People & Things

Question 1

Scottish physician who discovered Insilin

Answer 1

John MacLeod

Question 2

Jewish festival for religious freedom
Lasts eight days

Answer 2

Hannukah

Question 3

Scottish architect who designed the Dumfries House in Scotland and Royal Crescent in Bath

Answer 3

Robert Adam

Question 4

Sikh festival on 14 April every year

Answer 4

Vaisakhi

Question 5

George Frederick Handel

Answer 5

German-born composer who wrote music for King George I

Question 6

Sir Edwin Lutyens

Answer 6

English architect who designed in Cenotaph in Whitehall

Question 7

Emmeline Pankhurst

Answer 7

Women’s voting right activity in 19th century; born in Manchester

Question 8

David Lean

Answer 8

Directed Brief Encounter and Lawrence of Arabia

Question 9

Hansard

Answer 9

Publicly available parliamentary proceedings; can be found in libraries and online

Question 10

Golden Hind

Answer 10

The ship was one of the first to circumnavigate the world

Question 11

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 11

One of the founders of England’s Naval tradition
Sailed the Golden Hind as the first men to circumnavigate the world

Question 12

King Edward I

Answer 12

The king who annexed Wales to England in 1285 through the statute of Rhuddlan

Question 13

Sir William Walton

Answer 13

English musician who wrote music for Elizabeth II