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Government & civics quiz, Middle school: How Parliament works

This quiz helps revise “How Parliament works” in Government & civics for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: Inside Parliament, Votes and Seats, Making Laws, Checking Government, Having Your Say. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 11–14
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: How Parliament works

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Inside Parliament

  1. 100Picture for the question

    In which city does the UK Parliament meet at the Palace of Westminster?

  2. 200

    Which elected chamber of the UK Parliament meets on the green benches?

  3. 300

    Which unelected chamber of…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Alongside its two chambers…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What term describes a…

    In the game

Votes and Seats

  1. 100

    What mark are UK voters instructed to put beside their chosen candidate's name on a parliamentary ballot paper?

  2. 200

    What is an area whose voters choose one member of the UK Parliament called?

  3. 300

    Alex gets 40 votes…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is a vote…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the situation…

    In the game

Making Laws

  1. 100

    What is a proposed new law called while the UK Parliament is considering it?

  2. 200

    What is a proposed law formally called once it has completed the UK Parliament's law-making process?

  3. 300

    What is a proposed…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Once the two chambers…

    In the game
  5. 500

    At which stage does…

    In the game

Checking Government

  1. 100

    Who leads the UK government and regularly answers questions from elected members in Parliament?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which impartial official works from this chair to keep order during debates in the UK's elected chamber?

  3. 300

    What is the name…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is this UK…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What is the name…

    In the game

Having Your Say

  1. 100

    What is a formal written request that people sign to ask the UK Parliament to take action called?

  2. 200

    What is this local session called where a member of the UK Parliament sees residents in individual appointments?

  3. 300

    What is a UK-wide…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What is trying to…

    In the game
  5. 500

    An online public request…

    In the game

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