No2 Flashcards

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Who painted the awakening conscience in 1853?

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William Holman Hunt

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You can now visit the Twickenham Home of an artist whose extensive collection is displayed at the Tate Britain who is he?

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JMW Turner

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On which evening does the Tate Britain stay open until 10 pm?

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It doesn’t

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What is the maximum group size in general collection galleries?

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25

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Which leading figure in art movement painted Marilyn Monroe

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Andy Warhol

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Which art movement did Filippo Tommaso Marinetti found in 1909?

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Futurism

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From the 8th of March 2018 this gallery will host the first ever solo exhibition of which famous artist

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Pablo Picasso

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Who is the director of the Tate modern?

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Karin hindsbo

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Which circus? Italian strong man transported Reece the second back to London.

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Giovanni, belzoni

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 Who was the Assyria from 668-627BC

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Ashurbanpia

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Until what time is much of the British Museum open on Friday?

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Till 8:30 pm

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2014 which celebrity lawyer recommended that the Greek government should sue the UK and return for the pantheon sculpture?

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Amal Clooney

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What was the name of the woman who donated the sutton hoo to the National Trust?

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Annie trammer

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What was Easter Ireland called before being discovered by European sailors in 1722?

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rapa nui
Great rapa

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National Gallery of painting featuring Nicocola mauruzi da Tolentino on his white charger, name the painting and the artist

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The Florentine
Paolo uccello

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The painting the Virgin Mary with the infant Saint John the Baptist of dawn in a child Christ accompanied by an angel is more usually known as

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The virgin of the rocks

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17
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How many shops are in the National Gallery?

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3

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18
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Which painting was slashed in 1914 by Suffragette Mary Richardson?

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Rokaby Venus

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Which painting depicts Joan de dinteville and his friend Georges de drive and who is the artist

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The ambassadors
Hans Holbien the younger

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Which painting depicts Jean de Dinteville and his friend Georges De Selve who is the artist

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The ambassadors
Hans Holborn the younger

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21
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Which 18th century artist is best known for his depiction of horse

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George Stubbs

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22
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How did Henry Tate make his fortune?

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Sugar and the patant for sugar cubes

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Who is the only complete funeral effigy to survive the Great file of London?

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John donne

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In December 2017 members of the royal family came together in a cathedral Saint Pauls so send a commemoration of the recent tragic event. What was it?

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Greenfell tower

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Which famous vice president attended the opening of the American Memorial Chapel in Saint Pauls?
Richard Nixon
26
What time does Saint Paul’s open for sightseeing?
8:30 am
27
Sarah Mallally has been appointed to what position
Bishop of London
28
By which name is the chapel of Saint Faith more usually known?
The OBE Chappell
29
Name the London artist whose two white crosses have been displayed in the native Saint Pauls since 2014
Gerry Judah
30
What is the name of the big bell in Saint Paul Paul’s?
Great Paul
31
What do you call a 45 tower with a castle usually built on top of a raised mortise
A Motty and Baily castle
32
Which year is traditionally given for the start of construction on the white tower?
1078 then rebuilt in 1377
33
Who is the current governor residence of the Tower of London?
Andrew Jackson
34
How many rounds are fired When a gun salute takes place on tower wharf
41
35
What is the name of the first prisoner recorded in the Tower of London
Ranulf flambard
36
Name the two famous eastern gangsters held in the Tower of London in 1952 for going absent without leave during the national service
The kray twins
37
Which king set up the wall armouries in Greenwich workshop?
Henry the eighth
38
What is the name of the vessel that holds the anointing oil in the Regalia?
The gold ampulla
39
What do you call a church which is subject to the authority of the sovereign as a visitor?
holy Sea
40
Where is the family vault of the Percy’s?
Saint Nicholas’s Chappell
41
Who is the grandmaster of the order of the Bath?
King Charles the third
42
I went out television on radio broadcaster is coming round in the South choir what is his name?
Richard Dimbleby
43
A memorial to which social reform and co-founder of the national trust was unbounded in a nave in 2012
Octavia Hill
44
Name the novelist and poet who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia and who was commemorated in poets corner
CS Lewis
45
The present building dates mainly from the reign of which king
Henry the third
46
Where is the exhibition Revolution Vaar 1917 to 1932 opening on February 11, 2017
The Royal Academy of arts
47
Which Job is currently done by Louie, Palmerston, and Gladstone in Whitehall
Chief mouser
48
What is the name of David Shrigley’s sculpture in Trafalgar Square
Really good
49
Where in London did Princess Diana body lie until the night before her funeral?
ChapelRoyal
50
Name the architects of the luxury development in 1 Hyde Park
Rodger stirk
51
Where will you find the Elizabeth Frink statue Shephard and sheep
Paternoster Square
52
What is the basic race of tax PAYE in the United Kingdom for those earning between £11,000 and £43,000
20%
53
Where will you find the Royal artillery memorial designed by Charles Jagger and Lionel Pearson?
Hyde Park corner
54
Where in London can you pose with his loggers Zoella and Alfie deyes
Madame Tussaud’s
55
Name the biggest biomedical facility under one roof opened in 2016 by the Queen and the Duke of York
Francis crick institution
56
What would you be doing at the Donmar warehouse?
Watching a play or a musical
57
What name is given to the new director of the Victoria and Albert Museum?
Dr. Tristram Hunt.
58
Where is the worlds largest Lego store situated?
Sydney Australia
59
What was the original use of number 10 Trinity Square now being converted to the four seasons Hotel?
Headquarters of the port of London
60
What does Ede and Ravenscroft supply?
Clothing, clothes and photography
61
Which London Theatre was the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by Electric lights?
The savoy theatre
62
Why would you visit Wigmore Hall?
For a concert
63
Where is the central London Mosque
Park Road
64
Name two musicians that lived at different times in the same adjacent house to each other in brook st
George Handel and Jimi Hendrix
65
River flows 4 miles underground before joining the River Thames
The fleet river
66
The SOAS University stands for what?
School of Oriental and African studies
67
Who was president at the unveiling of his own statue in Traphagen Square in 2007?
Nelson Mandela
68
Indigo Jones designed the actors church in 1631 where is it?
Saint Paul’s church Covent Garden
69
Name London‘s oldest restaurants
Rules restaurant 1798
70
In which month is open house weekend?
September
71
Name the contemporary artist with Glass work is currently on show at Kew Gardens
Dale CHIHULY
72
Name the architects of the natural history Museum
Alfred Waterhouse
73
Name a canal which linked little Venice and Cam
Regents Canal
74
Name one London pub named after public execution
Hung drawn and quartered
75
What does ULEZ stand for?
Ultra low emission zone
76
Name the delivery companies in Downgate Hill
Skinners and tallow chandlers
77
In which church was William Penn the founder of Pennsylvania baptised in 1644?
All Hallows by the tower
78
In which square in Bloomsbury is there a statue of Manhattan Gandhi?
Tavistock Square
79
Name the well-known London landmark which inspired William Wordsworth to write earth has not anything to show more Fair doll would be the soul who could pass by a site so touching and its Majesty
Westminster Bridge
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Name the building with a first meeting of the United Nations General assembly was held in 1946
Central Methodist Hall
81
Where would you go to hear a royal promenade concert?
The Royal Albert Hall
82
Name the shop which opened in 1705 in a small store in Saint James’s market and involved a footman of Queen and household
Fornum and Masons
83
What London landmarks restoration is expected to cost £369 million and take 10 years?
Buckingham Palace
84
what organisation is in the Curtis green building
New Scotland yard
85
Who designed the cenotaph
Edwin lutyens
86
Name the popular attraction located Leavesden
Harry Potter world Warner Brothers
87
Which museum is to move to west Smithfield?
The museum of London
88
What has the cross owl been renamed?
The Elizabeth line
89
Name the candle at indoor Theatre at the Globe
The Playhouse
90
Name the character for Michael Bond’s children’s books whose statue can be found under the clock of platform number one at Major London station
Paddington Bear
91
Name the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury in London
Lambeth Palace
92
Where in London in 2017 would the world power athletic athletic championships held?
London Arena
93
What is the name of the mother church of the Catholic community in England and Wales?
Westminster Cathedral
94
In which building is the garden Museum formally the Museum of Gardening history located?
Lambeth Palace
95
Name the hospital where Princess with Prince William Harry George and Princess Charlotte were born
Saint Mary’s Paddington
96
Which city of London institution was founded in a coffeehouse in Tower Street?
Loyds
97
Where is the new London Google headquarters?
Saint pancras Square
98
Regicide
Charles the 1st executed at banqueting hs for treason against the country on the 30/1 1649
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Hs of Plantagenet
Henry 11 Richard 1157 bro John 1199 son Henry 3rd 1216 son Edward 1 1272 son Edward 11 1307 Edward 3rd 1327 Richard 11 son of Edward the black son of Edward 3rd
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Hs of Lancaster
Henry 1V 1399, Henry V 1413, Henry V1 1422,
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Hs of York
Edward 1V 1461, Edward V 1483, Richard 3rd 1483,
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Hs of Tudor
Henry V11 1485, Henry 8th 1509, Edward V1 1547, Mary Jane grey 1553, Mary 1553, Elizabeth 1558,
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Hs of Stuart
James V1-1 1603, Charles 1 1625 to 30/1/1649, Oliver Cromwell lord protector 1658, Charles 11 1660, James 11 1885, mary11 x William 111 1689, joint monarchs William 3rd, Anne 1702,
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Hs of hanover
George 1 1714.george 11 1727,George 111 1762,George 1V 1820, William 1830, Victoria 1837,
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Hs of saxe-coburg and cotha
Edward 8th 1901, George V 1910
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Hs of Windsor
George V 1910, Edward 8th 1936, George V1 1936, Elizabeth 11 1952, Charles 111 2022