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A Modern, Thriving Society
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- Which tennis tournament is played at Wimbledon each summer?
- What is the National Insurance number used for?
- Which Orkney site is a Stone Age village?
- Which sculptor is known for large abstract works such as reclining figures?
- What is the day after Christmas Day called in the UK?
- Which cultural attraction in Wiltshire is a prehistoric stone circle?
- Which prize is awarded annually in the UK for a work of fiction?
- Vaisakhi is an important festival for which religion?
- Which body collects income tax in the UK?
- Which writer created the detective Hercule Poirot?
- Which composer, born in Germany, lived in London and wrote 'Water Music' and 'Messiah'?
- What is the difference in miles per hour between the motorway speed limit and the built-up area limit for cars?
- Which architect designed the Houses of Parliament after the fire of 1834?
- On which date is St Valentine's Day celebrated?
- Christmas Day is 25 December. Which date is Boxing Day?
- What is the Notting Hill Carnival?
- Who first ran a mile in under four minutes in 1954?
- What is the legal age for buying cigarettes and tobacco in the UK?
- What do people traditionally eat on Good Friday?
- London first hosted the Olympic Games in 1908. How many years later did it host them for the second time, in 1948?
- What is the date of Hallowe'en?
- Which horse race is run at Aintree each year?
- In which year did England win the football World Cup?
- Which Welsh national park contains Snowdon?
- A new car is first registered in March 2022. In which year is its first MOT test due?
- In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which exam do pupils generally take at 16?
- In which year did London host the Summer Olympic Games for the third time?
- What must you have to watch or record live television broadcasts in the UK?
- Which Jewish festival is the Day of Atonement?
- Which doctor founded the Paralympic movement at Stoke Mandeville Hospital?
- Which composer wrote the 'Enigma Variations'?
- What is the symbol worn to remember those who died in war around 11 November?
- In which theatre in London were many of Shakespeare's plays performed?
- What do you need to register with in order to receive NHS care from a local doctor?
- Which major arts festival takes place in Edinburgh every August?
- What number should you call for the emergency services in the UK?
- On which day do people in the UK traditionally give flowers or cards to mothers?
- Which number should you call for non-emergency NHS advice?
- How many years passed between London hosting the Games in 1948 and in 2012?
- What do people traditionally eat on Shrove Tuesday?
- Which prize is awarded to an artist each year in the UK?
- Who painted 'The Fighting Temeraire'?
- Which festival celebrates the victory of light over darkness and is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains?
- From what age can a young person work full time in the UK, once they have left school?
- Healthcare provided by the NHS is largely paid for through what?
- What is traditionally done on April Fool's Day, 1 April?
- Which artist's paintings depict industrial scenes in northern England with 'matchstick' figures?
- Which of these is NOT a festival of a religion celebrated in the UK?
- What is the usual speed limit for cars in a built-up area?
- Who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England?
- Which sport is played at Twickenham?
- Which writer created the detective Sherlock Holmes?
- What do people in the UK remember on 5 November?
- What does NHS stand for?
- On which side of the road do vehicles drive in the UK?
- Which qualification do students in Scotland typically take instead of GCSEs at 16?
- What is the legal age for buying alcohol in the UK?
- Which area in north-west England is famous for lakes and mountains?
- Who wrote 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations'?
- The legal age for buying alcohol is how many years higher than the youngest age at which you can drive a car?
- What is the minimum age at which you can drive a car in the UK?
- Which music festival is held in Somerset each summer?
- Which artist painted 'The Hay Wain'?
- Which band's members were from Liverpool and became famous in the 1960s?
- At what age can young people in the UK leave full-time compulsory schooling, according to the handbook?
- What is the Proms?
- Which trophy is contested between England and Australia in cricket?
- What is a bank holiday?
- Which charity looks after historic houses and countryside in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?
- Where is the home of golf, with the Old Course?
- Which poet wrote 'I wandered lonely as a cloud', about daffodils?
- Which two universities race against each other on the Thames each year?
- Which festival marks the end of Ramadan?
- Which British film director made 'Psycho' and 'The Birds'?
- On which date is Christmas Day celebrated in the UK?
- From what age is a car first subject to an MOT test, in order to certify it is roadworthy?
- Which annual rugby tournament includes England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France and Italy?
- What is the maximum speed limit for cars on a motorway, unless signs say otherwise?
- Which sport is played at Lord's and The Oval?
- What is the established church in Scotland, which is Presbyterian?
- Which Jewish festival, held in winter, lasts eight days and is known as the festival of lights?
- Which novel by Jane Austen begins with a famous sentence about a single man in possession of a good fortune?
- Which of these is an annual cultural event held in London rather than in Edinburgh or Cardiff?
- When is Remembrance Sunday held?
- Which sisters wrote 'Jane Eyre' and 'Wuthering Heights'?
- Who wrote the plays 'Hamlet' and 'Macbeth'?