Blue Badge Mock Feb 2025 Flashcards
List the 3 phases of English Gothic in order
Early English
Decorated
Perpendicular
In architecture, what is blind arcading?
Arch does not penetrate through to the other side of the wall
Edward Lutyens often worked with a famous female gardener who was she?
Gertrude Jekyll
Gothic architecture was revived in the UK in which century?
19th century
Which British architect designed the London millennium footbridge?
Sir Norman Foster
What is a pediment?
Triangular shape at top of a building
Long and short work was a method of building used in which period
Anglo-Saxon
What is the name of the Royal horticultural Society garden in Surrey?
Wisley
On a building of classical design, where would you find the Entablature
Above the columns
What are the features of brutalist architecture?
Naked concrete, bunker like and heavy and solid shapes
Which landscape gardener was known as mother nature’s husband?
Lancelot capability Brown
Which famous flower show takes place in May
Chelsea Flower Show
Where did Vita Sackville West create a famous garden?
Sissinghurst
Which architect designed the Lloyd’s of London building?
Richard Rogers
What is a Reredos?
Ornamental screen at the back of an alter
Caravaggio’s work may be described as which type of painting
Baroque
Which painter was acclaimed as the first professional painter to express the spirit of the industrial revolution?
Joseph Wright of Derby
Jasleen Kaur won which prestigious prize in 2024
Turner prize
What is a fresco?
A painting on plaster
Paint made from the yolk of an egg is known as what?
Tempera
In art, what is a Diptych?
A two part painting
What effect does Chiaroscuro produce in a painting?
Light and dark
Who wrote the work the lives of the artists?
Vasari
In art, what is a cartoon?
A tracing from which a painting is created
Which artist painted the swing?
Fragonard
Who painted a rake‘s progress?
William Hogarth
Holman Hunt, Millais, Rossetti and Burne-Jones were collectively known as what?
Pre-Raphaelite painters
Which artist is famous for painting scenes of Venice and was widely collected by Aristocats on the grand tour?
Canaletto
Name the creator of the angel of the North
Anthony Gormley
The Ardabil carpet is found in which gallery of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Jameel Gallery
Name the leader of the Virgin group of companies
Sir Richard Branson
Name one industrial heritage UNESCO site in the UK
Maritime Greenwich
Royal botanical Gardens Kew London
Men who worked to build the railways in Victorian times were commonly known as what?
Navvies
What is a Luddite?
A machine smasher
In which city was Titanic built?
Belfast
The industrial landscape of the West Midlands is commonly known by what’s name?
Black country
Who developed a time piece for use at sea?
John Harrison
Who is the current Secretary of State for business in trade?
Jonathan Reynolds
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
In which Midlands town was the manufacturer of pottery, the key industry in the 19th century?
Stoke on Trent
What is the current base rate of lending set for the Bank of England?
4.5%
Which event took place in 1851 showcasing British innovation at the time?
The great exhibition
In the field of science, what do the initials FRS stand for when following a person’s name?
Fellow of the Royal Society
How many MPs are entitled to sit at one time?
650
Give one example of a tort
Negligence
Defamation
Trespass
Nuisance
In England and Wales, most criminal cases are brought by which agency
Crown Prosecution Service
What is the basis for an offence being classified as being triable only in a magistrates court?
Maximum sentence is six months imprisonment or less
Name the current president of the Supreme Court of the UK
Lord Reed of Allermuir
What name is given to a magistrate who is paid?
Stipendiary magistrate/District judge
Name the leader of the SNP (Scottish national party)
John Swinney
In Anglo-Saxon England, what name was given to the Kings group of advisors?
Wittan
Name three Courts which sit at the Royal Courts of Justice
High court of appeal (civil)
and CA (criminal)
What title is given to the longest serving member of the House of Commons?
Father/mother of the house
Name the current foreign secretary
David Lammy
What is an either way offence?
TRIAL in magistrates or Crown Court
What is the role of SIS?
Secret intelligence service – foreign intelligence
What is a scotch egg?
Hard boiled egg covered in sausage meat and breadcrumbs
What is the licensing act 2003 particularly important?
No hours and no bell for last orders
Relating to food, what does PDO stand for?
Protected designation of origin
Beer is made from which main ingredient
Hops
What is CAMRA
Campaign for Real Ale
Which alcoholic drink was known as mother’s ruin?
Gin
What is draft beer?
Pumped up from a barrel
How old must you be to buy alcohol in the UK?
18
Of all UK wine production, which type is most commonly produced?
White(sparkling wine)
A school which is structured as a self governing nonprofit making charitable trust which does not have to follow the national curriculum is characterised as what type of school
An academy
There were originally seven public schools Eton, Charterhouse, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Winchester, and two more. name them
Westminster and Harrow
in England to which body would a student apply if that student wishes to obtain finance to study?
Student finance, England
The education reform act 1988 introduced the national curriculum and divided education into key stages how many stages?
Four
Many new universities were created in 1992 from educational establishments which already existed what were these known as before 1992
Polytechnics
How many universities are in the Russell group?
24
What did the government introduced to private school fees in January 2025?
VAT
Lloyd’s of London operates in which sector?
Insurance
What does FTSE stand for?
Financial times stock exchange
Income tax is charged at 40% on earnings over what amount? (to within +/- £1000)
£50,270
Name an event which would trigger a charge of stamp duty
Purchase of a house
What is the current rate of inflation?
3%
What does the nursing and midwifery Council do?
Regulates the nursing profession
The BBC hosts 2 large scale fundraising events each year. name them
Comic Relief
Children in need
What is a GP?
Doctor/general practitioner
For what was Edward Jenner famous?
Creation of first smallpox vaccine
Which is the biggest fundraising event in the UK?
London Marathon
At what age are men now entitled to claim the state pension?
66
Name the forgotten woman who worked with Crick and Watson on their discovery of DNA
Rosalind Franklin
Which King died when he was assaulted (allegedly) with a red hot poker?
Edward II
Of whom was George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham a lover
King James I
In 1846 a landmark piece of legislation split the Conservative Party, what was this?
Repeal of the corn laws
Which two of Henry VIII’s wives were beheaded on his orders?
Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard
Who said I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole?
Benjamin Disraeli
What does the word Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
At which battle was William Wallace defeated?
Battle of Falkirk
In which year was Magna Carta sealed?
1215
Who was the first person to translate the Bible into English?
William Tyndale
Who was prime minister at the end of World War I?
David Lloyd George
What was the Roman name for Chester?
Deva
Two sons of King Henry II became kings of England. Name them.
Richard I
John
Who led the peasants revolt in 1381?
Wat Tyler
What was the triangle trade in the 1700s?
Slave trade routes
Who wrote the ecclesiastic history of the English people?
Venerable bede
Name the three largest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex
In which year was the Battle of Waterloo fought?
1815
By which names were the two opposing sides of the English civil War known?
Cavaliers and Roundheads
What was the name of the last battle on English soil in 1685?
Battle of Sedgmoor
Who invented the atmospheric steam engine?
Thomas Newcomen
Emmeline Pankhurst led which organisation
Women’s social and political union
Name the northern revolts against King Henry VIII in 1536
Pilgrimage of Grace
Name the canal that runs from London to Bristol
Kennet and Avon Canal
Which train company has a franchise to run trains between London and Manchester?
Avanti West Coast
High speed 2 is under construction, but where was high speed 1?
Between London and the Channel Tunnel
What is the main characteristic of leasehold land?
It is owned for a period of years
If Housing is subsidise in any way, it is known as what type of Housing
Social housing
What is the green belt?
An area around a built-up area in which no building should take place
Why is Section 106 of the town and country planning act 1990 useful to local authorities?
Developers have to pay for/contribute to the cost of infrastructure projects
What major change to speed limits was introduced in Wales in 2023
20 mph in built-up areas
How much is the London congestion charge? (Daily)?
£15
Name one tunnel which connects Liverpool and the Wirral
Mersey Tunnel
Birkenhead tunnel
South Wales was a major producer of what raw material in the 19th and 20th centuries
Coal
Which colour forms the background of the majority of signs on British motorways
Blue
Which children’s author bought and then gave a vast amount of land in the Lake District to the National Trust?
Beatrix potter
A person born and brought up in the Northeast, if he/she has a local accent may well be described as having what type of accent
Geordie
The poetry of George Herbert and John Donne may be described as what type of poetry
Metaphysical
What post does Simon Armitage occupy?
Poet laureate
What is the name of the private detective created by J. K. Rowling under a pseudonym?
Comoron strike
Name two locations associated with William Shakespeare
Globe
Stratford on Avon
Which poet famous for setting poems to music or setting poems to the beat of reggae music died in 2023
Benjamin Zephaniah
Orbital was the novel which won the booker prize in 2024 name the author
Samantha Harvey
Who wrote Ode to a Nightingale?
John Keats
Who wrote the Faerie Queen?
Edmund Spencer
Who wrote far from the Madding crowd?
Thomas Hardy
Name 1 novel by Jane Austen
Pride and prejudice
Sense and sensibility
Persuasion
Who wrote a diary in the 1600s which described the plague and the great fire of London?
Samuel Pepys
Who wrote a poem inspired by the statue of Ramses II?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Boz was the pen name of which author?
Charles Dickens
In which year did Queen Elizabeth II celebrate her golden Jubilee?
2002
What is the name of the property in Gloucestershire which was the home of King Charles III before he became King?
Highgrove house
What place in the line of succession to the throne is occupied by HRH Princess Charlotte?
3rd
In which month is the Commonwealth day service usually held?
March
The king is head of state of a number of countries in addition to the United Kingdom. Collectively These are known as what?
Commonwealth realms
Which rank of the peerage comes above Marquis
Duke
What is the occupation of Queen Camilla’s son?
Food critic
Queen Anne was a member of which dynastic house?
Stuart
In the honours system, what do the letters MBE stand for?
Member of the British Empire
Where does the king actually live when in London?
Clarence house
HM Queen Elizabeth declared in 2011 that’s if Prince William and his wife should have a daughter born before a son she would not be displaced in the line of succession by the younger son. Where did she make this declaration?
Perth
Which Royal house occupied the throne after the Stuarts?
Hanover
From the 10th to 14th century plays performed in towns and cities based on the Bible were called what?
Mystery plays
Who won the best actress BAFTA in 2024?
Emma Stone
Who wrote the play Dr. Faustus?
Christopher Marlowe
At which London Theatre is the ENO based currently?
Coliseum
What type of performance take place at Glyndebourne?
Opera
Name the theatre situated on Sloane Square famous for presenting plays by unknown writers
Royal Court
Shakespeare’s plays are divided into three categories name the categories
Comedy tragedy, history
Who wrote the play Lady Windermere’s fan?
Oscar Wilde
Who hosts the podcast the rest is politics?
Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell
In which month of the year does the Glastonbury Festival usually take place?
June
Applying a decorative waterproof plaster to a wall is known as what?
Pargeting
Southern England is made up almost entirely of which type of rock
Sedimentary
When referring to land, what do the initials UAA stand for?
Utilised agricultural area
In which part of England will you find the national park the Broads?
East Anglia
Name one material commonly used in thatching
Water Reed
Give one reason why dry stone walling is common in the north of England
Land too high to grow hedges
Rocks plentiful
Approximately how many islands are inhabited within the British Isles? (within +/-25)
160-210
What is DEFRA?
Department of the environment food and rural affairs
What is AONB an abbreviation for?
Area of outstanding natural beauty
Name one of the 3 founders of the National Trust
Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley
Which of the four nations of the United Kingdom has the biggest fishing/aqua-culture industry?
Scotland
In which month of the year does lambing usually begin?
March
What was the aim of project Neptune launched in 1964 by the National trust?
Preservation of Heritage coastline
How many acres are there in an hectare?
2.4
The RSPB owns a substantial amount of land in the UK. What is RSPB?
Royal Society for the protection of birds
What does the abbreviation SSSI mean?
Sites of special scientific interest
A mass trespass at which beauty spot led to the national parks and countryside act 1949
Kinder Scout
Approximately how far is it from lands end to John O’ Groats (KM or Miles) (within 50/75)
847/1407
What name was given to the change from large common fields to smaller individual fields in the 19th century?
Enclosure
OoLithic limestone is commonly found in which part of the country?
Bath and the Cotswolds
Would chalk make a soil acidic or alkaline
Alkaline
Which is the second most common religion in the UK?
Islam
Which religion combines an Abrahamic faith and way of life with mysticism and a pan African political consciousness?
Rastafarianism
Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma are the principal gods of which religion?
Hinduism
What is a royal peculiar?
Church under the authority of the monarch
In Christianity, how many gospels are there?
Four
Name the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Lambeth Palace
What is ordination?
Taking holy orders to become a priest
In which sport does a winning team receive the Webb Ellis trophy?
Rugby union
Which football club is based at Stamford Bridge?
Chelsea
How many football clubs are there in the Premier League?
20
Name the 2024 winners of rugby unions six Nations championship
Ireland
Which teams won the men’s and women’s Oxford V Cambridge boat races in 2024
Cambridge
In which month is most of the Wimbledon championship held?
July
Name the oldest rowing race in the world
Doggett’s coat and badge race
What is a DMC?
Destination management company
Residents of which country accounted for the largest number of overseas visitors in 2023
USA
How many UNESCO world Heritage sites are in the UK?
32
On which racecourse is the Grand National run
Aintree
Draw the logo for English Heritage
Red square with Spurs
What is B&B?
Bed and breakfast accommodation
Name the largest national park in the UK
The Cairngorms
