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Name a place outside London where you able to view substantial Roman remains?
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Colchester, Bath, Hadrian Wall
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Where is the oldest botanical garden in England?
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University of Oxford Botanic Garden 1621
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What did John Heminges and Henry Condell collect together into one book?
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Shakespeare's plays first folio 1623
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Which Prime Minister first introduced income tax?
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William Pitt the Younger 1799
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Name a famous poet who lived in the Lake District of Cumbria in the 1800s?
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William Wordworth, Robert southley, Samuel Coleridge
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Name materials used for thatching?
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Straw, heather, water reed, rushes, sedge
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How is the 'Society of Friends' better known?
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Quakers
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What was the product of the Hampton Court Conference of 1640?
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King James Bible
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Which wood was used to make water troughs and pipes?
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Elm
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Name a monarch who was born at Windsor?
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Edward III, Henry VI
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Name a monarch who was born at Greenwich?
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Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I
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Name a monarch who was born at Hampton Court?
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Edward VI
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Name typical hedging plants planted by farmers in England?
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Blackthorn, Holy, Hawthorn, Willow
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Which king abdicated in 1936 and where is he buried?
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Edward VIII. Buried in Frogmore
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Which architect designed the King's Apartments at Hampton Court Palace?
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Sir Christopher Wren
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Where is the sculpture of The Angel of the North by Anthony Gormley?
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A1, Gatehead
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Name a novel by Thomas Hardy?
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Tess of the Duvberville, Far form the medding crown, Jude the obscure
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"Who was Sir Regingal Bray? What was his rebus?"
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"Benefactor of St George Chapel in Windsor Castle A Hempbray (a ‘crocodile teeth’ like implement used to crush hemp)"
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What was the name of the family home of Jane Seymour, and the title of a book, film and television series?
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Wolf Hall
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Where can you see the Windsor beauties by Peter Lely?
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Communication Corridor, Hampton Court Palace
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What was the date of the Glorious Revolution?
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1688
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For what sport is the WEBB ELLIS trophy awarded?
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Rugby Union World Cup
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Which architect designed Blenheim Palace?
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John Vanbrugh
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Name TWO Tate Galleries outside London?
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"a) Tate St Ives b) Tate Liverpool"
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Where is the tomb of the Black Prince?
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Canterbury Cathedral
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Where did the Royalists have their Headquarters during the Civil War?
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Oxford
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Describe or draw the capital of a Corinthian column?
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Carved Acanthus leaves
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Name the textile and wallpaper designer who led the Arts and Crafts movement.
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William Morris
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Who designed the font at Salisbury Cathedral and water features at Alnwick Castle Gardens?
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William Pye
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Hardwick Hall and Longleat are both classified as what special kind of house?
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Prodigy Houses
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Name the Rochester home of Charles Dickens where he died?
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Gad's Hill
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What is ‘coppicing’?
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Young tree stems are repeatedly cut down to ground level to produce crops of thin branches.
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What is ‘pollarding’?
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Pruning to give a dense head of branches and to restrict the height of the tree.
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What is a ‘momento mori’?
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A remembrance of death - that we shall all die
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Name the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated.
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Spencer Percival
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Who was the first president of the Royal Academy of Art?
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Name two stations in Kent where you may board the Eurostar.
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Ebbsfleet and Ashford
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The Roman city Eboracum is which modern city today?
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York
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Where in a church would you normally find a font?
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Just inside the West door entrance
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Which Italian saint sent the first ‘Greyfriars’ to Britain?
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Saint Francis
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Where would you find a lych gate?
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At the entrance to a churchyard
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In which field of art is Grayson Perry known?
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Ceramics and tapestry
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Name the British conflicts of 1715 and 1745.
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Jacobite Rebellions
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Approximately what percentage of pupils is educated privately in UK?
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7%
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What is a Mihrab in a mosque?
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An arch shaped niche on the mosque wall, which indicates the direction of Mecca. (This shape is sometimes on prayer mats in mosques)
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Margaret of Beaufort is the mother of which King of England?
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Henry VI
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What name did Mary Anne Evans write under?
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George Elliot
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"Where would you find a third man, a silly mid-on and a fine leg?"
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A cricket game
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Who supervised the Dissolution of the Monasteries for Henry VIII in the 1530s?
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Thomas Cromwell
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When did Oxford first award degrees to women?
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1920
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When did Cambridge first award degrees to women?
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1948
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Which weapon ensured the English victory at the Battle of Agincourt?
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Longbow
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Name the first Archbishop of Canterbury.
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St. Augustine
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Which composer wrote Zadok the Priest for the coronation of George II?
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George Frederick Handel
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Who is the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports?
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Admiral Michael Boyce, The Lord Boyce
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What do the initials RIBA stand for?
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Royal Institute of British Architects
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What were the nicknames of King George I’s two mistresses?
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"Maypole Elephant"
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Where is the musket ball, which killed Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar?
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Grand Vestibule Windsor Castle
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In which space did most people eat? a) In a monastery? b) In a castle?
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"a) Refectory b) Great Hall"
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Name the man who first made a clock capable of accurate time-keeping at sea?
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John Harrison
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Which river divides the ‘Men of Kent’ from the ‘Kentish Men’?
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River Medway
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Name an existing building designed by the architect John Soane?
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"Bank of England outer wall. Dulwich Picture Gallery. His house/Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields"
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Which king wanted to ban football and golf in the Middle Ages?
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Henry V
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Who was the only commoner to seal Magna Carta?
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William Hardel, Mayor of the City of London (not Lord Mayor – too early)
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Name the man who first promoted vaccination as a way of combating disease in the 18th Century?
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Edward Jenner
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In which year was the Great Reform Act?
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1832
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Who was the founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford?
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William of Wyckam
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Name Queen Victoria’s residence on the Isle of Wight.
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Osborne House
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Which was the first county cricket club in England?
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Surry
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On which ship did Charles Darwin travel as an unpaid naturalist?
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HMS Beagle
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Name the Inns of Court in London?
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"Inner Temple, Middle Temple Gray’s Inn Temple , Lincoln’s Inn Temple"
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What did Richard Trevithick invent?
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Steam Locomotive
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The wood of which tree was used for making longbows?
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Yew
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Why was there much unemployment in Britain after 1815?
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Return of soldiers and sailors from the Napoleonic wars
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Which area of Britain has the highest rainfall?
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North West/Cumbria/Lake District
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Name two of the scientists who won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of DNA.
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"a) James Watson b) Francis Crick. c) Maurice Wilkins"
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What is the meaning of the word ‘Borough’?
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Medieval meaning = fortified town. Modern meaning = administrative division of a county/ Greater London
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In which year was the National Gallery founded?
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1824
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Name a well-known portrait artist from Suffolk who worked in Bath in the 18th Century?
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Thomas Gainsborough
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Name the play by William Shakespeare thought to have been written at the commandment of Queen Elizabeth to be performed at Windsor Castle?
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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"Name the 16th Century Italian architect who was most influential on the work of Inigo Jones?"
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Andrea Palladio
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With which battle is Simon de Montfort associated?
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Battle of Lewes
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"How many plays are usually attributed to William Shakespeare?"
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37
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What happens on “The Glorious Twelfth” (of August)?
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Grouse shooting season starts
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Name a 19th Century Poet Laureate?
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Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth
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Name the author of the very influential 18th Century work The Rights of Man?
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Thomas Paine
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Name TWO of the founder members of the National Trust?
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"a) Octavia Hill. b) Robert Hunter. c) Cannon Hardwicke Rawnsley"
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Name the longest river in Britain?
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River Severn
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Name TWO places open to visit in England that have strong connections to the Battle of Waterloo?
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Apsley House, Wellington Arch, Stratfield Saye, St Paul’s Cathedral, Windsor Castle Waterloo Chamber, Walmer Castle, various regimental museums
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What caused the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s?
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Potato Blight
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Name the first Plantagenet King of England.
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Henry II
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How did Luddites protest against increased mechanisation?
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They attacked machinery
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What type of performance takes place at Glyndebourne?
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Opera
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Name a conifer tree native to Britain?
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Yew, Juniper, Scots Pine
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Why did Britain ‘lose’ 11 days in September 1752?
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Change from Julian to Gregorian Calendar
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Name the renowned 18th Century Yorkshire cabinetmaker whose work can be seen in many British stately homes?
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Thomas Chippendale
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Oak leaves are the logo of which organisation?
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National Trust
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Name the first National Park in England?
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Peak District National Park
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With which monarch are the composers William Byrd and Thomas Tallis associated?
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Elizabeth I
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When were sash windows introduced to English houses?
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Late 17thC
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Name the 14th Century poet who wrote about a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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In which town is the Ashmolean Museum?
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Oxford
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Where would you find Vermiculated Rustication?
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On the lower storeys of the outside of a stone building. Stones, which look as if they have been ‘eaten by worms’.
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Name the person who personally distributes Maundy money on the day before Good Friday?
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Queen Elizabeth II
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What is topiary?
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Ornamental shaping of trees and bushes to look like emblems, animals etc.
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Name a place where you would find the rock type Millstone Grit?
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Pennines, N Devon and Cornwall.
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Name one of the sculptors whose work is on permanent display at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park?
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Henry Moore, Antony Gormley
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"Which English Cathedral has the tallest spire? How tall is it?"
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"Salisbury Cathedral 123 m"
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Who is called ‘the Father of Electricity’?
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Michael Faraday
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What happens in Cowes Week in August?
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Yachting/Sailing competition
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What kind of stone is mostly used in the buildings of Bath?
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Oolitic Limestone
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Where was the first toll motorway in Britain?
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M6, Birmingham Northern Relief Road
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"The Roman road Stane Street runs from London to which town in Sussex?"
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Chichester
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When is the Wimbledon Fortnight?
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2 weeks at the beginning of July (a permanent change from 2015)
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Name one place where you can find a ‘Real Tennis’ court in Britain?
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Hampton Court Palace, Queens Club London, Lords, Falkland Palace (Fife), The Manchester Club
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Name the highest mountain in Britain?
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"Mount Ben Nevis 1,344 m"
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Who founded Eton College and King’s College Cambridge?
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Henry VI
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What is Henry Bessemer known for?
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Bessemer Converter/ Innovation in Steel production
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In which church is the head of Sir Thomas More?
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St Dunstan Canterbury
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Name one of the towns in England where Richard ‘Beau’ Nash presided as Master of Ceremonies?
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Bath, Tunbridge Wells
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Name Sir Winston Churchill’s mother?
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Jenny Jerome
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In which castle is Catherine Parr buried?
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Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
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Who is the Earl Marshall of England?
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The Duke of Norfolk
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In which month is the Henley Royal Regatta held?
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July
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What is the gestation time of a pig?
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"3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days 114-120 days (depending on breed)"
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Operation Dynamo took place in May 1940. What was this event?
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Evacuation of the Allied troops from Dunkirk
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Which member of the Royal Family died in 1997?
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Princes Diana
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For which subject matter is the 18th century painter George Stubbs, born in Liverpool in 1724, most famous?
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Paintings of horses
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"Give the dates for the Roman occupation of Britain?"
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BC 43 - AD 409
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"Who presides over an inquest on a suspicious death in England, Walesand NI?"
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Coroner
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Which of the following houses isNOT owned personally by the Queen: Balmoral; BuckinghamPalace: Sandringham?
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Buckingham Palace
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Name two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms?
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Mercia, Kent, Wessex, Sussex, Northumbria
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Which Poet Laureate, buried in Cornwall, was well known for his interest in Architecture?
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John Betjeman
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"What is the average height of the tree line in the UK?"
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600 m
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"Who is the only senior member of the Royal Family to have been cremated?"
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Princess Margaret
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"Which is the largest hill fort in Britain?"
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Maiden Castle, Dorset
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"What do the initials FTSE (pronounced Footsie) stand for?"
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Financial Times Stock Exchange
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Name the highest point in England?
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"Scafell Pike 978 m"
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"In which building does the Northern Ireland Assembly meet?"
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Stormont, Belfast
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Which institution was founded by artists in 1768 to provide training and regular exhibitions of work?
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Royal Academy of Art
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"Which is the only poisonous snake native to Britain?"
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Adder
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"Why did the Romans give defensive structures rounded corners?"
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For better defense as there would be no corners to hide behind
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"Which Sports are associated with a) Smith’s Lawn: b) Isle of Man TT?"
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"a) Polo b) Motorcycle racing"
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"What do the following craftsmen do? a) a cooper; b) a farrier?"
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"a) Barrels, casks and buckets
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"How many National parks are there in England and Wales?"
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13
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"How many National parks are there in the UK?"
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15
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"Which officer of the House of Commons is responsible for order?"
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The speaker of the House
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"Who was the father of the Black Prince?"
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Edward III
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"In tourism, for what do the initials RDA stand?"
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International Coach Tourism Federation
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Which kind of plant is sphagnum?
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Moss-es
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"What is celebrated on Oak Apple Day?"
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29th May. Restoration of the monarchy
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Which type of drama was first introduced by John Osborne’s play ‘Look Back in Anger’?
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Kitchen sink
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"How were Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots related?"
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Cousins
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What is the name of the series of concerts, started by Henry Wood, performed every Summer in theRoyal Albert Hall?
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The Proms
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"From which material are barristers’ wigs usually made?"
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Horse hair
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"What percentage of Britain’s workforce is employed in agriculture?"
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2%
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For what purpose are hops grown?
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For flavor and stability agent in beer
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"Where is the European Court of Human Rights?"
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Strasbourg, France
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"Which king a) failed to hold back the tide b) died on the lavatory?"
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"a) Kanute b) George II"
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"With which part of England do you associate Thomas Hardy?"
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Wessex (novelist and poet)
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Which British composer founded the annual Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk in 1948?
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Benjamin Britten
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How many mature oak trees were required to build one of Henry VIII’s Man-of-War ships?
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"600 40 acres of mature oak land"
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"What was the major decision at the Synod of Whitby in 664?"
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Calculating Ester and tonsures
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"What Christmas time theatrical entertainment is peculiar to this country?"
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Pantomime
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"Which agricultural system was used to replace open fields and common land?"
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Open field system
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"What do the initials CPS stand for in the legal system?"
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Crown Prosecution Service
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"The Thames was originally a tributary of which European river?"
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Rhine
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Where is the Lowry (Art Gallery)?
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Salford
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"For what type of painting was Nicholas Hilliard known?"
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Miniature portraits (Elizabethan)
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"a) What was the subject matter of the Mystery Plays? b) Which bodies performed them?"
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"a) Stories from the old and new Testament b) Guilds or mysteries"
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Tudor and Jacobean prodigy houses were so great in size that they inspired feelings of awe. Name TWO of them?
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"a) Sutton Place, Surry. Hardwich Hall, Derbyshire Longleat House, Wiltshire"
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"In summer some fields in England are full of a yellow crop. What is it?"
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Rapeseed Oil
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Why is the medieval technique of using lime mortar important in the preservation of ancient buildings?
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It allows the building to breath
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Where are the bases of the 2 Royal Ballet in England?
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London and Birmingham
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"Name the two scientists who discovered that DNA had a double helix structure?"
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"James Watson Francis Crick"
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"Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby were all battles which took place during which conflict?"
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English Civil War
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"The stone at the junction of vault-ribs is often highly decorated. What is this stone called?"
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Boss
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William Penn, George Fox, Elizabeth Fry and John Cadbury were all members of which religious sect?
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"Quakers Religious Society of Friends"
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"Which former slave ship captain wrote ‘Amazing Grace’?"
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John Newton
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What is the name given to a window which projects outwards from the wall on an upper floor?
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Oriel
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George Bernard Shaw left the royalties to his works to four institutions. Name ONE of them.
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"National Gallery of Ireland British Museum"
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"What is meant by ‘set aside’ in agriculture?"
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Not to work 10% of the land
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"For what form of art is Dame Barbara Hepworth best known?"
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Sculptor
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"Approximately what percentage of pupils is educated privately in the UK?"
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7%
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"Which King of the United Kingdom was the last Emperor of India?"
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George VI
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"Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area is a centre for which industry?"
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Pottery
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In the landscape, by what were drumlins and U-shaped valleys formed?
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Melting of glacier
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"What is usually meant by the term conveyancing?"
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Preparing documents for the conveyance (transfer) of property
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"With whom are the following places associated: a) Dove Cottage b) Haworth Parsonage?"
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"a) William Wordsworth b) Bronte Sister"
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"What is the role of the Earl Marshall, the Duke of Norfolk?"
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Organizing state occasions such as State Opening of Parliament
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Which event, starting in 1844, caused thousands of Irish to leave Ireland?
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"Great Famine Potato Famine"
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"From which country does the Gurkha regiment of the British Army come?"
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Nepal
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"Which movement was dominant in the decorative arts in the 1920s/30s?"
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Art Deco
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"Name the area of medieval forest still existing in Hampshire?"
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New Forest
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Which English artist, who lived for many years in California, was born in Bradford in 1937?
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David Hockney
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Where would we find a lych gate?
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Entrance to a churchyard
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What is an ‘Eisteddfod’?
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Festival for music and poetry in Wales
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Name the conflicts of 1715 and 1745?
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Jacobite Rising
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Name ONE breed of British Heavy Horse?
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"Suffolk Punch Shire Horses"
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"Which evergreen trees are traditionally found in churchyards?"
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Yew
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"What was the ‘Civic Centre’ of Roman towns and cities called?"
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The Forum
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Where is The National Railway Museum?
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York
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Where is The D-Day Museum?
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South Sea Hampshire
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"With which event are Wat Tyler, Jack Straw and John Ball associated?"
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Peasant Revolt
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Which year was the Peasant Revolt?
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1381
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What is a ‘pilaster’?
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A rectangular column projecting from a wall, ornamental rather than structural
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"With which movement do you associate William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones?"
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Arts and Crafts movement
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"For which invention is Sir Frank Whittle famous?"
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Turbojet engine
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"Which garden designer worked in partnership with Edwin Lutyens?"
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Gertrude Jekyll
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"Which group of British subjects was granted the vote in 1829?"
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Catholics (Catholic emancipation 1829)
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"The Central Criminal Court is more commonly known by what name?"
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Old Baily
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Who wrote the poet "IF"?
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Rudyard Kipling
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"Which motorway links Birmingham with Bristol?"
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M5
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"Name the last native Prince of Wales who reigned from 1246 – 1282?"
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Llywelyn the last
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In which British city would you find the Mackintosh House, where John Rennie Mackintosh once lived?
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Northampton
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"Which Victorian engineer designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge?"
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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"On Christmas Day 1889 the doors of 8-12 Brougham Terrace, Liverpool were opened as the first place of worship in the UK for which religion?"
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Islam |
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"Which of Johnson’s friends wrote “The Life of Samuel Johnson”?"
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James Boswell |
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"In which English city was the first crescent built?"
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Bath
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Which English composer was born in Lower Broadheath, outside Worcester in 1857?
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Sir Edward William Edgar
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Who wrote “The Canterbury Tales”?
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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"What is sometimes referred to as “The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street”?"
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Bank of England
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"Which post World War II Cathedral was designed by Sir Basil Spence, following a competition?"
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Coventry Cathedral
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"Which fictional school did JK Rowling’s character Harry Potter attend?"
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Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry
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"Who wrote ‘To the Lighthouse’, ‘Orlando’ and ‘Mrs Dalloway’?"
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Virgina Woolf
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"Which music festival takes place most years at the end of June at Pilton in Somerset?"
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Glastonbury Festival
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"When did the United Kingdom join the ‘Common Market’, now known as the European Union?"
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1973 (Sir Edward Heath)
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Where is King Edward II buried?
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Gloucester Cathedral
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"What is the mark on precious metals called?"
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Hallmark
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"Name the World Heritage site in Shropshire where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Derby using coke in the 1770s, which marked the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution."
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Coalbrookdale (Ironbridge) |
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Who designed the red telephone box?
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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott
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"What is the name of the BBC’s premier morning current affairs programme on Radio 4?"
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Today
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Name the highest mountain in Wales?
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Snowdon
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"Which is the only county in England to have a land border with just one other county?"
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Cornwall
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"Which city was known to the Romans as ‘Durovernum Cantiacorum’?"
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Canterbury
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"Who is the senior Crown official in the House of Lords?"
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‘Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
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Which Battle is considered to have been the last battle fought between Englishmen on English soil, in the year 1685?
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Battle of Sedgemoor
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Which Labour Health Minister is generally credited with overseeing the establishment of the National HealthService?
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Lord Dawson
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"Where would you find Housesteads, Chesters and several Roman Milecastles?"
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Hadrian Wall
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When and where was Charles I executed?
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"Outside Banqueting Hall 29th January 1649"
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What is the term used for the money provided by Parliament to the Queen to meet the official expenses of her role as Head of State?
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Sovereign Grant Bill
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"Who was Britain’s first Labour Prime Minister?"
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James Ramsay MacDonald
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"In cricket, what is the name given to the Test match series between England and Australia?"
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The Ashes
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"Which area of England has the least rainfall – the North West or South East?"
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South East
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"How many Parliamentary Constituencies are there currently in the UK?"
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650
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Name the 3 orders of capital?
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Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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"How many popes have been born in England?"
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"1 Nicholas Breakspear"
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What was the name of the railway locomotive entered by George Stephenson in the “Rainhill Trials” of 1829?
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Stephenson Rocket
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Which town is the final destination from London of the annual Veteran Car Run taking place this year on November 7th?
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Brighton
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Who is the present Poet Laureate?
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Carol Ann Duffy
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Which early twentieth century artist depicted industrial scenes populated by so-called ‘matchstick men’?
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Laurence Stephen Lawry
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"What is the official residence of HM The Queen in Scotland?"
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Palace of Holyrood
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"Which government department has overall responsibility for tourism?"
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"Department for Culture Media and Sport DCMS"
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"Which Venetian-born painter lived and worked in England from 1746 to 1755?"
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Giovanni Canaletto
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What is the name given to the embroidery probably commissioned by Bishop Odo in 1070, which is a narrative of the events leading up to and depicting the Norman invasion of 1066?
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Bayaux Tapestry
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In which Lake District village did William Wordsworth live at Dove Cottage, and is buried in the churchyard?
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Grasmere
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Who were ‘the Few’ referred to by Winston Churchill in his famous speech in the summer of 1940?
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RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain
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"Which English King led a victorious army against the French at the Battle of Agincourt?"
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Henry V
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"Where, geographically speaking, did King John seal the Magna Carta in 1215?"
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Runnymede
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"Who was the first President of the Royal Academy?"
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
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"Which King earned the nickname “Longshanks”?"
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Edward I
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"Which architect was responsible for both Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard?"
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John Vanbrugh
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"What is the world’s longest-running radio serial, produced by the BBC since 1950?"
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The Archers
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"Which Queen of England married Philip II of Spain in Winchester Cathedral?"
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Mary I
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"What colour are the benches in the House of Commons?"
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Green
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"From what age is schooling compulsory for children in the UK?"
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5
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What colour robe will a Judge of the Queen’s Bench wear while presiding over a criminal case?
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Red
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"Whose official London residence is number 11 Downing Street, London?"
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
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"In education, for what do the initials “GCSE” stand?"
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General Certificate for Secondary Education
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"From which type of wood were English longbows mainly made?"
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Yew
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With which art form are the following associated: Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie and Grayson Perry?
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Ceramics
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"Who discovered vaccination as a means of controlling smallpox in 1797?"
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Edward Jenner
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"What range of hills is known as ‘the backbone of England’?"
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The Pennines
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"In which month of the year would you expect to see Hawthorn and Crab Apple blossom?"
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April - May
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"From which London main line station would you take a train to Carlisle?"
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Euston
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What are hay and silage made from?
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Grass
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"Magistrates can also be known as ‘JPs’. For what do the initials “JP stand?"
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Justice of the Peace
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"Of which Royal House was Queen Victoria the last monarch?"
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Saxe Coburg and Gotha
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Which artistic movement was founded by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
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Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood
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What is caryatid?
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A stone carving of a draped female figure used as a column
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"What are “Scottish Blackface”, “Welsh Mountain”, “Suffolk” and “Charollais”?"
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Sheep |
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Which children’s author was able to buy Hill Top Farm in Cumbria after the successful publication of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’?
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Beatrix Potter
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“Early English”, “Decorated” and “Perpendicular” are types of what overall style of mediaeval architecture?
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Gothic
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Who designed the Millennium Bridge in London, Stansted Airport and was responsible for the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin?
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Lord Norman Foster
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"Give the name of Britain’s newest National Park (designated in March 2010)."
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South Downs
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"In what field of design did Sir Humphry Repton achieve fame?"
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Landscape designer
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Which architect designed the Queens House Greenwich, the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace, Saint Paul’s Church Covent Garden, and worked at Wilton House and Stoke Park?
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Inigo Jones
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In which city, close to Sherwood Forest, is where Boots the Chemist began trading and was once the heart of the world’s lace industry?
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Nottingham
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"Who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England?"
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The Queen
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"In which city is the largest Anglican Cathedral in Britain?"
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Liverpool
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What name was given to the German air attacks on British towns and cities of mainly historical, cultural and architectural interest in March 1942, as a response to the RAF bombing of Lubeck?
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Beadeker Blitz
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"What form of transport, now largely recreational, was traditionally decorated with designs known as “Roses & Castles”?"
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Narrow-boat |
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On which island would you find the town of Cowes, Osborne House and Carisbrooke Castle?
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Isle of Wight
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"Name ONE of the England’s post-war so-called “New Towns”."
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Milton Keynes
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"Name some of the counties included in Britain’s so-called “Jurassic Coast”."
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Dorset, Devon
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For what do the initials “PAYE” stand?
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Pay As You Earn
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In 1997, who created a tent covered with names as an art installation entitled ‘Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995’, and was later a Turner Prize nominee exhibiting an unmade bed?
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Tracy Emin
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What is the name of the modern village in Dorset inspired by the planning ideas of the Prince of Wales?
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Pundbury
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"In general terms, is granite classified as sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rock?"
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Igneous
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While Scotland has a ‘Parliament’, what term is used for the equivalent bodies in Wales and Northern Ireland?
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Assembly
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"Give the exact date of the Gunpowder Plot."
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5 November 1605
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Who was married to Francis II of France, then Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and finally to James Hepburn 4th Earl of Bothwell?
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Mary Queen of Scots
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"In terms of health provision, what do the initials “PCT” stand for?"
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Privet Care Trust
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"From the dried leaves of which plant is digitalis prepared?"
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Foxglove
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What document was commissioned by William I during his Christmas stay at Gloucester in 1085?
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Domesday Book
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"Give the name of England’s largest lake in the Lake District National Park."
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Windermere
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"Who wrote ‘Blithe Spirit’, ‘Private Lives’ and ‘Mad Dogs and Englishmen’?"
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Noel Coward
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"In what field did George Hepplewhite (1727 - 86) achieve fame?"
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Furniture maker
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The last time the United Kingdom hostedthe Olympic Games, they were known asthe ‘Austerity Olympics’. In what yearwas this?
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1948
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