Ch 4

Question 1

Christian churches

Answer 1

• Church of England - Protestant Church, existed since the Reformation in the 1530s
• Monarch - the head of the Church of England
• Spiritual leader - Archbishop of Canterbury
• Scotland - Church of Scotlant - Presbyterian Church
• No established Church in Wales or NI

Question 2

Patron saints’ days

Answer 2

• 1 March: St David’s, Wales
• 17 March: St Patrick’s, NI
• 23 April:** St George**’s, England
• 30 November: St Andrew’s, Scotland

Question 3

Diwali

Answer 3

• Oct / Nov
• 5 days
• Festival of Lights

Question 4

Hannukah

Answer 4

• Nov / Dec
• 8 days
• To remember the Jews’ struggle for religious freedom

Question 5

Ed

Eid al-Fitr

Answer 5

• Celebrates the end of Ramadan
• Date changes every year

Question 6

Eid ul Adha

Answer 6

• Remembers the prophet Ibrahim was willing to sacrifice his son when God orderem him to

Question 7

Vaisakhi

Answer 7

• A Sikh festival
• 14 April each year

Question 8

Bonfire Night

Answer 8

• 5th November
• Fireworks
• Origin - 1605 - a group of Catholics led by Guy Fawkes failed to kill the Protestant King with a bomb in the Houses of Parliament

Question 9

Rememberence Day

Answer 9

• 11th November
• Commemorates those who died fighting for the UK and its allies
• Originally commemorated the dead of the First World War (ended 11 November 1918
• People wear poppies
• 2 min silence at 11.00 am

Question 10

Olympics in the UK

Answer 10

• 1908
• 1948
• 2012 (UK third in the medal table)
• Paralympic Games - 212

Question 11

Sir Francis Chichester

Answer 11

First person to sail single-handed around the world, in 1966/67

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to do it without stoppin

Question 12

Sir Roger Bannister

Answer 12

First man in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1954

Question 13

Sir Jackie Steward

Answer 13

Scottish former racing driver who won F1 three times

Question 14

Bobby Moore

Answer 14

Captained the English football team that won the World Cup in 1966

Question 15

Sir Ian Botham

Answer 15

Captained the English cricket team

Question 16

Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean

Answer 16

1984 Olympic gold medals for ice dancing

Question 17

Sir Steve Redrage

Answer 17

Gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games

One of Britain’s greatest Olympians

Question 18

Dame Kelly Holmes

Answer 18

2 gold medals for running in the 2004 Olympic Games

Question 19

Dame Ellen MacArthur

Answer 19

A yachtswoman, in 2004 became the fastest person to sail around the world singlehanded

Question 20

Sir Chris Hoy

Answer 20

• Scottish cyclist who won six gold and one silver Olympic medals
• 11 world championship titles

Question 21

David Weir

Answer 21

Paralympian - 6 gold medals over 2 Paralympic Games

Question 22

Bradley Wiggins

Answer 22

• Cyclist
• First Briton to win the Tour de France
• Won 7 olympic medals
• Gold medals in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Games

Question 23

Jessica Ennis

Answer 23

Olympic gold medal in 2012 in Hepthathon

Question 24

Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds

Answer 24

Paralympian, gold medals in swimming at the 2008 / 2012 Paralympic Games

Question 25

Most famous cricket competition in the UK

Answer 25

The Ashes

A series of Test matches between England and Australia

Question 26

Horse racing events

Answer 26

• Royal Ascot (5-day race in Berkshire), attended by members of the Royal Family
• Grand National at Aintree near Liverpool
• Scottish Grand National at Ayr
• National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket, Suffolk