Back to all chaptersChapter 4
A Modern, Thriving Society
Religion, festivals, sport, the arts, science and culture in modern British life.
Topic 1
2 questionsMusic and the Proms
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3 questionsThe Proms and the Last Night
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2 questionsHenry Purcell
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3 questionsHandel: Water Music and Messiah
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2 questionsBritish composers
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2 questionsElgar, Vaughan Williams and Walton
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2 questionsBenjamin Britten and the Aldeburgh festival
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2 questionsThe BRIT Awards and the Mercury Prize
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2 questionsFamous music festivals and venues
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2 questionsTheatre and the West End
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2 questionsGilbert and Sullivan and musical theatre
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2 questionsPantomime and the Edinburgh Festival
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2 questionsThe Laurence Olivier Awards
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2 questionsArts and culture
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2 questionsBritish painters
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2 questionsPre-Raphaelites and more British artists
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2 questionsThe Turner Prize and UK galleries
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1 questionsArchitecture: Sir Christopher Wren
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2 questionsArchitecture: Inigo Jones and Robert Adam
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2 questionsThe Gothic revival and the Houses of Parliament
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2 questionsSir Edwin Lutyens and the Cenotaph
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2 questionsCapability Brown and garden design
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2 questionsBritish fashion designers
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4 questionsWilliam Shakespeare
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2 questionsChaucer and early British poetry
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2 questionsFamous British poets
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3 questionsFamous British poets and their poems
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2 questionsFamous British authors
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2 questionsDickens, Hardy and Stevenson
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2 questionsThe Brontes and Agatha Christie
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2 questionsFamous British novelists
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2 questionsThe Booker Prize and Nobel winners
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3 questionsNotable British scientists and inventors
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2 questionsBritish scientists: Newton and Darwin
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4 questionsFestivals and customs
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2 questionsCustoms and traditions through the year
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2 questionsChristmas and Boxing Day
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3 questionsEaster, Lent and Shrove Tuesday
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2 questionsNew Year and Hogmanay
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2 questionsBurns Night
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3 questionsValentine's Day, April Fool's Day and Mothering Sunday
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2 questionsHallowe'en and Guy Fawkes
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4 questionsBonfire Night and Remembrance Day
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1 questionsBank holidays and public holidays
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1 questionsDiwali and the festival of lights
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2 questionsEid and Vaisakhi
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2 questionsHanukkah and Eid ul-Adha
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4 questionsPatron saints' days
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3 questionsNational flowers and saints' days
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4 questionsSport in the UK
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2 questionsSporting events and heroes
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3 questionsOlympic Games in the UK
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2 questionsThe Paralympic Games
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2 questionsBritish sporting greats
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3 questionsOlympic and Paralympic medal winners
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3 questionsMore British sporting heroes
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2 questionsTanni Grey-Thompson, Kelly Holmes and Andy Murray
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2 questionsCricket, golf and rugby
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2 questionsRugby union and rugby league
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2 questionsFootball leagues and the 1966 World Cup
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2 questionsHorse racing and famous events
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2 questionsMotor sport and rowing
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2 questionsTennis, golf and the Ashes
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1 questionsTraditional foods of the UK
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1 questionsPubs and leisure
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2 questionsPubs and drinking age rules
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2 questionsBetting and the National Lottery
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1 questionsFamous gardens and the countryside
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1 questionsSocial networking
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1 questionsFilm and cinema
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2 questionsCharlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock
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2 questionsBritish films and the BAFTAs
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2 questionsBritish comedy
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1 questionsTelevision, radio and the media
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1 questionsThe TV licence
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4 questionsUK landmarks
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2 questionsThe Tower of London
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2 questionsThe London Eye and Big Ben
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2 questionsThe Eden Project and Snowdonia
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1 questionsFamous UK landscapes
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1 questionsNational parks and the National Trust
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2 questionsNational parks and the National Trust founding
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4 questionsReligion in the UK
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1 questionsReligion and beliefs in the UK
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3 questionsThe established churches
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1 questionsRoman Catholic and other churches
Topic 87
1 questionsThe geography of the UK
Topic 88
3 questionsCapital cities of the UK
Topic 89
2 questionsCities of the UK
Topic 90
2 questionsThe population of the UK
Topic 91
2 questionsLanguages of the UK
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1 questionsMoney and notes across the UK
Topic 93
1 questionsAn equal society
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