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Name the three periods of Gothic architecture

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Early Gothic 1140 1200
high Gothic 1200 1300
late Gothic. 1300 1500

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Name one of the castles built by Edward first join his north Wales campaign

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Conway Castle

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What was the contribution of Carl Linus to botany?

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Developing the bionomial system of nomenclater
I standard system for naming and developing plants

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In a normal Castle, what is a motte

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It is a raised mound of earth of the artificial on which to keep an other defensive structures were built

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Name one architect apart from Christopher wren known for the English baroque style

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Nicola Hawksmore
John Vanbrugh

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What is a charnel house?

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A building oval of the nearer church where human skeleton remains are stored particularly loads of unearth while digging new graves

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In which century was the fashionable to add exotic plants from around the world to gardens?

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19th century

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Name one landscape gardener apart from capability Brown who was working during the 18th century

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Humphrey Reptom

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Name one property that is a member of the historic houses Association

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Blenheim Palace

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What is the open house festival also known as the house open house weekend?

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An annual London spired celebration of architecture special sites neighbourhoods

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In a church, where would you usually find a lady Chappell?

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Often behind the high alter

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Name 2/19 century British portrait painters

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John Everett Millais
Dante Gabriel rossetti

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the winner of four design of the year wars who committed suicide in 2010

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Alexander McQueen

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Why could 19th century artist start to paint outside in plain air?

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Due to the invention of portable paint tubes and field easels and of course egg tempura

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What is the National Gallery celebrating by sending 12 pint of its paintings around the country

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National treasures

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What does chairroscuro mean?

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The use of strong contrast between light and dark usually bold contrast

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Name the sculpture of the angel of the North

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Anthony Gormley

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Name the house where Henry Fox Talbot took his first photograph

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Laycock Abbey

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Name one of the members of the pre-Raphael brotherhood

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Danti Gabriel Rossetti

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What name was given to a trip to Europe by young Aristocats to learn about the arts 1660 to 1840 from 1660 to 1840 Aristocats Aristocats

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The grand tour

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Name the sugar merchant who gave away most of his money for education, hospitals and arts and galleries

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Sir Henry Tate

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Name the first president of Royal Academy of arts

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

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Name the British winner of the noble peace prize for science

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Dorothy Hodgkin

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What what does Astrazeneca manufacture?

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Pharmaceutical and biotechnology products

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Name the worlds largest aircraft manufacturers whose wings are made in Britain
Airbus
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What do we associate Balfour Beaty and the kier group
The new training facility at raf lyneham
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Give two reasons why the industrial revolution started in Britain
A thriving agricultural sector that freed up labour and natural resources like coal and iron
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Name one company founded by the Quakers
Cadbury
29
Tim Berners-Lee is known for what invention
The worldwide web
30
In which town city did Warren and Morris start Car manufacturing in 1910?
Longwall Oxford
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Name one town traditionally associated with coal mining in the United Kingdom
Sunderland Tyne and Wear
32
How is Joe Josiah Wedgwood related to Charles Darwin?
Through marriage, Wedgewood was his grandfather
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Name two museums dedicated science and industry
The science Museum, and the Museum of science and industry Manchester
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Name the company founded by Anita roddick
The Body Shop
35
Name one of the early railway builders of the early 19th century
George Stevenson
36
Name the council that advised Saxon Kings
Witan
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Name the current home secretary
David Lammy
38
What is another name for a jpjustice of the peace?
A magistrate
39
Name the newest country to join NATO
Sweden
40
Name the Prime Minister of the first labour government in 1924
James Ramsay McDonald
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What is the role of the boundary commission for England?
To establish the boundaries for constituencies in England
42
Give one example how the legal system is Scotland differs from that in England and Wales
15 jurors instead of 12
43
Why are policemen called Bobbies
Because of the nickname survived from Robert peel
44
Name the first minister of Northern Ireland
Michelle O’Neill
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Name one place where you can see in the original magna Carter
Salisbury Cathedral
46
cities that have an elected mayor
London and greater Manchester
47
Name two of the top five supermarkets
Tesco and Sainsbury’s
48
What drink is traditionally served with stilton cheese?
wine or port barley
49
What food has PGI status?
Protected geographical indication Pork pie
50
What food has PGO status?
Protected designation origin Cheese
51
Mediaeval schools trained boys for specific professions give one example
Servants
52
What are the national test called when which is taken at children at school at six?
Stats
53
What was the first university of all degrees to women in 1878?
University of London
54
What did Robert Raikes promote?
Sunday schools
55
How many compulsory GCSEs are there?
English mathematics science
56
Why are there so many schools named after King Edward the sixth?
Because he established and supported the funding for several grammar schools
57
What title does the government Senior finance minister have
Chancellor of the extractor
58
Name one major change made in budget of 24
Standard tax rate up to 24%
59
What is the name of the agency that holds Driver vehicle records?
Driver and vehicle licensing agency Dvla
60
Why do barbers have traditionally have the red white and blue post?
Red representing blood white representing bandages and blue potentially symbolising veins
61
Give one example of support given by social care
Personal care Home help
62
What is the approximate percentage split of the Brexit referendum result of 2016?
52% leave 48% stay
63
Which company traded with South and Southeast Asia in the 17th and 18 centuries?
The East India company
64
Which English king was grandfather the Bonnie Prince Charlie?
James 11
65
In which year was homosexual homosexuality decriminalised and made legal in England and Wales?
1967
66
Give approximate dates for the iron age in Britain
1200Bbc to 43AD
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Who is regarded as Britain’s first prime minister
Robert Warpole
68
In which year was the doomsday book completed?
1086
69
Millicent faucet was a member of which political movement?
National union of women’s suffrage soc Suffrage movement
70
Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell was Lord protector in 1658?
His son, Richard Cromwell
71
Which English king created the first permanent Navy?
Henry the eighth
72
Name the Queen of France who married King Henry the second of England
Eleanor of Aquitaine
73
In which year was the Free Irish state created?
December 6, 1921
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From which part of Europe did the Angels originate?
They were geramic German
75
Nine the sea captain who finished the game of bowls before leaving to fight the Spanish Armana
So Francis Drake
76
What do we call a bubonic plaque which reach England in 1348?
The black death
77
The boar wars took place in which modern day country
South Africa
78
Name the king who promised the English throne to both William of Normandy and Howold Goodwinson
Edward the Confessor
79
What event led to Britain declaring war on Germany on the 3rd of September 1939?
Germany invading Poland
80
Who formed Parliament in 1265?
Simon de Montfort
81
What title did Pope Leo the fifth give King Henry the eighth and the 1521?
He gave him the title of defender of the faith
82
Give one objective of the various factory act between 1802 and 1847
To regulate improve working hours for children
83
What is social housing?
Lower cost rented homes provided by typically cancelled or housing associations
84
Name one canal engineer of the 18th 19th centuries
James Brindley
85
Name one nuclear power plant in the UK
Sizewell
86
What date has the government set for all new cars to be electrically powered?
2035
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In which decade was the first motorway built?
The 1950s specifically 1958
88
Name one port with a ferry service to the Netherlands
Harwich
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Name two towns established by New towns. act 1946
Stevenage and Crawley
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Which Saints shrine were Charles’s pilgrimage travelling into Canterbury to visit?
Saint Thomas Beckett
91
Name two books by Jane Austin
Sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice
92
In which year was the first folio plays by William Shakespeare published?
1623
93
Name two of the lake poets
William Wordsworth Samuel Coleridge
94
Which language did the following words come from? Avatar bungalow juggernaut jungle shampoo
Hindu
95
Name the author who was made a dame in the recent New Year’s on a list
Jacqueline Wilson
96
Name one book said to be the first novel written in English
Pamala or virtue rewarded …..Samual Richardson Robinson Crusoe. Danial defoe
97
Name one British poet and musician of West Indian Heritage who died in 2023
Benjamin Zephaniah
98
What was the name of the last Harry Potter book?
Harry Potter and the Deathly harrows
99
In which month this year will hay festival and of literature and art take place
May
100
Who is the current poet laureate
Simon Armitage
101
What sort of books did Beatrix Potter write?
Children’s book featuring animals
102
Name the Sexton King who comes to the thrown in 924 and is regarded as the first king of England
King Athelstan
103
Where does Archie Harrison Sussex come in line of succession?
6
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How much mornday money per person will be distributed this year?
The value in pence of the monarch age
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What university did the prince and Princess of Wales both attend?
Saint Andrews University

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