A Modern, Thriving Society

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1. What is the Turner Prize?
2. The Booker Prize is awarded for:
3. The BAFTA awards recognise achievements in which field?
4. The Laurence Olivier Awards recognise achievements in:
5. Which famous British author created Sherlock Holmes?
6. Which author wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?
7. J.K. Rowling is famous for writing:
8. Charles Dickens is famous for writing novels that highlighted:
9. Robert Burns is celebrated in Scotland as:
10. What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
11. The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of artists in the:
12. Which British architect designed St Paul's Cathedral in London?
13. Which famous music venue is located in Cardiff?
14. Which of these is a famous British fashion designer?
15. Bonfire Night is celebrated on:
16. What is traditionally eaten on Burns Night in Scotland?
17. When is St George's Day celebrated?
18. Hogmanay is a traditional celebration in:
19. What is the National Eisteddfod of Wales?
20. Which of the following is a Christmas tradition in the UK?
21. Remembrance Day is observed on:
22. What is the purpose of wearing a red poppy in November in the UK?
23. Where is the home of English football?
24. The "Ashes" is a cricket competition between England and which other country?
25. Wimbledon is a famous annual tennis tournament held in:
26. The Grand National is a famous:
27. Where is the National Horseracing Museum located?
28. Golf is particularly associated with which UK country?
29. How many players are in a rugby league team?
30. Sir Roger Bannister became famous for:
31. Sir Steve Redgrave won how many consecutive Olympic gold medals in rowing?
32. Jessica Ennis won Olympic gold in which event at the 2012 London Olympics?
33. Andy Murray won which Grand Slam tennis tournament in 2012, becoming the first British man to do so in 76 years?
34. Where is the home of golf in Britain?
35. The Super League is the most well-known competition in:
36. Which of the following is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in England?
37. The Eden Project is located in:
38. Snowdonia is a national park and mountain range in:
39. Ben Nevis is:
40. The Giant's Causeway is located in:
41. Loch Lomond is:
42. According to the 2011 Census, what percentage of people in the UK identified as Christian?
43. Diwali is a festival celebrated by which religion?
44. Eid ul Fitr is a celebration marking:
45. Vaisakhi is a festival celebrated by:
46. Which is the Church of England's most senior bishop?
47. Hanukkah is a festival celebrated by:
48. What is the approximate population of the UK today?
49. What percentage of the UK population lives in England?
50. What is the currency of the UK?
51. Which of these is the UK's longest-running television soap opera?
52. The UK's National Lottery draws are held how often?
53. What is the BBC?
54. Welsh cakes are a traditional food from:
55. The National Trust is an organisation that:
56. Europe's longest dry ski slope is located near which city?
57. What is a "pub" in British culture?
58. Spending time with friends or family, going to the cinema and reading are examples of:
59. Gardening and DIY (do-it-yourself home improvement) are:
60. Which of the following is a famous horse racing event held at Epsom?
61. Which famous painter is associated with the Lake District?
62. John Constable is famous for his paintings of:
63. David Hockney is a famous British:
64. The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (the Proms) are held at:
65. Which famous playwright wrote "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
66. Where is Shakespeare's "Globe Theatre" located?
67. Which author created the character "James Bond"?
68. What is the "Edinburgh Festival"?
69. What is the "West End" in London famous for?
70. Which famous British architect designed the Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) in London?
71. What is "Cockney" rhyming slang?
72. Which of the following is a traditional Christmas custom in the UK?
73. What is "Boxing Day"?
74. What is "Shrove Tuesday" (Pancake Day)?
75. What is the Chelsea Flower Show?
76. What sport is played at Lord's Cricket Ground in London?
77. Royal Ascot is a prestigious annual event in which sport?
78. The FA Cup is a knockout competition in which sport?
79. England's national football team plays its home games at:
80. Which British tennis player won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016?
81. Where is cricket most popular in the UK?
82. What is the population of London approximately?
83. The British Museum is located in which city?
84. The National Museum of Scotland is located in:
85. The Tate Modern art gallery is located in:
86. Diwali celebrations typically involve:
87. According to the 2011 Census, approximately what percentage of people in the UK identified as Muslim?
88. Which of the following describes the Church of Scotland?
89. What is Eid ul Adha?
90. What type of climate does the UK generally have?
91. Which famous novelist wrote "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner"?
92. Which famous Brontë sister wrote "Jane Eyre"?
93. Thomas Hardy's novels are typically set in which region of England?
94. Evelyn Waugh is a celebrated British author known for:
95. Which famous composer wrote the "Planets" suite?
96. Edward Elgar is famous for composing:
97. The poem "Jerusalem" is often sung at sporting events and was written by:
98. Which Shakespeare theatre company is based in Stratford-upon-Avon?
99. Agatha Christie is famous for:
100. Which TV programme has the longest run in British television history?
101. The National Gallery is located in which London square?
102. Which famous museum in London houses the Rosetta Stone?
103. The population of the UK is approximately 67 million. Roughly what proportion lives in England?
104. Which of these is a traditional British food?
105. Afternoon tea is a British tradition that typically includes:
106. What is the "Notting Hill Carnival"?
107. The RSPCA stands for:
108. In which year were the Olympic Games held in London most recently?
109. Sir Mo Farah is famous for:
110. Which annual event is held on the Thames in London and involves Oxford and Cambridge?
111. The Henley Royal Regatta is a famous annual event in which sport?
112. Which pub game is traditionally very popular in the UK?
113. What is "English Heritage"?
114. Buckfast Abbey is a working Benedictine monastery located in:
115. What is the Caledonian Canal?
116. The Jorvik Viking Centre is located in which British city?
117. Wales is known for which traditional form of community singing?
118. What is the national dish widely considered to be one of Britain's most popular today?
119. The Royal Mint is responsible for:
120. Guy Fawkes Night is named after:
121. The Edinburgh International Festival runs alongside which other major event?
122. St David's Day (1 March) is traditionally marked by wearing which items?
123. Which of the following is a famous English cheese?
124. What is the Scottish national dress for men?
125. Which race is known as "the greatest show on turf"?
126. Sir Jackie Stewart, who won the Formula 1 world championship three times, competed in which sport?
127. Bobby Moore captained the English team that won the World Cup in 1966 in which sport?
128. Sir Ian Botham captained the English national team in which sport?
129. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won Olympic gold medals in 1984 in which sport?
130. Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, who won 16 Paralympic medals, is famous in which sport?
131. Dame Kelly Holmes won two gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in which discipline?
132. Dame Ellen MacArthur, who in 2004 became the fastest to sail solo around the world, is famous as a what?
133. Sir Chris Hoy, winner of six Olympic gold medals, competed in which sport?
134. In 2012, Sir Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win which cycling race?
135. Ellie Simmonds won Paralympic gold medals in which sport?
136. David Weir, a six-time Paralympic gold medallist and London Marathon winner, competes in what?
137. The Paralympic Games have their origin in the work of Dr Ludwig Guttman at which English hospital?
138. How many times has the UK hosted the Olympic Games?
139. What is the most popular sport in the UK?
140. Which major stadium for sporting events is located in Cardiff?
141. In which country did the sport of rugby originate?
142. The Six Nations rugby championship includes England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy and which other country?
143. Wimbledon is the only "Grand Slam" tennis tournament played on which surface?
144. Who was the first person to sail single-handed around the world?
145. The UK's most famous sailing regatta is held at Cowes on which island?
146. Which of these is a recent British Formula 1 world champion?
147. The first tennis club was founded in 1872 in which English town?
148. The Scottish Grand National horse race is held at which racecourse?
149. Which German-born composer became a British citizen and wrote the oratorio Messiah?
150. Which composer is best known for the operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd?
151. The composer Henry Purcell was the organist at which church?
152. Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, played at the Last Night of the Proms, is popularly known as what?
153. Since which year has the BBC organised the Proms music season?
154. Which composer wrote orchestral and choral music strongly influenced by traditional English folk music?
155. Handel wrote the Water Music for which king?
156. What is the name of the most famous concert in the Proms season?
157. Which murder-mystery play has been running in London's West End since 1952 — the longest initial run of any show in history?
158. Gilbert and Sullivan, writers of HMS Pinafore and The Mikado, are famous for what kind of work?
159. Which composer wrote the music for the musicals Cats and The Phantom of the Opera?
160. In a traditional British pantomime, the character known as the "Dame" is usually played by whom?
161. Which music award is given each September for the best album from the UK and Ireland?
162. The Brit Awards give annual awards in which field?
163. Which German-born British artist (1922–2011) was best known for his portraits?
164. Which English artist is best known for large bronze abstract sculptures?
165. The Turner Prize for contemporary art is named after which influential landscape painter?
166. The 18th-century artist Thomas Gainsborough was famous for painting what?
167. Which 18th-century designer, nicknamed "Capability", created natural-looking landscaped grounds around country houses?
168. The White Tower in the Tower of London is an example of what kind of structure?
169. Which 17th-century architect designed the Queen's House at Greenwich and the Banqueting House in Whitehall?
170. Dame Zaha Hadid (1950–2016) was a celebrated British what?
171. Which of these British writers won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
172. In 2003, which J.R.R. Tolkien novel was voted the country's best-loved novel?
173. Which Anglo-Saxon poem tells of its hero's battles against monsters?
174. Which adventure novel was written by Robert Louis Stevenson?
175. The Cenotaph in Whitehall, site of the annual Remembrance Day service, was designed by whom?
176. Which British actor became famous in silent films for his "tramp" character?
177. In which year were films first shown publicly in the UK?
178. Which famous British film director, known for suspense, later moved to Hollywood?
179. Who created the Oscar-winning animated characters Wallace and Gromit?
180. Which British film studio has a claim to being the oldest continuously working film studio in the world?
181. Which classic film, about British athletes, was directed by Hugh Hudson in 1981?
182. Which epic film about the First World War era was directed by Sir David Lean?
183. Which recent British actor has won an Academy Award (Oscar)?
184. Which 1969 TV show introduced a new type of progressive British comedy?
185. Which satirical puppet show was popular on British TV in the 1980s and 1990s?
186. Which famous satirical magazine was first published in the 1840s?
187. The BBC is funded mainly by the television licence and is the largest broadcaster where?
188. What is the maximum fine for watching TV in the UK without a TV licence?
189. As well as English, there is a dedicated television channel broadcasting in which language in Wales?
190. In which part of Westminster Abbey are many famous poets buried or commemorated?
191. Which Romantic poet wrote "I wandered lonely as a cloud" (also known as The Daffodils)?
192. Which Romantic poet wrote "She Walks in Beauty"?
193. Which novelist wrote Lucky Jim and more than 20 other novels?
194. Which author wrote novels influenced by his religious beliefs, including Brighton Rock and The Honorary Consul?
195. Thomas Chippendale was famous in the 18th century for designing what?
196. Which designer is known for Art Deco ceramics?
197. Which Scottish architect influenced the development of architecture in the UK, Europe and America, including work in Bath?
198. Durham, Lincoln, Canterbury and Salisbury are famous examples of what?
199. What is an "allotment" in the UK?
200. Which of these is a famous garden to visit in England?
201. Haggis is a traditional food from which part of the UK?
202. The "Ulster fry" is a traditional fried meal from which part of the UK?
203. Roast beef served with Yorkshire pudding is a traditional food associated with which country of the UK?
204. What is the minimum age to take part in the UK National Lottery?
205. Glastonbury and the Isle of Wight Festival are examples of famous British what?
206. Which garden designer often worked with the architect Edwin Lutyens to design colourful gardens?
207. British music hall, common until television took over, was a form of what?
208. Which magazine continues the British tradition of satire today?
209. Sir Terence Conran was a famous British what?