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If you've ever wondered why Queen Elizabeth has two birthdays, what a Whip does in the Houses of Parliament, where you can find the rules of cricket or just what makes that famous British sense of humour, you need look no further than this book.100 Questions Answered is the result of a survey...

If you've ever wondered why Queen Elizabeth has two birthdays, what a Whip does in the Houses of Parliament, where you can find the rules of cricket or just what makes that famous British sense of humour, you need look no further than this book. 100 Questions Answered is the result of a survey...

IntroductionCovering 1,580 sq km, London is the largest conurbation in Europe. Nearly seven million people live in London, and a further million travel in each dav to work. Their city is both the capital of Britain and a major economic centre. London's gross domestic product in 1993 was L80...

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURENorthern Ireland, with a population of more than 1.6 million, consists of six ofthe nine counties ofthe old Irish Province of Ulster. Just over 50 per cent ofthe people regard themselves as Protestants and just under 40 per cent as Roman Catholics, according to the last...