Child Poverty Quiz

Question 1

What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty?

• A: 4%

• B: 10%

• C: 16%

• D: 22%

Question 1

What proportion of children in the UK live in poverty?

• A: 4%

• B: 10%

• C: 16%

• D: 22%

Question 2

What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes?

• A: 35%

• B: 27%

• C: 20%

• D: 30%

Question 2

What proportion of the poorest families in England live in non-decent homes?

• A: 35%

• B: 27%

• C: 20%

• D: 30%

Question 3

In 2007, 62.8% of children not on free school meals achieved 5 or more good GCSEs. What proportion of children on free school meals achieved the same?

• A: 35.5%

• B: 42.5%

• C: 45.6%

• D: 53.9%

Question 3

In 2007, 62.8% of children not on free school meals achieved 5 or more good GCSEs. What proportion of children on free school meals achieved the same?

• A: 35.5%

• B: 42.5%

• C: 45.6%

• D: 53.9%

Question 4

How much more likely are poor children to die as a result of exposure to smoke, fire or flames?

• A: 3 times

• B: 9 times

• C: 13 times

• D: 37 times.

Question 4

How much more likely are poor children to die as a result of exposure to smoke, fire or flames?

• A: 3 times

• B: 9 times

• C: 13 times

• D: 37 times.

Question 5

What is the minimum wage for those aged 22 or over?

• A: £ 3.75

• B: £4.60

• C: £5.20

• D: £5.80

Question 5

What is the minimum wage for those aged 22 or over?

• A: £ 3.75

• B: £4.60

• C: £5.20

• D: £5.80

Question 6

What’s the poverty threshold for a couple family with two children aged 5 and 14 (before housing costs)?

• A: £200 per week

• B: £332 per week

• C: £376 per week

• D: £442 per week

Question 6

What’s the poverty threshold for a couple family with two children aged 5 and 14 (before housing costs)?

• A: £200 per week

• B: £332 per week

• C: £376 per week

• D: £442 per week

Question 7

What proportion of people from Bangladeshi backgrounds live in low income households in the UK ?

• A: 20%

• B: 35%

• C: 56%

• D: 60%

Question 7

What proportion of people from Bangladeshi backgrounds live in low income households in the UK ?

• A: 20%

• B: 35%

• C: 56%

• D: 60%

Question 8

Of the following groups of deprived children, which group is most likely to not achieve 5 good GCSES?

• A: Bangladeshi boys in low income households• B: Black Caribbean boys in low income

households• C: Pakistani girls in low income households• D: white boys in low income households

Question 8

Of the following groups of deprived children, which group is most likely to not achieve 5 good GCSES?

• A: Bangladeshi boys in low income households• B: Black Caribbean boys in low income

households• C: Pakistani girls in low income households• D: white boys in low income households

Question 9

How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday?

• A: 12 million

• B: 10 million

• C: 5 million

• D: 4 million

Question 9

How many benefit payments does the DWP make everyday?

• A: 12 million

• B: 10 million

• C: 5 million

• D: 4 million

Question 10

The number of people in work from each of the following groups has risen since 1997 or 1998, except for one. Which group has seen a fall in the number of people in work?

• A: Lone Parents• B: Disabled People• C: Ethnic Minorities• D: The least qualified

Question 10

The number of people in work from each of the following groups has risen since 1997 or 1998, except for one. Which group has seen a fall in the number of people in work?

• A: Lone Parents• B: Disabled People• C: Ethnic Minorities• D: The least qualified

Question 11

Most of the following quotes are from children in Britain today, but one is from a Dickens Novel. Can you identify which one?

• A: ‘some people haven’t got no shoes’• B: ‘some children sleep on the floor in bags’• C: ‘we all share one bedroom’• D: ‘they were not well dressed; their shoes, were

far from being water-proof’ • E: ‘this house is making me sick. There’s the

rats there and I feel them at night…’

Question 11

Most of the following quotes are from children in Britain today, but one is from a Dickens Novel. Can you identify which one?

• A: ‘some people haven’t got no shoes’• B: ‘some children sleep on the floor in bags’• C: ‘we all share one bedroom’• D: ‘they were not well dressed; their shoes,

were far from being water-proof’ [Dickens Christmas Carol]

• E: ‘this house is making me sick. There’s the rats there and I feel them at night…’

Question12

Who wrote “Poverty’s no disgrace, but ‘tis a great inconvenience”

• A: Flora Thompson – Lark Rise to Candleford

• B: Anthony Trollope – The Last Chronicle of Barset

• C: George Elliot - Middlemarch

• D: Thomas Hardy – Jude the Obscure

Question12

Who wrote “Poverty’s no disgrace, but ‘tis a great inconvenience”

• A: Flora Thompson – Lark Rise to Candleford

• B: Anthony Trollope – The Last Chronicle of Barset

• C: George Eliot - Middlemarch

• D: Thomas Hardy – Jude the Obscure

Answers

• 1 – A

• 2 – B

• 3 – A

• 4 – D

• 5 – C

• 6 – B

• 7 – C

Answers

• 8 – D

• 9 – B

• 10 – D

• 11 – D

• 12 – A