Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Life in the UK test > Art and culture > Flashcards

Art and culture Flashcards

1
Q

The Proms

A

Eight week summer season of orchestral classical music
Royal Albert Hall
Organsised by BBC in 1927

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Henry Purcell

A

1659-1695
Organist at Westminster Abbey
Influenced British composers

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

George Frederick Handel

A

1685-1759
German origin composer but became British
Water Music for King George I
Music for the Royal Fireworks for King George II
Messiah - Oratorio, sung usually at Easter time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Gustav Holst

A

1874-1934
The Planets
Jupiter
I vow to thee my country

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Sir Edward Elgar

A 
1857-1934
Born in Worcester
Pomp and Circumference Marches
March No1
Usually played the Last Night of the Proms in Royal Albert Hall
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Ralph Vaughan Williams

A

1872-1958
Wrote music for orchestras and choir
Strongly influenced by English Folk music

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Sir William Walton

A

1902-1983
Wrote the marches for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
Facade - Ballet
Belshazzar’s Feast - Choir

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Benjamin Britten

A 
1913-1976
Peter Grimes 
Billy Budd
A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Founded Aldeburgh festival in Suffolk
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Festival in the UK

A

Glastonbury
Isle of Wight
Creamfields
National Eisteddfod in Wales - Welsh festival, Welsh poems
Edinburgh Festival Fringe - comedy performance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Mercury Prize

A

September

Best album from UK and Ireland

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Famous theatre play

A

The Mousetrap by Dame Agatha Christie
HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado - written by Gilbert and Sullivan
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Laurence Olivier Award

A

Best director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Sir Laurence Olivier was famous for his roles in Shakespeare plays

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Famous Painter in the 16-17th C

A

Hans Holbein

Sir Anthony Van Dyck

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Turner Prize

A

establish in 1984
Named after Joseph Turner
Shortlisted - four works and shown in Tate Modern
Previous winners include Damien Hirst and Richard Wright

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Thomas Gainsborough

A

1727-1788
Portrait painter
Painted people in country or garden scenery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

David Allan

A

1744-1796
Scottish painter
The Origin of Painting

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Joseph Turner

A

1775-1851

Influential landscape painter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

John Constable

A

1776-1837
Landscape painter
Dedham Vale on the Suffolk-Essex

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

The Pre-Raphaelites

A

group of artists in the second half of the 19th century

Included Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Sir John Millais

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Sir John Lavery

A

1856-1941
Northern Irish portrait painter
Painted Royal Family

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Henry Moore

A

1898-1986
English Scultor
Large bronze abstract sculture

22
Q

John Petts

A

1914-1991
Welsh artist
Engravings and Stained glass

23
Q

Lucian Freud

A

1922-2011
German born British artist
Portraits

24
Q

David Hockney

A

1937-

Pop Art in the 60s

25
Q

Inigo Jones

A

Took inspiration from Classical architecture to design Queen’s House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall

26
Q

Sir Christopher Wren

A

St Paul’s Cathedral

British version of the Ornate Style

27
Q

Robert Adam

A

Scottish Architect

designed inside decoration of Dumfries

28
Q

Sir Edwin Lutyens

A

Designed New Delhi to be the seat of government in India

Cenotaph - War memorial

29
Q

Modern Architects

A

Sir Norman Foster
Lord Richard Rogers
Dame Zaha Hadid

30
Q

Man Booker Prize

A

Best fiction novel from Commonwealth, ireland and Zimbabwe

Past winners include - Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes

31
Q

Jane Austen

A

1775-1817
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility

32
Q

Charles Dickens

A 
1812-1870
Oliver Twist
Great Expectations
Scrooge - mean person
Mr Micawber - always hopeful
33
Q

Robert Louis Stevenson

A

1850-1894
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
Jekyll and Mr Hydea

34
Q

Thomas Hardy

A

1840-1928
Far from the Madding Crowd
Jude the Obscure

35
Q

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A

1859-1930
Scottish doctor
Sherlock Holmes

36
Q

Evelyn Waugh

A

1903-1966
Decline and Fall
Scoop
Brideshead Revisited

37
Q

Sir Kingsley Amis

A

1922-1995

Lucky Jim

38
Q

Graham Greene

A

1904-1991
The Heart of the Matter
Brighton Rock
Our Man in Havana

39
Q

Nobel Prize winner literature

A

Sir William Golding
Seamus Heaney
Harold Pinter

40
Q

Famous Poem

A

Beowolf - Anglo-Saxon poem
Canterbury Tales - by Chaucer
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Paradice Lost - John Milton

41
Q

Sonnet

A

Poem that needs to be 14 lines long

42
Q

Other Famous Poet

A 
William Wordsworth
Sir Walter Scott - Scottish poet
William Blake
John Keats
Lord Byron
Percy Shelley
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Robert and Elizabeth Browning
Wilfred Owen
Siegfried Sassoon
Sir Walter de la Mare
John Masefield
Sir John Batjeman
Ted Hughes
43
Q

National flowers

A

England - Rose
Scotland - Thistle
Wales - Daffodil
NI - Shamrock

44
Q

Famous gardens

A

England - Kew Gardens, Sissinghurst and Hidcote
Scotland - Crathes Castle, Inveraray Castle
Wales - Bodnant
NI - Mount Stewart

45
Q

Allotment

A

When people rent additional land to grow vegetables and fruits

46
Q

Famous British Film

A

The 39 Steps - Alfred Hitchcock, 1935
Brief Encounter - David Lean, 1945
The Third Man - Carol Reed, 1949
The Belles of St Trinian’s - Frank Launder, 1954
Lawrence of Arabia - David Lean 1962
Women in Love - Ken Russell, 1969
Don’t Look Now - Nicolas Roeg, 1973
Chariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson, 1981
The Killing Field - Roland Joffe, 1984
Four Weddings and a Funeral - Mike Newell, 1994
Touching the Void - Kevin MacDonald, 2003

47
Q

Satirical magazines

A

Punch

Private Eye

48
Q

National parks in the UK

A

15 national parks

49
Q

The Eden Project

A

Cornwall

Giant greenhouse with plants from all over the world

50
Q

Giant Causeway

A

North East coast of NI

Land formation of columns from volcanic lava

Life in the UK test (6 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions