:00
for it Christianity to kind of brew and01:04:02
really hold tick tock01:04:06
back then it took a longer took longer01:04:09
for Trends to to occur yeah uh you're01:04:12
wrong you're wrong unfortunately it was01:04:14
the third and fourth centuries of course01:04:16
ye oldie Tick Tock was even slower01:04:19
to spread took them 300 300 to 400 years01:04:24
to his to establish Christian01:04:25
communities in Britain because the01:04:27
probably Christians came in and like you01:04:28
know Christianity it's like no sorry01:04:30
it's too cold all right back home we go01:04:33
back quick go back to the southern01:04:35
Mediterranean yeah we like being Pagan01:04:38
let me get on with my druid01:04:41
stuff01:04:43
um yeah that's right or Roman weird01:04:46
Pagan Roman mixture or whatever they01:04:49
were doing we don't really know I'm sure01:04:51
people do know but I know01:04:54
must have been quite a lot yeah I'm sure01:04:56
historians have got a fairly good I've01:04:57
got an idea they've got a bit of a grasp01:05:00
of what they were up to like in01:05:02
Cambridge and Oxford universities like01:05:04
the historians yeah we're just uh we'd01:05:06
like to ask you the professor of01:05:09
um you know of Roman British uh Pagan01:05:13
history01:05:14
um about and when when were the first01:05:16
Christian communities well I don't know01:05:17
really we've just got a only a vague01:05:19
idea01:05:20
next question 1701:05:22
uh which of the following is part of the01:05:26
UK01:05:28
okay which of the following is part of01:05:31
the UK Cara can you read the options01:05:33
yeah so since Helena Canada Wales or the01:05:38
Channel Islands01:05:40
so it's actually the first one sent01:05:42
Helena01:05:43
what did I say miles away yeah that's01:05:47
like in the middle of the Atlantic isn't01:05:48
it Helena's Helena yeah it's in the01:05:51
middle of the Atlantic blooming miles01:05:52
away yeah that's where Napoleon was sent01:05:55
isn't it oh right because we're going to01:05:56
say there is some kind of British01:05:58
connection though with this island01:06:00
given that they really stole it invaded01:06:02
everywhere yeah unfortunately01:06:05
um we kept it that's the connection01:06:07
Canada's interesting because the head of01:06:09
state is the British monarch01:06:13
is it part of the UK no it's not part of01:06:15
the UK but it is kind of ridiculous that01:06:18
the head of state is like01:06:19
the king01:06:21
sorry Canada01:06:23
might want to get your own head of state01:06:25
now some of them01:06:26
some of them agree with you especially01:06:28
in Quebec01:06:29
oh yeah yeah01:06:32
um01:06:33
yeah I'm pretty confident that the01:06:34
Channel Islands is interesting because01:06:36
you you might think that they have a01:06:39
weird status don't they01:06:41
um the Channel Islands so here we'll be01:06:44
talking about what Guernsey Jersey01:06:47
the sark01:06:50
um I've never visited these islands but01:06:51
I've been to Brittany on holiday and you01:06:54
like if you're in samalo you see the the01:06:56
ferry coming in from Jersey and there's01:06:58
lots of01:06:59
you know back and forth01:07:01
because those islands are islands which01:07:03
are in01:07:05
yeah in the in the English Channel01:07:07
um as you said exactly01:07:09
um they're actually kind of pretty much01:07:10
quite close to the French Coast rather01:07:13
than the English Coast but they identify01:07:15
more with the UK I think but are they01:07:19
part so those islands are they part of01:07:21
the UK and uh listeners just to remind01:07:25
you Wales is in the list here so I don't01:07:27
know why we're discussing this I don't01:07:28
know just just to fill up time because01:07:31
it's not as if this episode is already01:07:32
you know really really long and we still01:07:34
have a bunch of questions Wales is part01:07:36
of the UK come on but the others there01:07:38
is some potential for confusion here I01:07:40
can see what they're trying to do01:07:41
they're trying to trick you they're01:07:42
trying to trip you up and stop you from01:07:43
getting British nationality01:07:46
so so uh yeah uh Wales is obviously the01:07:49
answer01:07:50
um but sent Helena and the Channel01:07:52
Islands do have some kind of connection01:07:54
to the UK we're not entirely sure what01:07:56
it is because unlike France where01:07:59
um they've got their overseas01:08:00
territories in France which are01:08:02
considered to be like Mainland France01:08:04
and it's all very clear-cut and very01:08:07
very clearly defined01:08:09
um the relationship that the UK has with01:08:12
some of those overseas places like the01:08:14
Channel Islands which is not that far01:08:16
away and sent Helena and some others is01:08:18
is not that it's not so clearly defined01:08:21
is it I won't even mention the the01:08:24
melvinas you know the Falklands I'm not01:08:26
even going to mention that oops I Did01:08:27
oops01:08:28
um too late anyway yeah that's a sore01:08:31
point I don't you know not I have no01:08:33
interest in talking about that really uh01:08:35
and Canada as you said yes uh it's part01:08:37
of the the Commonwealth so the the the01:08:39
head of state of Canada is is King01:08:42
Charles was the queen uh anyway Wales is01:08:45
part of the UK because the UK's 401:08:46
countries England Scotland Wales01:08:47
Northern Ireland moving on01:08:50
oh okay cool interesting question 18.01:08:53
Kara can read can you read this which01:08:56
two are British overseas territories01:09:00
British overseas territories I think01:09:01
we've just answered our the questions01:09:03
that we had Luke because the options are01:09:05
Ireland sorry that just made me laugh uh01:09:09
Hawaii that's also a funny one sent01:09:11
Helena and the Falkland Islands01:09:16
so um I'm pretty confident oh God that01:09:19
sent Helena and the Falkland Islands01:09:21
must have their status it's not part of01:09:23
the UK but they are considered British01:09:26
overseas territories now what that01:09:28
actually means I don't really know but01:09:30
that's their status01:09:33
so I've just Googled uh British overseas01:09:36
territories and I'm on the Wikipedia01:09:37
page for it so the British overseas now01:09:40
you've you've chosen your options it's01:09:42
said Helena in the Falkland Islands and01:09:44
you're right of course I mean Hawaii01:09:47
Hawaii is a state of the United States01:09:50
of America there's no way that is a01:09:52
British overseas territory an island01:09:54
also not in any shape or form is01:09:58
completely independent from the UK uh01:10:00
and a you know a EU member State and so01:10:03
on but uh the British overseas01:10:05
territories also known as the United01:10:06
Kingdom overseas territories are 1401:10:08
territories with a constitutional and01:10:11
historical link with the United Kingdom01:10:14
they are the last remnants of the former01:10:17
British Empire and do not form part of01:10:20
the United Kingdom itself the01:10:22
permanently inhabited territories are01:10:25
internally self-governing with the01:10:27
United Kingdom retaining responsibility01:10:29
for defense and foreign relations01:10:33
three of the territories are inhabited01:10:35
chiefly or only by a transitory01:10:38
population of military or scientific01:10:40
Personnel hmm01:10:43
but all but one of the rest are listed01:10:45
by the UN special committee on01:10:47
decolonization as01:10:50
non-self-governing territories all 1401:10:53
have the British monarch as head of01:10:54
state these UK governments these UK01:10:58
government responsibilities are assigned01:11:00
to various Departments of the foreign01:11:01
and Commonwealth office and are subject01:11:04
to change so that's why people are not01:11:06
so sure about these things because it's01:11:09
bloody confusing yeah um01:11:11
we could go into the current overseas01:11:14
territories and Q include01:11:16
Anguilla in the Caribbean Bermuda01:11:19
British Antarctic territory as probably01:11:22
a section of the Antarctic British01:11:24
Indian Ocean territory as I guess part01:11:27
of the Indian Ocean Does it include some01:11:29
islands British Virgin Islands the01:11:31
Cayman Islands the Falkland Islands01:11:33
Gibraltar of course Montserrat in the01:11:36
Caribbean uh pitcan Henderson Ducey01:11:39
oweno islands in the Pacific Ocean sent01:11:42
Helena Ascension and Tristan and Tristan01:11:45
takuna oh my God in the South Atlantic01:11:48
Ocean01:11:50
South Georgia and the South Sandwich01:11:53
Islands01:11:54
where they love sandwiches01:11:56
and Sovereign base areas of accurate01:12:00
other places oh Cyprus yeah oh um01:12:05
it's it's yeah it's a little bit tricky01:12:08
and a bit complicated some of these are01:12:11
sure even now01:12:12
so like the Cayman Islands is a tax01:12:15
Haven so if we're hanging on to that01:12:16
well that's because01:12:19
of rich people01:12:22
um very suspicious and slightly dodgy01:12:27
we have all these dodgy things we're01:12:29
still holding on to that we probably01:12:30
should have handed back to someone01:12:33
anyway uh let's not create another01:12:35
diplomatic spat01:12:37
um I actually I used to know a guy from01:12:39
Bermuda in bizonsong a guy and he talked01:12:43
like a British guy you know he sounded01:12:44
like he was from Britain but he was01:12:45
actually from Bermuda so that makes01:12:48
sense given the status of Bermuda used01:12:51
to run a bar in both awesome01:12:53
don't know how he ended up here really01:12:54
yeah01:12:56
interesting I've never met someone from01:12:58
Bermuda01:12:59
which is very mysterious why where are01:13:02
they oh they're in Bermuda that's why01:13:03
I've never been there but we know all01:13:05
about their shorts that's right Bermuda01:13:07
shoes and the Bermuda Triangle very01:13:10
popular01:13:13
right anyway right moving on we've got01:13:15
to get through this okay you can see01:13:17
this is out of date this version of the01:13:19
test that I've got here because question01:13:21
19 says who is Queen Elizabeth II01:13:24
married to should be who was Queen01:13:26
Elizabeth II married to these are by the01:13:28
way the and the options are very funny01:13:30
that I'm using the test I'm using here01:13:32
is these are sample tests or practice01:13:34
tests from a website that you know that01:13:38
gives you free practice for this so who01:13:40
is or who was Queen Elizabeth II married01:13:42
to was it Prince Harry Prince William01:13:45
Prince Charles or Prince Philip was she01:13:48
married to one of her grandsons was she01:13:50
married to her son or was she married to01:13:52
her husband which one01:13:55
now we know we know there are some01:13:58
controversies in the in the royal family01:14:01
um controversies like prophecies01:14:04
controversies the word stress wrong here01:14:07
country yeah they can be a controversial01:14:09
family at times but the queen was never01:14:12
married to her son or grandson's that's01:14:15
the least we can say01:14:16
um she was married to Prince Philip01:14:19
Philip the Greek Bingo well done another01:14:22
question in the bag question 20 what01:14:25
palace01:14:26
what palace was a cast iron and plate01:14:30
glass building originally erected in01:14:33
Hyde Park London England to house the01:14:37
great exhibition of 1851. so what palace01:14:41
was made of iron and plate glass01:14:45
so a building that looked like a big01:14:48
greenhouse because it had lost large01:14:49
glass plates and cast iron framework01:14:53
uh what palace was made of iron and01:14:56
glass01:14:57
originally erected in Hyde Park in01:15:00
London to house the great exhibition of01:15:03
1851.01:15:05
um the options is it the great palace is01:15:07
it the gold Palace is it the dream01:15:09
palace01:15:11
or is it Crystal Palace01:15:15
so I think it must be Crystal Palace and01:15:17
it's funny we were watching um the like01:15:22
UK football England Premiership01:15:25
what's it called the Premiership and01:15:28
there was like Arsenal against Tottenham01:15:30
and I was thinking about other clubs in01:15:32
London and I thought about Crystal01:15:33
Palace so there is a football club01:15:35
called Crystal Palace I was like why is01:15:36
it called Crystal Palace01:15:38
um but I guess their ground must be near01:15:41
uh Crystal Crystal Palace which is an01:15:44
actual yeah it does sound like something01:15:46
from it so Chris I'm saying Chris you're01:15:48
saying Crystal Palace it's the right01:15:49
answer Kara it is Crystal Palace so that01:15:52
Palace that was erected for the great01:15:54
exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park they01:15:57
moved it to the south of London and that01:16:00
area is now called Crystal Palace and01:16:02
there's it's got a football club and a01:16:04
park uh and a big Crystal Palace thing01:16:07
it sounds amazing doesn't it Crystal or01:16:09
a giant Greenhouse as you said a giant01:16:11
Greenhouse basically01:16:13
yeah uh where you can grow tomatoes and01:16:16
stuff I don't think they do grow01:16:17
tomatoes I don't know I haven't checked01:16:20
to be honest maybe they do Crystal01:16:21
Palace tomorrow to get all your Tomatoes01:16:23
three for a pound that's expensive what01:16:26
am I talking about number 21. which two01:16:29
British film actors you can see again01:16:32
how old this is which two British film01:16:35
actors have recently won Oscars01:16:38
is it Colin Firth Jackie Stewart01:16:42
Tilda Swinton or Leonardo DiCaprio that01:16:45
famous British film actor so Colin Firth01:16:49
Jackie Stewart01:16:50
Tilda Swinton or Leonardo DiCaprio which01:16:54
two have won Oscars recently I'm gonna01:16:58
go with um Colin Firth until the Swinton01:17:01
yeah01:17:02
absolutely bang right Jackie Stewart01:17:05
he's a blooming Formula One racing01:17:08
driver race car driver yeah and Leonardo01:17:11
DiCaprio is very American01:17:14
so yeah you're you're right Colin Firth01:17:17
I think he won it for01:17:19
uh maybe The King's Speech The King's01:17:23
Speech the king's Peach not the king's01:17:26
Peach The King's Speech01:17:28
uh until the Swinton for we need to talk01:17:31
about Kevin is it01:17:34
oh really I feel like she could win an01:17:36
Oscar for every film she's in she's01:17:38
always brilliant she's great01:17:40
oh yeah01:17:41
Tilda Swinton tilde Swinton Oscar01:17:46
doesn't sound very Scottish but uh01:17:48
Michael Clayton she got an Academy Award01:17:50
for her performance in Michael Clayton01:17:53
uh which is the name of a film not just01:17:56
the name of a person01:17:58
um it sounds like it's just the name of01:18:00
a dude she gotta ask her for her01:18:01
performance in Michael Clayton's like01:18:03
what did she do to Michael Clayton that01:18:05
she did she did it so well Michael01:18:07
Clayton was So Satisfied that they gave01:18:10
her an Oscar01:18:11
because of her performance in Michael01:18:13
Clayton01:18:14
oh it's a film ah right next01:18:18
question 22. uh which flower is01:18:22
associated with England Cara what are01:18:26
what are the what are the options I'll01:18:29
I'll read them then so thistle01:18:32
Shamrock01:18:34
daffodil or Rose01:18:37
so um we talked about daffodils earlier01:18:41
and not only are there a symbol of not01:18:43
only are they a symbol of spring but01:18:46
also a symbol of whales01:18:50
um the Shamrock is Irish01:18:52
or like associated with Ireland01:18:55
obviously01:18:56
um the thistle is the Scottish flower01:19:00
prickly flower you don't want to sit on01:19:03
a thistle01:19:04
you'll get a sore bum and um The Rose is01:19:08
the flower of associated with England01:19:12
and probably other places in the world01:19:15
because it's not the only place that has01:19:17
roses01:19:18
yeah I don't think we can claim01:19:19
exclusive rights to the Rose can we01:19:25
she oversees territories but not the01:19:27
rose01:19:29
we are01:19:31
yeah we're the only rugby team with a01:19:33
rose on our on our01:19:35
shirt01:19:37
the Japanese the Japanese rugby team01:19:39
have got a flower on theirs as well it's01:19:41
a cherry blossom very pretty01:19:43
oh that's not that's nice that's nice01:19:45
isn't it yeah so Rose uh England01:19:48
daffodil uh Wales Shamrock Clover which01:19:51
we all know from the Irish pubs that are01:19:53
everywhere and uh we have um01:19:56
I actually haven't for this is a01:19:58
four-leaf clover in a bit of perspex and01:20:00
this is actually a present that one of01:20:02
my friends made for me before I moved to01:20:04
France to bring me luck that's nice01:20:07
before Leaf clue over that he found when01:20:09
he was a little kid and they're quite01:20:10
rare So wow I appreciate that that's01:20:14
lovely yeah because it's extremely rare01:20:17
to find a four-leaf clover and as yeah01:20:19
it's supposed to be very good luck to01:20:21
find one01:20:22
yeah that's nice that's very nice and01:20:25
the thistle uh yeah it's the Scottish01:20:28
one very spiky and thorny01:20:31
um okay so so rose rose is the answer of01:20:33
course right the penultimate question01:20:36
so the question is who appoints life01:20:39
peers and my listeners are going okay I01:20:43
know the word who but I didn't get the01:20:45
other words what who what what what who01:20:48
appoints life peers01:20:51
can do you want to have a go at01:20:52
explaining the question yeah so we have01:20:55
to talk about that most undemocratic of01:20:57
Institutions we don't really know why it01:21:00
still exists01:21:01
so like I guess like a lot of countries01:21:03
their Parliament has like two01:21:05
oh God I'm not very good governance and01:21:08
politics but like a lot yeah a lot of01:21:10
countries have like two Chambers don't01:21:11
see don't they so the US has like01:21:13
Congress and then a senate in France01:21:16
there's also two Chambers01:21:18
um it's quite a common thing so in the01:21:20
UK you have like part well here I'm01:21:23
talking about Westminster01:21:25
[Music]01:21:27
the House of Commons and the House of01:21:29
Lords yeah yeah so the House of Commons01:21:31
is like your standard that's your MPS01:21:34
your members of parliament to you we01:21:36
vote for them we vote them into01:21:39
um Parliament don't we when it's the01:21:41
general election01:21:43
we don't vote for a president or01:21:45
whatever we vote for you know01:21:48
you're representative individual01:21:50
individual representatives of each01:21:52
Constitution who then take a seat in the01:21:55
House of Commons and the ones who've got01:21:57
the most seats have the right to form a01:22:01
government as kind of though and the01:22:03
leader of that government becomes the01:22:04
Prime Minister but we don't actually01:22:06
vote for a a president no we don't vote01:22:09
for them directly so so that's the house01:22:13
yes it's our second chamber then is this01:22:15
rather Shady undemocratic01:22:20
um chamber called The House of Lords01:22:22
and the members of the House of Lords01:22:25
are called peers right and I think there01:22:28
was was there not some reform of the01:22:30
House of Lords under labor because01:22:32
wasn't it in the past that you could01:22:34
only become a peer in the House of Lords01:22:36
if like your dad was a peer so it was01:22:39
like a hereditary thing was it not01:22:41
yes so that that's right so so there01:22:43
were there was there were several types01:22:46
of peer so a peer is just another word01:22:48
for essentially for someone who sits in01:22:50
the House of Lords uh so we have MPS or01:22:53
members of parliament in the House of01:22:55
Commons and then we have peers or Lords01:22:57
in the House of Lords uh a lord to be01:23:00
honest the word Lord is a kind of very01:23:02
broad term that can be used for many01:23:04
different notes of person yeah it's I01:23:06
mean a lord is there like an Earl or a01:23:08
duke or a member of the appear in the01:23:11
House of Lords01:23:12
um you know all those things can be01:23:14
those could be Lords or or you know like01:23:16
a a rich powerful landowner um you know01:23:18
uh but um so yeah there used to be uh01:23:21
hereditary peers these are ones that's01:23:24
when you you inherited your title from01:23:26
your father that's mad isn't it which is01:23:28
you know it's like the royal family it's01:23:30
the same kind of same kind of01:23:31
arrangement but uh same principle yeah01:23:33
yeah I mean these days our our01:23:36
aristocracy is getting smaller and01:23:37
smaller and smaller You could argue to01:23:40
the point where it's only going to be01:23:41
like you know the the nuclear family you01:23:44
know of of the the royal family really01:23:47
but in the past it was it was a much01:23:49
larger Network it included all these01:23:52
other people including you know a01:23:54
network of of01:23:55
um in01:23:57
inheritance you know hereditary power01:23:59
the power that you inherit from uh your01:24:02
your parents your father probably01:24:05
um and so yeah the house of laws a lot01:24:07
of the people who sat in there uh making01:24:09
big decisions so you're being part of01:24:10
the executive01:24:12
um and legislative process just01:24:14
inherited that power01:24:16
um and that yeah that has been reformed01:24:18
and now that's not possible anymore and01:24:21
instead the peers or the the you know01:24:23
the ones who have the rights to be in01:24:25
the House of Lords until they die01:24:28
um they are chosen they're appointed01:24:31
they're given their power so we don't01:24:33
choose those people directly instead the01:24:36
government who we have kind of voted01:24:38
into power they get to choose who the01:24:40
Lords will be which again is like what01:24:43
so what they foreign01:24:48
haven't there been some scandals around01:24:50
that in terms of like money and01:24:52
influence and01:24:54
sort of buying your way into the house01:24:56
of Lords well yeah the the the the01:24:58
there's been scandals uh in the01:25:01
conservative party about01:25:03
um certain conservative party members01:25:06
who are Lords in the House of Lords uh01:25:09
essentially using their power for01:25:10
personal uh profit01:25:12
um yeah there have been cases a lot of01:25:16
corruption in the government at the01:25:18
moment01:25:19
um01:25:21
yeah so who chooses them though is it01:25:23
the Monarch so in this case the King01:25:25
Charles or is or is it the speaker01:25:27
that's the person who's kind of like the01:25:29
moderator of the House of Commons the01:25:31
one who goes order order and fails to01:25:34
control on the team yeah01:25:37
or is it the prime minister01:25:39
uh at the moment Rishi sunak or is it01:25:43
the shadow cabinet that means the01:25:45
members of parliament from the01:25:47
opposition party who are not in power01:25:49
they're known as The Shadow cabinet so01:25:51
is it them who get to choose uh well01:25:54
what do you think Cara01:25:56
what do I think I don't think it's the01:25:58
monarch01:26:00
I don't think it's the shadow cabinet01:26:02
that doesn't really make any sense01:26:05
I don't think it's the speaker either01:26:08
although it01:26:10
that seems slightly more plausible than01:26:11
the others I would I would how I would01:26:14
suggest the prime minister01:26:16
by process of elimination yeah oh God no01:26:19
it's uh apparently life appears oh my01:26:22
God what an undemocratic system who the01:26:25
who invented this live peers are01:26:28
appointed by the Monarch on on the01:26:30
advice of the prime minister so hold on01:26:32
a minute hold on this is one of those01:26:34
things this is one of those powers that01:26:36
the King has which are sort of symbolic01:26:41
powers in the same way that the the king01:26:43
stamps all new laws which are made you01:26:46
know it's the final part of the process01:26:48
the King has to kind of go yes or no to01:26:50
all the Greek autograph your majesty01:26:51
yeah and and the king or formerly the01:26:55
queen would always just say yes you know01:26:57
it's just part of a con sort of a01:26:59
administrative constitutional uh thing01:27:02
uh so that okay so the uh the life peers01:27:07
are appointed by the Monarch by the king01:27:09
but it's actually the Prime Minister who01:27:11
chooses them and the Prime Minister just01:27:13
goes to the Kingo so here's the list of01:27:15
the the new life appears that we'd like01:27:17
to appoint so can you just sign that off01:27:21
and the King's like oh you know you want01:27:23
me to just take these where do I where do I01:27:26
sign you know and so it technically it's01:27:29
um it's the king who does it but it's01:27:31
the Prime Minister it's really the prime01:27:34
minister's decision yeah yeah yeah yeah01:27:36
yeah yeah yeah yeah okay however for the01:27:40
citizenship test you must see the01:27:41
monarch01:27:43
for that and it's a point not who01:27:46
chooses but who appoints them a points01:27:49
yeah so it's kind of yeah like you say01:27:50
the final signing off01:27:53
um01:27:54
pointing at the person and going you01:27:57
right but it's the Prime Minister who's01:27:59
Whispering into the king's ear going uh01:28:01
you know choose uh currently uphold okay01:28:04
and the King's like oh that that lady01:28:06
over there okay choose these party01:28:08
donors who gave us01:28:11
yeah choose Carol Leopold she gave us uh01:28:14
five million pounds01:28:16
um and she was instrumentalism in in01:28:21
gaining PPE uh personal protective01:28:23
equipment contracts uh which made us a01:28:26
lot of money so uh just you know choose01:28:28
her and the King's like okay whatever01:28:29
you say you and then just points at you01:28:32
so he appoints you Yeah question number01:28:36
24 which charity Works to preserve01:28:39
important buildings which charity01:28:43
uh like non-profit organization uh Works01:28:47
to preserve important buildings old01:28:50
buildings yeah not just any old building01:28:53
but very much like grand old buildings01:28:56
you know like Downton Abbey which is not01:28:58
a real plea well I mean no it's not a01:29:01
real place it's a real place I mean it's01:29:02
not called Downton Abbey01:29:04
yeah but that kind of place it's those01:29:07
sorts of old buildings that would have01:29:09
been owned by Earls and dukes and the01:29:11
you know the The Marquis of whatever you01:29:14
know like there's loads of them all01:29:16
across the country these amazing country01:29:18
houses that would have been owned by01:29:20
members of the aristocracy but um they01:29:24
have they're essentially01:29:26
um they got bought by a charity and the01:29:30
charity Works to maintain those01:29:32
buildings keep them in good condition01:29:33
and open them up to the public so the01:29:36
public can come and visit them01:29:37
it's great it's a fantastic thing01:29:40
but do you know which one it is yeah I01:29:41
think I think this is actually a good01:29:43
question and a good thing to know if01:29:45
you're going to live in the UK01:29:47
um yeah so it's age UK or it's the Red01:29:50
Cross or it's the National Trust or it's01:29:54
the nspcc01:29:58
right01:29:59
I know this and it's the national trusts01:30:01
because I've visited many properties01:30:02
with my parents they are members of The01:30:05
National Trust And if you're a member01:30:06
you get into places free I mean like you01:30:09
pay for the year kind of thing01:30:11
and then you can get go anywhere for01:30:15
free yeah they're not the same with my01:30:17
parents also were members of The01:30:19
National Trust and on holidays and stuff01:30:20
we used to go and visit National Trust01:30:22
properties and yeah if you if you are01:30:24
going to live in the UK or at least01:30:26
spend some time on a holiday there or01:30:28
something like that then yeah you should01:30:29
know about the National Trust And there01:30:31
are some really nice things that you can01:30:33
go and see that are controlled and01:30:35
organized by The National Trust and it's01:30:37
a kind of a a good thing generally a01:30:40
good thing yeah the age UK that's a01:30:43
that's a charity for elderly people uh01:30:46
the Red Cross is just like gen General01:30:48
sort of medical charity helping those in01:30:51
need and the nspcc The National Society01:30:54
for the protection01:30:56
of children what is it what is it I01:30:59
think it might be the Prevention of01:31:01
Cruelty to Children right01:31:04
The National Society for the Prevention01:31:06
of Cruelty to Children it's a British01:31:09
child protection charity yeah you're01:31:11
right you are right01:31:13
so there we go uh so you're going The01:31:16
National Trust finish the test01:31:18
here are the results Cara your time it01:31:20
took you one hour and 11 minutes so01:31:22
that's that's probably a bit too long uh01:31:25
but that that's my bit you know you did01:31:27
have me like talking a lot in your ear01:31:29
while you were doing the test like can01:31:31
look can you just shut up I'm trying to01:31:32
do the citizenship test stop distracting01:31:35
me with your stupid comments01:31:38
um so you want you answered 20 out of 2401:31:41
questions correctly you got01:31:43
83.3 recurring percent01:31:47
help01:31:51
tiny Clues01:31:54
um oh I'm pretty pleased with that there01:31:56
you go that's a pass isn't it yeah01:31:59
that's a pass is it good pass yeah it's01:32:02
a strong pass I'd give you a a b plus01:32:05
cool I get let back into the country01:32:08
um01:32:09
yeah01:32:10
awesome not that you actually want to go01:32:12
back to the country but if you want the01:32:14
option is over the door is still open if01:32:17
you want to go back in01:32:18
yeah so there we go everybody I think we01:32:21
really need to wrap this up because I I01:32:23
know my episodes are long but I don't I01:32:25
you know I just have to try and keep uh01:32:26
keep them under control to some extent01:32:29
um and so there you are listeners I hope01:32:31
you I hope you kind of learned a thing01:32:32
or two01:32:34
um Cara did you did you learn anything01:32:36
from doing that um I I do don't learn01:32:39
what the cenotaph is and um I revised01:32:42
some history01:32:44
of Roman Britain and early Christian01:32:46
Christianity and the Tower of London01:32:50
so yeah it was good I still don't know01:32:52
what British overseas territory is but I01:32:55
know that some of them are tax Havens01:32:56
and so that's why we must still have01:32:58
them and I'm really shocked that the01:33:00
House of Lords is still as undemocratic01:33:02
as ever but01:33:04
um yeah there it is there you go listen01:33:08
there's a snapshot of Britain Britain01:33:10
British history British love corrupt01:33:12
country01:33:15
yeah with its daffodils and leaks it's01:33:18
like yeah it's a bit corrupt just don't01:33:19
mention that just like kind of sweep01:33:21
that under the carpet look nice castles01:33:26
uh Cara thank you very much for your01:33:29
contribution remind us again where where01:33:31
people can go to kind of get uh some01:33:33
lessons and help from you about you know01:33:35
improving their English with films and01:33:37
TV series01:33:39
yeah so they can go to um you mentioned01:33:41
Leo Dash listing.com that's my website01:33:44
um you can download a guide there called01:33:47
understand movies in English01:33:49
which hopefully helps you to do that and01:33:51
then people can also follow me on01:33:53
LinkedIn I started a weird thing last01:33:55
year I started posting on LinkedIn01:33:56
regularly and it's actually been quite01:33:59
good I used to think LinkedIn was the01:34:01
worst place ever but it's actually quite01:34:05
um all right nice posting on there so if01:34:07
you like search for Coral Leopold I01:34:10
think I'm probably the only one so01:34:11
you'll find me01:34:14
and yeah01:34:15
those are the best places fantastic just01:34:19
hang out with me yeah okay thank you01:34:22
very much again I hope that you can01:34:24
survive the cold weather that is coming01:34:27
um and that you don't just01:34:29
freeze like you'd just be a block of ice01:34:31
no you'll be all right you're from01:34:33
Scotland I think I'll be fine01:34:35
yeah exactly used01:34:38
okay right have a nice uh have a nice01:34:41
rest of the afternoon and see you soon01:34:43
thanks you too okay01:34:47
cheersDescription:
To qualify for British citizenship, one of the requirements is to pass the "Life in the UK" test. Questions cover things like British history, British life & culture, British politics, British geography and principles of modern British life. What do you think? Can you pass the test? Join me as I test online English teacher Cara Leopold (leo-listening.com). How much does she know about her own country of origin? What can you learn about Britain? What IS Britain anyway? Find out in this episode! Episode page https://teacherluke.co.uk/2023/02/15/812-can-you-pass-a-british-citizenship-test-with-cara-leopold/ Cara's website www.leo-listening.com (Cara specialises in helping English learners understand fast speech by listening to films and TV series) 0:00:00 Introduction 0:04:42 Hello Cara (leo-listening.com) 0:09:19 Cara became French (she's still British too) 0:11:56 The French citizenship application process 0:18:33 The British citizenship test 0:22:56 THE "LIFE IN THE UK" TEST BEGINS
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