All Flashcards
(138 cards)
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Robert Watson-Watt
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Scotsman
Developed radar to detect an enemy aircraft by radio waves.
1935
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Bernard Lovell
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Worked with radar, discoveries in astronomy
The biggest radio telescope for many years at Jodrell Bank
3
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Alan Turning
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British mathematician
Turning machine - a theoretical mathematical device in 1930
Influenced the development of computer science
Baby machine
4
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John Macleod
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Scottish physician
Co-discover of insulin
5
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Francis Crick
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Co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953
Nobel Prize
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Sir Frank whittle
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Jet engine in 1930
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Sir Christopher Cockrell
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The hovercraft in 1950
8
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Concord
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Supersonic passenger aircraft- world's only Britain and France First flew in 1969 Carried passengers in 1976 Retired in 2003
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Harrier jump jet
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Aircraft that takes off vertically
10
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ATM
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Automatic teller machine
Barclays Bank in Enfield in 1967
11
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Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe
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IVF
1978 - first-tube baby in Oldham, Lancashire
12
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Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell
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Dolly the sheep
13
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Sir Peter Mansfield
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Co-inventor of MRI
14
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Sir Tim Berner-Lee
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Www, 25.12.90
15
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Fenians
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Complete Irish independence
16
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Charles Stuart Parnell
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‘Home rule’ - Ireland in the UK but has its own parliament
17
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John Logie Baird
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Scotsman, TV in 1920.
First TV broadcast between London and Glasgow
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Isambard Kindom Brunel
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Built tunnels, bridges, railway lines and ships.
Great Western Railway, the first railway in Britain, from Paddington to the south west of England, the West Midlands and Wales.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge spans the Avon Gorge
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The Clifton Suspension Bridge
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By Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Spans the Avon Gorge
20
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Balance of payment
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Import of goods valued more than the price paid for export
1970s
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Sir Ludwig Guttman
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A German refugee
Worked at the Stoke Mandeville hospital
First Paralympic Games
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Sir Roger Banister
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The first man to run 1 mile under 4 mins in 1954
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Sir Jackie Stewart
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Scottish racing driver
Won Formula 1 x 3
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Bobby Moore
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Captain of English football team that won the World Cup in 1966
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Sir Ian Botham
Captain of English cricket team
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Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean
Gold in ice-skating in 1984 Olympics
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Sir Steve Redgrave
Gold in rowing x 5 Olympic Games
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
11 gold medals in races x 5 Paralympic Games
Won London Marathon x 6
30 world records
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Dame Kelly Holmes
2 golds in running in Olympics 2004
30
Dame Ellon MacArthur
Yachtswoman
| The first woman to sail around the world singlehanded in 2004
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David Weir
6 golds in 2 Paralympic Games
| London Marathon x 6
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Ellie Simonds
The youngest member of British team in 2008
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Sir Francis Chichester
The first person to sail single handed around the world, 1966/67
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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
The first person to sail around the world single-handed non-stop
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Cowes
Isle of Wight
| Sailing events
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Damon Hill, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button
British Grand Prix drivers who won Formula 1 World Championship
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The Proms
8 weeks
| BBC since 1927
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Henry Purcell
Organist at Westminster Abbey
Church music, operas
1659-95
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George Frederick Hendel
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1695-1759
German, a British citizen since 1727
The Water Music for George I
Music for the Royal Fireworks for George II
Messiah sang at Easter
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Sir Edward Elgar
1874-1934
The Pomp and Circumstance Marches
March 1 - Land of Hope and Glory - played at the last night of the Proms
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Gustav Holst
1874 - 1934
The Planets
Jupiter (part of the Planets) is a tune for 'I owe to thee my country'
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958
Music for orchestras and choirs
Influenced by traditional English music
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The National Eisteddfod
Welsh cultural festival, including competition for Welsh poetry
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The Mercury Music Prize
September, the best album in the UK and Ireland
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Sir William Walton
1902 - 83
Marches for the coronations of of George VI and Elizabeath II
Ballet Facade and Balthazar's Feast sung
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Benjamin Britten
1913 - 76
Operas Peter Grimes and Billy Budd
A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, based on a piece of music by Purcell
Founder of Aldeburgh Festival in Suffolk
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Mousetrap
Dame Agatha Christie
| Since 1952
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Gilbert and Sullivan
Wrote comic operas
| HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
With Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita
| The Phantom of the Opera
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The Laurence Olivier Awards
After Lord Olivier
| Best director, best actor and actress
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Hans Holbein
A painter
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Sir Anthony Van Dyck
A painter
53
Thomas Gainsborough
18th century
| Painted people in country or garden scenery
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David Allan
1744 - 96
| A Scottish artist, portraits, The Origin of Painting
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Joseph Turner
1775 - 1851
| Landscape painting
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John Constable
1776 - 1837
A landscape painter
Dedham Vale on the Suffolk- Essex border
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Holman Hunt
Pre-Raphaelites
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Dante Gabriel Rosetti
Pre-Raphaelites
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Sir John Millais
Pre-Raphaelite
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The Pre-Raphaelites
Second half of the 19 th century
| Detailed pictures on religious or literally themes in bright colours
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Sir John Lavery
1856-1941
N Irish
Portraits
Royal family
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Henry Moore
1898-1986
Sculptor and artist
Large bronze and abstract sculptures
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John Petts
1914-91
Welsh
Engravings and stained glass
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Lucian Freud
German-born
| Portraits
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David Hockney
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1937-
Pop art (60s) contributor
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Tate Modern
Former Bankside Power Station
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The Tuner Prize
1984
4 works shortlisted
Tate Britain
Demien Hirst & Richard Wright
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Richard Wright
An artist who rejects canvas
| Winner of the Tuner Prize
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The White Tower
In the Tower of London
A Norman keep
William the Conqueror
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Inigo Jones
The Queens House at Greenwich
The Banqueting House in Whitehall
17 th century
Classical buildings
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Robert Adam
Scottish
Dumfries House in Scotland
The Royal Crescent in Bath
Neo-classism
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Gothic style
19th century
The Houses of Parliament
St Pancras Station
Town halls in Manchester and Sheffield
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Sir Edwin Lutyens
20th century
The Cenotaph in Whitehall
New Dehli
Liverpool Cathedral
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Norman Foster
Modern architect
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Sir Richard Rogers
Modern architect
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Dame Zara Hadid
Modern architect
77
Lancelot 'Capability ' Brown
18th century
Garden designer
Worked with Edwin Lutyens
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Thomas Chippendale
18th century furniture designer
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Claris Cliff
Art Deco ceramics
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Sir Terence Conran
20th century interior designer
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Mary Quant
Fashion designer
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Vivienne Westwood
Fashion designer
83
Sir William Golding
Novelist
| The Nobel Prise
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Seamus Heaney
Peot
| The Nobel Prize
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Harold Pinter
Playwritter
| The Nobel Prize winner
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Ian Fleming
James Bond
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Ian McEwan
The Man Booker Prize
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Hilary Mantel
The Man Booker Prize
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Julian Barnes
The Man Booker Prize
90
The Man Booker Prize
The best novel for an author from the Commonwealth, Ireland or Zimbabwe
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Mr Micawber
Always hopeful
| Charles Dickens
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
| Kidnapped
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Far From the Madding Crowd
| Jude the Obsane
Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy
Novels focus on rural society
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Evelyn Waugh
Satirical novels
Decline and Fall
Scoop
Brideshead revisited
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Decline and Fall
Scoop
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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Sir Kingsley Amis
Lucky Jim
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Graham Green
The Heart of the Matter
The Honorary Consul
Briton Rock
Our Man in Havana
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The Heart of the Matter
The Honorary Consul
Briton Rock
Our Man in Havana
Graham Greene
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Beowulf
Anglo-Saxon poem about battle against monsters
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Chaucer
Canterbury Tales
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Middle Age
103
John Milton
Poet
| Paradise lost - about religious views
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Wilfred Owen
Anthem for doomed youth -WWI
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Siegfried Sassoon
Poems about WWI
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Sir Walter de la Mare
Modern poet
107
John Masefield
Modern poet
108
Sir John Betjeman
Modern poet
109
Ted Hugh's
Modern poet
110
Poet's corner
In Westminster Abbey
111
Crashes Castle & Inveraray Castle
Gardens in Scotland
112
Mount Stewart
Garden in N Ireland
113
Films first shown in the UK
1896
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Sir Alexander Korda
Film director
115
In Which We Serve
Movie about WWII
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Sir David Lean
The Lawrence of Arabia
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Ridley Scott
Alien
118
Passport to Pimlico
The Ladykiller
Carry On
Comedies 1950s & 60s
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Nick Park
Wallace and Gromit - 3 Oscars
| 1 Oscar - Creature Comfort
120
David Niven
Actor, The Pink Panther
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Sir Rex Harrison
Actor ( my fair lady)
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Richard Burton
Actor (a hubby of Elizabeth Taylor)
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Antony Hopkins
Modern actor (Gandy, The Silence of the Lambs)
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The 39 Steps
1935 by Alfred Hitchcock
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Brief Encounter
1945 by David Lean
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Brief Ecounter
1945 by David Lean
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The Third Man
1949 by Carol Reed
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The Bells of St Trinians
1954 by Frank Lander
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Woman in Love
1969 by Ken Russell
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Don't Look Now
1973 by Nicholas roeg
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Private Eye
Satirical magazine
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That Was the Week That Was
Satire, 1960
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Spitting Image
Satire, 1980s and 1990 s
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Franchise
A number of people who could vote
135
Chartist
Campaigned for reform in 1830s & 40s
6 change so: vote for every man, elections every year, all religions equal, secret ballot, any man as an MP, MPs paid
By 1918 most of reforms adopted and vote for women over 30
1928 - women 21
1969 - men and women 18
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Hansard
Official reports of proceedings in Parliament
| Found in libraries and websites
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Directives
European laws
| Also called regulations or framework decisions
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EEC
EU
The Council of Europe
UN
6 countries - the Treaty of Rome 25.03.1957. The UK a member in 1973
28 countries - bound by EU law
47 member states - no power to make laws; draws up conventions and charters, e.g. The European Convention on Human Rights
190 countries, 15 members on Security Council, the UK is one of 5 permanent members of the Security Council
