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Question 1

What is the most popular sport in the UK?

Answer 1

Football

Called soccer by Americans

Question 2

What is Wembley Stadium known for?

Answer 2

It is a national stadium in England

Question 3

Name the two types of rugby.

Answer 3

• Rugby union
• Rugby league

Question 4

What is Wimbledon?

Answer 4

One of the four top tennis tournaments played on grass, players are dressed in white

Question 5

What is a typical food served at Wimbledon?

Answer 5

Strawberries and cream

Question 6

Where are the most famous horse races held in the UK?

Answer 6

Ascot

Question 7

In which country is golf most popular?

Answer 7

Scotland

Question 8

What is The Boat Race?

Answer 8

A famous annual rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge on the Thames

Question 9

What are the three social classes in the UK?

Answer 9

• Upper class
• Middle class
• Lower/Working class

Question 10

What does ‘inverted snobbery’ refer to?

Answer 10

Hating anything associated with wealth/status and identifying with people from lower classes

Question 11

What is one of the first welfare states?

Answer 11

Government must help any citizen in need

Question 12

What do employed people pay to fund health care and benefits?

Answer 12

National insurance contribution

Question 13

List four benefits citizens are entitled to in the UK.

Answer 13

• Pension
• Child benefit
• Sickness benefit
• Maternity benefit

Question 14

What is the jobseeker’s allowance commonly referred to as?

Answer 14

Dole money

Question 15

What significant problems arose after Brexit?

Answer 15

• Companies reduced investments
• Labour shortage -the lack of farm/care workers (lots of bureaucracy, visa problems)
• Very high inflation
• University studying is more complicated

Question 16

What is the primary provider of health care in the UK?

Answer 16

National Health Service (NHS)

Question 17

How is the NHS primarily funded?

Answer 17

Taxes and national insurance contribution

Question 18

What type of doctors are most common in the UK?

Answer 18

General practitioners (GP)

Question 19

What typical housing is considered the ‘British dream’?

Answer 19

A detached house with a garden

Question 20

What is the popularity of blocks of flats in the UK?

Answer 20

They are not very popular

Question 21

What are two other typical types of houses in the UK?

Answer 21

• Semi-detached houses
• Terraced houses

Question 22

The most prestigious accent

Answer 22

Received pronunciation (RP)

Question 23

Working class accent

Answer 23

High, strong regional accent, non-standard

Question 24

Upper/Middle class accent

Answer 24

Standard British English

Question 25

Flexibility of social classes

Answer 25

You can always buy, marry or work your way up

Question 26

Different classes have different...

Answer 26

values, food, sport, pastimes

Question 27

Everyone has the right to ________ (fill - healthcare)

Answer 27

choose their own GP, oculist and dentist

Question 28

Typical problems of healthcare (3)

Answer 28

1. lots of bureaucracy for doctors 2. the lack of beds 3. long waiting lists (solution: private health care / surgeries abroad)