Chapter 5: A Modern, Thriving Society Flashcards
Tanni Grey-Thompson
Uses a wheelchair Won 16 Paralympic medals 11 Gold medals Won London marathon 6x 30 world records
Kelly Holmes
two gold medals for running
2004 olympic games
Ellen MacArthur
yachtswoman
2004 - fastest person to sail around the world single-handed
David Weir
Paralympian who uses a wheelchair
6x gold medals
Won London marathon 6x
Chris Hoy
Scottish cyclist
6x gold, 1x silver
11 world championship titles
Bradley Wiggins
cyclist
2012 - first briton to win the tour de france
8x olympic medals - 4x gold
Mo Farah
British distance runner
2x gold medals
first briton to win olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters
Jessica Ennis-Hill
2012 Olympic gold medal in Heptathol - 7 different track and field events
silver in 2016
Andy Murray
Scottish tennis player
First British man to win singles title in a Grand Slam tournament since 1936
Won men’s singles at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016
Ellie Simmonds
Paralympian
Gold medals for swimming at 2008, 2012, and 2016 Paralympic Games
Youngest member of the team at 2008 Olympics
Horse races
Royal Ascot - 5 day race in Berkshire
Grand National - Aintree near Liverpool
Scottish Grand National - Ayr
First tennis club in the UK
Leamington Spa - 1872
Formula 1 Championship winners
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
The Proms
8-week summer season of orchestral classic music
Various venues, incl. Royal Albert Hall
Henry Purcell
Organist at Westminster Abbey
Wrote church music, operas and other pieces
Influential
George Frederick Handel
Water Music for King George I
Music for the Royal Fireworks for George II
Oratorio - Messiah - often sung at Easter
Gustav Holst
The Planets - suite of pieces themed around the planets of the solar system
Edward Elgar
Pomp and Circumstance Marches
March No 1 usually played at the Last Night of the Proms
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wrote music for orchestras and choirs
Strongly influenced by English folk music
William Walton
Wrote wide range of music from film scores to operas
Wrote marches for Elizabeth II coronation
Facade + Belshazzar’s Feast = most famous works
SEC Centre
Large music venue in Glasgow
National Eisteddfod
Annual cultural festival in Wales
The Mousetrap
murder-mystery play by Agatha Christie
Running in the West End since 1952
Gilbert and Sullivan
Wrote comic operas
HMS Pinafore
Pirates of Penzance
The Mikado
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Jesus Christ Superstar
Evita
Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Pantomine
light-hearted plays with music and comedy
Dame - a woman played by a man
^traditional character
Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait painter
18th century
painted people in the country or garden scenery
David Allan
Scottish painter
portraits
Origin of Painting
John Constable
Landscape painter
Dedham Vale - border of Suffolk and Essex
The Pre-Raphaelites
19th century
Holman Hunt
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Sir John Millais
Sir John Lavery
Northern Irish
Portrait painter
Painted the Royal Family