Silly Laws Quiz

A quiz on the silliest laws that still exist in the UK today

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* 1. Amongst other things, what does the Metropolitan Police Act of 1839 forbid?

Hanging washing lines across the street, carrying planks in the street, shaking carpets or rugs in the street

Carrying carpets in the street, hanging a washing line in a garden, laying planks across the street

Shaking carpets and rugs in your garden, keeping pigs in the street, shouting at your neighbours

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* 2. The Licensing Act 1872 prohibits the operation of a steam engine whilst intoxicated. What else does it prevent you operating whilst drunk?

Cars and lorries

Cows and horses

Boats and buses

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* 3. According to the Public Health (control of diseases) Act 1984 you cannot ride in a taxi if you are ill with

Pneumonia

The plague

Meningitis

Scarlet fever

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* 4. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp with the queen’s head upside down on an envelope: true or false?

True

False

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* 5. MPs are allowed to wear armour in parliament: true or false?

True

False

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* 6. What is it illegal to do in a library under the Libraries Offences Act 1898?

Speak

Drink

Gamble

Swear

Sneeze

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* 7. It is illegal to import Polish potatoes into England + Wales: true or false?

True

False

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* 8. You cannot drive or conduct cattle through the street between 10am-7pm, except with the permission of the commissioner of police: true or false?

True

False

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* 9. According to the Salmon Act 1986 you are not allowed to handle a salmon:

Under the influence of alcohol

When with children

Under suspicious circumstances

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* 10. A pub owner could be prosecuted for allowing you to do what in their pub?

Be drunk

Urinate

Gamble

Buy alcohol

Be disorderly