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1
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What percentage of the population has a pairent or grandparent born outside the UK?

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10%

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What is the longest distance in the UK?

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John O groats to Lands end - 870 miles.

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What are two major sporting stadiums?

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wembley in London and Millennium staudium in cardiff

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Which famous sports began in britain?

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cricket, football, tennis, golf and rugby

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When were the olympics hosted in london?

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1908, 1948 and 2012

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Who was Sir Ludwig Guttman?

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Helped to originate the Paralympic games in Buckinhamshire.

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Who is Sir Roger Bannister?

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First man to run a mile in under 4 minutes in 1954.

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Who is sir Jackie STewart?

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Won Formula 1 three times

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Who is Bobby Moore?

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Captain when England won the world cup in 1966.

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Who is Sir Ian Botham?

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Cricket player

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Who are Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

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Won gold medals for ice dancing

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Who is Sir Steve Redgrave?

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Won gold medals in rowing for five Olympic games consecutively.

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Who is Baroness Tanni-Grey Thompson?

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Amazing Paralympic Athlete who won the Marathon 6 times and broke 30 world records.

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14
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Who is Dame Kelly Holmes?

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Won running medals in 2004 Olympic games

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Who is Dame Ellen MacArthur?

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sailed around the world in 2004

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Who is sir Chris Hoy?

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Scottish Cyclist

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How is David Weir?

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Paralympic athlete who has won the marathon 6 times and six gold medals.

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Who is Bradley Wiggins?

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Won the Tour de France and several Olympic medals.

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Who is Mo Farah?

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Won distance gold medals in 2012

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20
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Who is Jessica Ennis?

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Won heptathalon in 2012

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Who is Andy Murray?

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Scottish tennis player.

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Who is Ellie Simmonds?

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Paralympic swimmer and youngest member of British team.

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What are the Ashes?

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Famous cricket competition between England and Australia.

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24
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When did football first come about?

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19th century

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25
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What is the English Premier League?

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Best English football league

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What is the UEFA Champions league?

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Union of European Football Associations

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27
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What is FIFA world cup?

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The big world cup game. England won in 1966

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28
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What is UEFA Championship?

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European football tournament. England never won.

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29
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What are the two different rugby legues?

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union and league

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30
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In rugby, who does Northern Ireland play with?

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The Irish republic

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31
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Who is involved in the six nations championship?

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England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy

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32
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What is the Super League?

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the most well known rugby league competition.

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33
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How old is horse racing in Britain?

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Roman times

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34
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Where are there famous horse raceourses?

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Royal Ascot, Grand National (liverpool), Scottish Grand National (Ayr).

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35
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Where is there a national horseracing museum?

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Suffolk

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36
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How old is golf?

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15 century scotland

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37
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Where is the home of golf?

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St Andrews

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38
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What is the open championship?

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Major golf tournament. It moves around.

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39
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When did tennis come about?

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19th century

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40
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Where was the first tennis club?

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Lemington Spa in 1872

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41
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Where is Wimbledon held?

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All ENgland Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club

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42
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Who was Sir Francis Chichester?

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Sailed around the world singlehandedly in 1966.

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43
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Who was Robin Knox-Johnston?

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Sailed around the world without stopping.

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44
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What is Cowes?

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Major Sailing Event at the Isle of Wight

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45
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When did motor car racing start in Britain?

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1902

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46
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Who are Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button?

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Won formula one world championships

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47
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What are the Proms?

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8 week season of classical music organised by the bbc since 1927.

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48
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Who was Henry Purcell?

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organist at Westminster abbey and influential composer. late 1600s

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49
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Who is George Frederick Handel?

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German composer who became a British citizen. late 1600 early 1700a. Wrote Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks and Messiah.

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50
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Who is Gustav Holst?

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late 1800s early 1900s. Wrote the Planets and adapted I vow to thee my country.

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Who is sir Edward Elgar?

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late 1800s early 1900s. Wrote Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory.

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52
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Who is Ralph Vaughan Williams

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late 1800s mid 1900s. Wrote music inflenced by folk music.

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53
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Who is William Walton?

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early 1900s. Wrote Facade and Belshazzar’s Feast

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54
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Who is Benjamin Britten?

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Early 1900s to late 1900s. Wrote operas like Peter Grimes and Billy Budd. Also a younge person’s guide to the orchestra. Founded Aldeburgh festival in Suffolk.

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55
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Where are large venues for music?

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Wembley, 02, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow.

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56
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What are popular festivals?

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Glastonbury, Isle of WIght and V.

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57
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What is the National Eisteddfod of Wales?

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Welsh cultural festival, including welsh poetry.

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58
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What is the Mercury Music Prize?

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Best album from UK and Ireland

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59
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What are the Brit Awards?

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awards in a variety of categories

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60
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How long has the Mousetrap been running in the West End?

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since 1952. It is by Agetha Christie

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61
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What has Andrew Lloyd Webber written?

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The music for Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ superstar and Evita

62
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What are the Laurence Olivier Awards?

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Awards for theatre categories.

63
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When did British artists become well known?

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From 18th c onwards

64
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WHat are well known galleries?

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National Gallery, the two Tates, National museum in Cardiff and national museum in Edinburgh

65
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What is the Turner Prize

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Established in 1984 celebrates contemporary art

66
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Where are the Turner prize shortlisted entries shown?

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Tate Britain

67
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Who has won the Turner Prize?

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Damien Hurst and Richard Wright

68
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Who is Thomas Gainsborough?

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late 1700s portrait painter of country people

69
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Who is David Allen?

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late 1700s Scottish portrait painter. ‘The Origin of Painting’

70
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Who is Joseph Turner?

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late 1700 - mid 1800s landscape painter who used a modern style

71
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Who is John Constable?

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late 1700-early 1800s landscape painter particularly of the East of England (Dedham Vale)

72
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Who were the pre-Raphaelites?

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late 1800s. Holman Hunt, Gabriel Rosseti and Sir John Millais

73
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Who is Sir John Lavery?

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late 1800s early 1900s Northern Irish painter who painted royal family

74
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Who is Henry Moore?

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1900s. Abstract bronzes

75
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Who is John Petts?

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1900s Welsh artist known for engravings and stained glass

76
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Who is Lucian Freud?

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contemporary. Portraits

77
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Who is David Hockney?

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contemporary pop artist

78
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What are the cathedrals built during the middle ages?

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Durham, Lincoln, canterbury and Salisbury

79
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What is an example or Norman architechture?

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White tower in the tower of london built on orders of william the conqueror

80
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what is an example of a big country house?

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Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire

81
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Who is Inigo Jones?

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designed queen’s house in greenwich and Banqueting hall in Whitehall

82
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Who is Christopher Wren?

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Built st pauls cathedral

83
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Who is Robert Adam?

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Scottish architect who designed dumfries house and bath royal crescent

84
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What is built in the midieval gothic style in the 1800s?

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houses of parliament, st pancreas station and town halls in Manchester and Sheffield

85
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Who was Edwin Lutyens?

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designed new delhi, cenotaph at whitehall

86
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Who are modern British architects?

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Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Zaha Hadid

87
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Who is Capabillity Brown?

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Landscape designer

88
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Who is Gertrude Jekyll?

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Worked with Edwin Lutyens

89
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Who is Thomas Chippendale?

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furniture designer, 18 c

90
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Who is Clarice Cliff?

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Art deco ceramics

91
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Who is Mary Quant?

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fashion designer

92
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Who has won the nobel prize in literature?

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William Golding, Seamus Heaney, Harold Pinter

93
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What is the Man Booker Prize?

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best fiction author from Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe, since 1968?

94
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Who has won the Man Booker prize?

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Ian McEwan, Hilary Mantel and Julian Barnes

95
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What did Robert Louis Stevenson write?

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Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll / Mr Hyde

96
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What did Thomas Hardy write?

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Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure

97
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Who is Evelyn Waugh?

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wrote decline and fall, scoop, and brideshead revisited

98
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Who is sir Kingsley Amis?

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Wrote Lucky Jim

99
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Who is Graham Greene?

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wrote, the heart of the matter, the honorary consul, brighton and rock and our man in Havana

100
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what did sir walter scott write about?

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poems from scotland and scottish matters

101
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What did Wilfred Owen and SIgfired Sassoon write about?

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WW1

102
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Who are modern British poets?

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Walter de la Mare, John Masefield, John Betjeman and Ted Highes

103
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When were films first shown in the uk?

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1896

104
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What is a British area of expertise in the film industry?

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Special effects

105
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Who is Alexander Korda?

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Famous British film director

106
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How did films help during world war 2?

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Boosted morale

107
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Who were David lean and Ridley Scott?

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Later British directors

108
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What was the highlight of the film industry in 1950-1960?

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Comedies, passport to pimlico, the ladykillers and carry on films

109
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What is the oldest film studio?

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Ealing studios

110
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Who is nick park?

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Animator of Wallace and gromit

111
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Who are Laurence Oliver, David Niven, Rex Harrison and Richard burton?

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Famous British actors

112
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Which British actors have won oscars!

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Colin firth, Anthony Hopkins, judi dench, Kate winslet and tilda Swinton.

113
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What are the British academy film awards?

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British oscars run by bafta.

114
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What did David lean direct?

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Brief encounter and Lawrence of Arabia

115
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What did carol reed direct!

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The third man

116
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What did frank launder direct?

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St tribunals

117
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What did ken Russell direct!

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Women in love

118
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What did Nicholas roeg direct!w

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Don’t look now

119
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What did Hugh Hudson direct?

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Chariots of fire

120
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What did Roland Joffe direct

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The killing fields

121
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What did mike newell direct?

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Four weddings and a funeral

122
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What dud Kevin macdonald direct!

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Touching the void

123
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What was the most famous satirical magazine?

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Punch from 1840

124
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What is an important satirical show in 19602?

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That was the week that was

125
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What is an important satirical show in the 1980s and 1990s?

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Spitting Image

126
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If people have separate rental agreements, how do they pay for their TV licences?

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Separately

127
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Who gets a free TV licence?

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People over the age of 75

128
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Who gets a 50% discount on TV licences?

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blind people

129
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How are BBC radio stations and TV station funded?

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TV licences

130
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How old do you have to be to buy alcohol in the pub?

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18 or over. You can have beer or wine with a meal if you are 16 if they are with someone else who is 18.

131
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What time do pubs open?

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11.00. 12 noon on Sundays

132
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How old do you have to be to gamble?

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18 or over.

133
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How old do you have to be to participate in the Lottery?

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16 or older.

134
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What do dog owners have to do?

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Dogs have to have a collar with name and address of owner.

135
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When was the National Trust put together?

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1895

136
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WHat is the real name of Big Ben?

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Elizabeth Tower

137
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Who runs Edinburgh Castle?

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Historic Scotland.

138
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What is the largest expanse of fresh water in Mainland Britain?

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Loch Lomand

139
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Who gives Tours at the tower of london?

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Yeoman Warders

140
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Where can you see the crown jewels?

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Tower of London

141
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What is the biggest national park in England?

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Lake DIstrict

142
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Where are serious cases heard?

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Crown Court

143
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Where are serious cases heard in Scotland?

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Sherriff court

144
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How many people are in a jury in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?

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12

145
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How many people in a jury in scotland?

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15

146
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What does the jury do in England, Wales and Northn Ireland?

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‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’

147
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What is the third verdict in Scotland?

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‘not proven’

148
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Who decides the penalty?

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judge

149
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How are young offenders dealt with in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

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Youth Court for those between 10 and 17. There are three special magistrates or District judge. Serious cases go to Crown Court. Parents are expected to attend hearing.

150
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What is the children’s hearing system?

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Scottish youth court

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