Locations / Monuments / Institutions Flashcards
What Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851?
The Crystal Palace
Where is the Cenotaph located?
Whitehall, London
How old is the Big Ben
150
The Hadrian’s Wall
Includes the forts of Housesteads and Vindolanda. UNESCO site.
Where is the Bodnant Garden located?
Wales
Where is the ship HMS Victory?
Portsmouth
Where was one of the Anglo Saxon kings buried with treasure and armour?
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
Where is the Millennium Stadium located?
Cardiff
How long is the Bayeux Tapestry?
70m
Which organization looks after the Edinburgh Castle?
Historic Scotland
Where do the Laurence Olivier Awards take place?
London
What were the Canterbury Tales about?
The stories people told each other
In the years leading up to 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a series of poems in English about a group of people going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage. The people decided to tell each other stories on the journey, and the poems describe the travellers and some of the stories they told. This collection of poems is called The Canterbury Tales.
