People

Question 1

Sir Roger Bannister

Answer 1

1st man to run a MILE in under 4 minutes, 1954

Question 2

Sir Jackie Stewart

Answer 2

Scottish, won Formula 1 world championship; 3 times.

Question 3

Bobby Moore

Answer 3

Captain, English Football team, won the World Cup, 1966

Question 4

Sir Ian Botham

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Captain English Cricket team

Question 5

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

Answer 5

GOLD medals for ICE DANCING at the Olympic Games in 1984

Question 6

Sir Steve Redgrave

Answer 6

GOLD medals in ROWING in 5 consecutive Olympic Games

Question 7

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

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Athlete, uses wheelchair.
Won 16 Paralympic medals, 11 GOLD in races.
Won London Marathon 6 times.
30 world records.

Question 8

Dame Kelly Holmes

Answer 8

2 GOLDmedals for RUNNING

2004 Olympic Games

Question 9

Dame Ellen MacArthur

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Yachtswoman.

Fastest to sail around the world.

Question 10

Sir Chris Hoy

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Scottish CYCLIST.

6 GOLD and 1 SILVER medals.
11 World Championship titles

Question 11

David Weir

Answer 11

Paralympian. Wheelchair.

Won 6 gold medals.
Won London Marathon 6 times.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins

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Cyclist. Tour de France (1st Briton).

8 Olympic medals

Question 13

Sir Mo Farah

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Distance runner.
Olympic gold 10k meters (1st Briton).

Has gold medals for 5k and 10k

Question 14

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Hepatathlon

Gold 2012 and Silver 2016.

Question 15

Sir Andy Murray

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Scottish, Tennis Player

2012 won singles US Open
1st British to win singles Grand Slam since 1936
Wimbledon singles 2013, 2016
Olympic Gold 2016

Question 16

Ellie Simmonds

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Paralympian GOLD for SWIMMING.

Youngest in British team.

Question 17

Henry Purcell

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Organist (Classical Music)

Westminster Abby

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George Frederick Handel

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German-born COMPOSER.

Water Music for King George I
Music for the Royal Fireworks for George II

Wrote oratorio Messiah

Question 19

Gustav Holst

Answer 19

COMPOSER

The Planets

Question 20

Sir Edward Elgar

Answer 20

Born in Worcester

March No 1 (Land of Hope and Glory) played at Last Night of the Proms

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Wrote MUSIC for orchestras and choirs (influenced by traditional english folk)

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Sir William Walton

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Wrote MUSIC (film scores to opera).

Marches for coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II

Best work: Facade (ballet) and Bleshazzar’s Feast (large choir)

Question 23

Benjamin Britten

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Operas

Work:

• Peter Grimes
• Billy Budd
• A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Question 24

Thomas Gainsborough

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portrait painter

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David Allan

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Scottish, portrait painter

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Joseph Turner

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Landscape painter

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John Constable

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landscape painter

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The Pre-Raphaelites

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groups of artists second half 19th century, painted detailed pictures on religious in bright colors - Holman Hunt - Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Sir John Millais

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Sir John Lavery

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Northern Irish, portrait painter Work: Royal Family

Question 30

Henry Moore

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English sculptor and artist Work: Large bronze abstract sculptures

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John Petts

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Welsh Artist Work: - engravings - stained glass

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Lucian Freud

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German-born British artist. | Portraits.

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David Hockney

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important contributor to 'pop art' movement 1960s

Question 34

Jane Austen

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English Novelist Books (mariage and relationships): - Pride and Prejudice - Sense and Sensibility

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Charles Dickens

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Famous novels: - Oliver Twist - Great Expectations ``` Famous characters: - Scrooge (a mean person) Mr Micawber (always hopeful)- ```

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Wrote books: - Treasure Island - Kidnapped - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Thomas Hardy

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author and poet Novels: - Far from the Madding Crowd - Jude the Obscure

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Scottish doctor and writer Best known for: - Sherlock Holmes

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Evelyn Waugh

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Satirical novels: - Decline and Fall - Scoop - Bridgeshead Revisited (best known)

Question 40

Sir Kingsley Amis

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English novelist and poet. 20+ novels. Novels: - Lucky Jim

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Graham Greene

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wrote novels (religious beliefs): - The Heart of the Matter - The Honorary Consul - Brighton Rock - Our Man in Havana

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J K Rowling

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wrote Harry Potterand children buges she writes fiction for adults now