The public can listen to debates in the Palace of Westminster from public galleries in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

The day before Lent starts is called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day.

Norwich is located in England.

In 1947, independence was granted to nine countries, including India, Pakistan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

To get a UK driving licence you must pass a driving test, which tests both your knowledge and your practical skills.

Gustav Holst work includes The Planets, a suite of pieces themed around the planets and the solar system.

St Patrick’s Day, patron to of Northern Ireland is on the 17th of March.

Henry Tudor, the leader of the House of Lancaster, became King Henry VII after defeating King Richard III of the House of York at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

The Welsh assembly has 60 Assembly members.

New citizens swear or affirm loyalty to the Queen as part of the citizenship ceremony.

Money raised from income tax pays for government services such as roads, education, police and the armed forces.

The Queen has reigned since her father’s death in 1952.

The National Trust works for the preservation of important buildings, the coastline and the countryside in the UK.

D-Day refers to the event on the 6 June 1944 when Allied Forces landed in Normandy aiming to attack Hitler’s forces in Western Europe during World War II.

The population is very unequally distributed over the four parts of the UK. England more or less consistently makes up 84% of the total population, Wales around 5%, Scotland just over 8%, and Northern Ireland less than 3%.

Two well-known pop music groups in the 1960s were The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

The most famous rugby union competition is the Six Nations Championship.

During the middle ages, several cathedrals had windows of stained glass, telling stories about the Bible and Christian saints.

Plantations were settlements of Scottish and English Protestants who took over the land from Catholic landholders in Ulster, the northern province of Ireland.

Evelyn Waugh wrote satirical novels, including Decline and Fall and Scoop.

As well as getting the right to vote, people on the electoral register are randomly selected to serve on a jury. Anyone who is on the electoral register and is aged 18 to 70 can be asked to do this.

‘All the world’s a stage’ is a line from William Shakespeare’s play As You Like It.

During the Middle Ages many knights took part in the Crusades, in which European Christians fought for control of the Holy Land.

Arranged marriages, where both parties agree to the marriage, are acceptable in the UK.