Modern Society Of The Uk Flashcards
1
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Capital city of Wales?
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Cardiff
2
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Capital city of Northern Ireland?
A
Belfast
3
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Capital city of Scotland?
A
Edinburgh
4
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Which part of the UK are Dundee and Aberdeen?
A
Scotland
5
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Which part of the UK is Plymouth in Norwich?
A
England
6
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Which part of the UK is Swansea and Newport?
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Wales
7
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What languages and dialects are spoken in Scotland?
A
Gaelic
8
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What language and dialect is spoken in Northern Ireland?
A
Irish Gaelic
9
Q
How many people were in the UK by 2010?
A
62 million
10
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What is the proportion of the population?
A
England 85%
Scotland 8%
Wales 5%
Northern Ireland less than 3%
11
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Who is the head of the Church of England
A
The monarch
12
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Who is the spiritual leader?
A
The archbishop of Canterbury
13
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What church is the church of Scotland?
A
Presbyterian church
14
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What are the Protestant Christian groups in the UK?
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Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Quakers
15
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What is the patron Saints day in Wales?
A
1st March Saint David’s day
16
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What is the patron saints day in Northern Ireland
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17 March Saint Patrick’s Day
17
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What is the patron saints day in England?
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23rd April St George’s Day
18
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What is the patron saint day in Scotland?
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30th November Saint Andrews day
19
Q
When do Christians fast?
A
Lent, 40 days before Easter, begins on Ash Wednesday
20
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What is Lent?
A
Christian fasting 40 days before Easter
21
Q
What is Diwali?
A
A festival of light celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs in October or November, it lasts for 5 days
22
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When is Mother’s Day
A
The Sunday three weeks before Easter
23
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When is Father’s Day?
A
3rd Sunday in June
24
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When is Halloween
A
31st of October
25
When and why is bonfire night celebrated?
5th November 1605
| Guy Fawkes planned to kill the Protestant King with a bomb in the Houses of Parliament
26
What and when is Rememberance Day?
11 November
| Remembering those who died fighting for the UK.
27
When did the UK hosted the Olympic Games?
London 2012
28
When did the UK win the football World Cup ?
1966, Bobby Moore ~> captain
29
What did Steve Redgrave win?
Gold medals in a rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games
30
What did Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson win?
16 Paralympic medals
31
What did Dame Kelly Holmes win?
Two gold medals for running in 2004 Olympic Games
32
What did Sir Chris Hoy win?
Scottish cyclist won six gold and one silver Olympic medals
33
What did Sir Mo Farah win?
British distance Runner, won gold medals for the 5000 and 10,000 metres
34
What did Dame Jessica Ennis Hill win?
Gold medal in the heptathlon
35
What did the Andy Murray win
A Scottish tennis player, first British man to win a singles title in a Grand Slam tournament since 1936
36
What did Ellie Simmonds win?
Paralympian, won gold medals for swimming at the 2008 and 2012
37
What is the famous competition the Ashes?
A series of cricket Test matches between England and Australia
38
Name the two types of rugby
Union
| League
39
Which is the most famous rugby?
Six Nations is the most famous rugby union competition
40
Which two are the most important horseracing events?
Royal Ascot
| Grand National
41
Which place is known as the home of golf and how far can it be traced?
Saint Andrews in Scotland
| 15th century
42
What is associated with the Wimbledon championship?
Tennis, first tennis club was founded in Leamington Spa in 1872
43
Which sailing events are held in the UK?
Cowes on the Isle of Wight
44
Which two names are associated with watersports?
Sir Francis Chichester
| Sir Robin Knox Johnston
45
What is the yearly race on the river Thames?
Rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge universities
46
Which names are associated with Formula One?
Damon Hill
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
47
How often is Formula One Grand Prix event held in the UK? 
Once a year and it started in 1902
48
What is UEFA Champions League?
Football competition against other teams from Europe
49
Which are the important buildings built in 17th century?
Queens house at Greenbridge
| Banqueting house in Whitehall in London
50
What architectural style is the house of Parliament and Saint Pancras station?
Mediaeval Gothic style
51
Which famous site did Sir Edwin Lutyens designed?
Cenotaph in Whitehall
52
What is the site of the annual Remembrance Day?
Cenotaph in Whitehall
53
What does the Turner Prize celebrate?
Contemporary art
| Established in 1984
54
Who was Joseph Turner?
Landscape painter
55
What’s the name of a famous English sculptor an artist?
Henry Moore
56
Name two famous landscape painters
Joseph Turner
| John Constable
57
What is David Hockney associated with?
PopArt movement of the 1960s
58
What is the longest running play in the history of theatre?
The Mousetrap by Dame Agatha Christie
59
Which comic operas did Gilbert and Sullivan wrote?
HMS Pinafore
The Pirates of Penzance
The Mikado
60
Who wrote the music for shows as Jesus Christ superstar, Evita, cats and the phantom of the opera?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
61
What is the Lawrence Oliver awards?
Award for best acting and directing
62
What is the Edinburgh festival?
Series of different arts and cultural festivals taking place in Edinburgh every summer.
63
What is the Proms?
An eight week summer season of Orchestra classical music organised by BBC
64
Which names are associated with classical and church music?
Henry Purcell
George Frideric Handel
Ralph Vaghan Williams
65
Name 3 famous British fashion designers
Mary Quant
Alexander McQueen
Vivienne Westwood
66
Name a furniture designer of 18th century
Thomas Chippendale
67
Name some of the Nobel Prize writers and novelists. 
Sir William Golding
Seamus Heaney
Harold Pinter
68
Name a famous novels by Jane Austen
Pride and prejudice
| Sense and sensibility
69
Name famous novels by Charles Dickens
Oliver twist
| Great expectations
70
Name novels by Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding crowd
| Jude the obscure
71
Who wrote the stories of Sherlock Holmes?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
72
Name novels by Graham Greene
The heart of the matter
The Honorary Consul
Brighton Rock
Our man in Havana
73
Who wrote Harry Potter?
J. K. Rowling
74
Name famous poets of the 19th century
William Blake
Lord Byron
Robert and Elizabeth Browning
75
Name famous gardens in England and Wales
Sissinghurst in England
| Bodnant Garden in Wales
76
Which flowers are associated with different parts of the UK?
England the rose
Scotland the Thistle
Wales daffodil
Northern Ireland the Shamrock
77
Name two famous film directors
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
| Ridley-Scott
78
Name British actors who won Oscars
Colin Firth, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Tilda Swinton
79
What is BAFTA Awards?
An annual British Academy of Film Awards, it’s an equivalent of American Oscars
80
What was the famous satirical magazine in the 19th century?
Punch
81
What is the National Trust?
Charity that preserves important buildings, coastline and countryside in the UK
82
What is the Giants Causeway?
Land formation of columns made from volcanic lava in Northern Ireland
83
What is the highest mountain in Wales called?
Snowdon in Snowdonia
84
Which is the largest national park in England?
The Lake District
85
Who built the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror when he became king in 1066
86
Where can crown jewels be seen?
The Tower of London
87
Where is Loch Lomond?
Scotland
