April 23 Flashcards
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Name the organisation that manages gardens at Harlow Car and Rossmore
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Royal horticultural Society
2
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What is the main contribution of Carl Linnaeus to botany?
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He established a standardised system of naming classifying and organising plants
3
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Give two features of an art and crafts garden
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Terraces and water features
4
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Name UK’s annual architectural prize
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They RIBA sterling prize
5
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Name one area where slate has been queried for roof tiles
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Penrhyn quarry
6
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Which king appointed Lance capability Brown as master gardener at Hampton Court?
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George 3rd
7
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Name one of Humphrey Reptons designs
A
Kenwood hs garden
8
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Nine 2 buildings in London designed by Christopher Wren
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St Paul’s Cathedral
Kensington Palace
9
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In which month is the Chelsea Flower Show usually held?
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May
10
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What is a park pale?
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A wide ditch dug on the inside of a wide bank with a fence or hedge on top
11
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What is a ambulatory
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A covered passage or aisle that encloses the aspe behind the high alter
12
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Nine the architect who designed the K-6 telephone box
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Saint Giles Gilbert Scott
13
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Name a well-known artist duo who have just opened the gallery about themselves in East London
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Gilbert and George
14
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Name a city which hosted the turn applies last
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Bradford
15
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During which century was the powders wig fashionable for men?
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17th and 18th century
16
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How did the introduction of paint in tubes change how painters works in a 19th century?
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Enabled artist to carry their materials and paint outdoors
17
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Name the 18th century artist famous for the etching Bay Street and gin Lane
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William Hogarth
18
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Name the movement art data from approximately 1400 to. 1600
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JacobItism
19
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Name the punk a new wave fashion designer who died in December 2022
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Vavian Westwood
20
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What is the main ingredient of tempura used as a main medium for painting before 1400s?
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Egg yolk
21
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Name one artist of surrealism period
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Salvador Dalí
22
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Nine the British Indian sculpture whose works include orbits in the Stratford Park
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Anish kapoor
23
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Name one company listed on the stock exchange FTSE hundred index
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Marks & Spencer’s group plc
24
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What industry is GSK?
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Pharmaceutical
25
Name one place in the UK where ship building was a major industry
Belfast
26
Charles Darwin is most famous for what theory
Theory of evolution by natural selection
27
Which UK university was graphene developed?
University of Manchester
28
How were industrial law materials mainly transported during a late 18th century?
Canals
29
Name 1 industrial museum
Black country living museum
30
what is the current working wage for somebody over 25?
£11.44 but as of the 1st of April it would be £12.21
31
Approximately what percentage of the UKGDP is spent on defence?
2.5%
32
Name the Conservative party chairman who was dismissed in January 2023 due to his on pay tax
Nadhim zawawi
33
In which year was the national health service founded?
1948
34
Name one of the top 10 supported charities in the UK
McMillan cancer research
35
In the early medicine until the 19th century, which animal was used as a blood sucker?
Leeches
36
What is one of the main issues facing the NHS today?
Staff shortages
37
the charity organises annual Bbc appeal in December
Saint Martin in the fields
38
Give one reason why the state pension for for men and women is increasing
People live longer
39
Name the forgotten woman who works with Quik and Watson on a discovery of DNA
Rosaline Franklin
40
In which year was the doomsday book compiled?
1086
41
Name 17th century colony in North America apart from Plymouth plantation
New haven
42
In which year was same-sex unions civil partnerships legalised?
2005
43
Another name for a neolithic
New Stone Age
Neo stone lithic age
44
Nine Prime Minister at the time of the partition in Ireland and it’s 1921
Sir James Craig
45
Where was Lady Jane Grey executed?
Tower green. Within the tower
46
Name the ship wrecked off Norfolk in 1682 and carrying James Duke of York, which is the subject of a major exhibition in Norwich
HMS gloucester
47
For how long was the original Magna Carta of 1215 valid until annulled by the Pope?
10 weeks
48
Name the parents of the Prince in the tower
Edward 1V Queen Elizabeth Woodville
49
In which year did India Pakistan gain independence from the United Kingdom?
August 14 and 15th 1947
50
Name one area of the country occupied by angles
East Anglia
51
Name the person regarded as Britain’s first prime minister
Roberts Warpole
52
In which year did Britain join the EEC the European economic community?
First of January 1973
53
What development was William Caxton famous for?
He is famous introducing the printing press
54
Name one country where Britain established penal colonies during the 18th century
Australia
55
What disease is King George 3rd have that caused his mental illness
Porphyria
56
Name the northern revolt against King Henry the eighth in 1536
The pilgrimage of Grace
57
Name the canal that runs from London to Birmingham
The grand union Cannell
58
Name the train timetable and booking app
Train line
59
Name the prime minister whose government introduced the right to buy council houses in the 1980s
Margaret Thatcher
60
Name two national rail operators
Great western railways
Avanti West Coast
61
What percentage UK fuel is supplied by nuclear power?
15%
62
What percentage of homes are privately rented?
19%
63
What speed limit normally applies that built up areas with street lights?
30 mph
64
South Wales was a major producer of what raw material in the 19th and 20th centuries
Coal
65
Name two new towns developed since 1945
Stevenage and Milton Keynes
66
Name the author of Jane Eyre Shirley and Gillette
Charlotte bronte
67
Name one Work by Michael Morpurgo
War horse
68
Where do the world breeze embargo incognito and tomato originated origin?
Spanish
69
Name the annual prize for the best novel written in England
The Booker prize
70
Name two locations associated with William Shakespeare
Stratford upon Avon, his birthplace and London his home
71
Name the former poet lawyer who lived for much of his life at Dove cottage in the Lake District
William Wordsworth
72
Give the meaning of the word wold
Open uncultivated land often hilly
73
Name one of the poems by John Keats
To autumn
74
Name the children’s author who was recently had stories partly written
Roald Dahl
75
In which part of the UK might you hear a phrase is such as bore da ,diolch ,and cross
Wales, the first one means morning good morning the last one means thank you.
76
Name one book festival taking place in April
The Ealing book festival
77
Which county of England would you associate with Beatrix Potter?
Lancashire
78
Name the children’s author who is also written for adults as Robert Gove
J k rowling
79
In which year did the Queen celebrate her silver Jubilee?
1977
80
Who owns Sandringham house?
Charles the third
81
What are the nicknames of these English kings Edward and King John
The Confessor as people confess to him
And lackland as he was landless
82
Name the official heraldic authority for England
The college of arms
83
Name two countries for whom King Charles’s head of state
Australia and Canada
84
Which rank of pairage comes above Baron?
Viscount
85
Name one of the universities that King Charles attended
Trinity College, Cambridge
86
On what date in 1215 did King John and the Baron seal the Magna car at Runnymede?
The 15th of June
87
Which position does Prince Harry occupy in a line of succession?
Fifth
88
What is the title of the monarch representative in each country?
General governor
89
Name the person responsible for arranging the Kings Coronation of Charles the third
Edward Howard
90
What act of 1701 defined who would replace Queen Anne would’ve succeeded?
The act of settlement
91
Face is such as it’s behind you and oh no, it isn’t features in what type of performance?
pantomime
92
What was a mystery play in mediaeval times?
Dramatic performances
93
Name one actress who starred as a female TV detective
Helen mirren
94
Name the singer that was in the UK at the Eurovision song contest this year
Remember Monday
95
Name the playwright whose works include pig million and arms and Mann
George Bernard Shaw
96
Name one major film studio in the UK
Pinewood Studios
97
In which months of the year does Glastonbury festival normally take place?
June
98
In which month in spring is wheat usually sewn?
March
99
In which area of the UK is granite the main block?
Devon and Cornwall
100
In which country of the UK United Kingdom was the first complete a footpath along its entire coastline?
Wales
101
92 industries particularly associated with the British coastline
Fishing and wind farms
102
In which county of England are Cobb was a traditional construction material quarter to?
Devon and Cornwall
103
What is tupping
Copulate, i.e. making small changes to the number of use of RAM is required to tup
104
What is the organisation responsible for lighthouses of around the UK?
Trinity house
105
Name the technique of using needs or straw to construct roofs
Thatching
106
The Vale of Evesham is known for what type of farming
Fruit and veg
107
Why was the term free range temporary suspended in 2022?
Due to the outbreak of bird flu
108
How many acres are there in a hectare?
2.471
109
In the countryside management, what is rewilding
Allowing wildlife and a natural process to reclaim areas no longer under human management
110
Name one area in the UK were lead mining was a dominant industry
Yorkshire dales
111
What was the name given to the change from large common fields to smaller individual fields in a 19 century?
Enclosure
112
Name one of the two types of seal seen of the coast of Britain
Grey seal
113
Excluding the new forest and south Downs name to national parks in the UK
Dartmore and Exmore
114
In the Christian calendar, what they follow show Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
115
Approximately how many monasteries and other religious institutions were dissolved in the period from 1536 to 1531?
800
116
Name the current Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell
117
Name the faith what celebrates Nirvana day and wedak
Buddhism
118
In last census, what percentage of people identified as not born in the United Kingdom?
16.8%
119
The Derby horse usually takes place in which month
June
120
Name one city in the UK that has hosted the Commonwealth Games
Glasgow
121
Who won the last six Nations championship?
Irland
122
Tom Morris and Young Tom Moss were Pioneers of which sport?
Golf
123
Name one choice venue does not allow Blue Badge garden
Buckingham palace
124
Name one city that has been awarded the city of culture stasis
Coventry
125
Name one of the top 10 visited attractions in Britain last year
The British Museum
126
How many overseas visitors came to Britain last year?
38 million
127
Give one example of Green or Eco tourism within your study area
Hyde Park
