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Candidate No……………… Paper 1 Background Knowledge – 16 April 2013 Candidate No……………… TOURIST GUIDE REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS Tuesday, 16th April 2013 at 1400 hours PAPER ONE Time allowed: 2 hours This paper is in TWO sections: SECTION A Comprises 150 questions, all of which should be answered. (Recommended time: 1 ¼ hours) This section carries 75% of the total marks SECTION B Requires answers in note form to BOTH Question 1 and Question 2. (Recommended time: 45 minutes This section carries 25% of the total marks Notes 1. Please write your candidate number at the top of this page and at the top right hand corner of all separate sheets (the invigilator has your number). 2. SECTION A: The answers should be written on the question paper. SECTION B: The answers should be written on the paper provided. i. Please use only one side of the paper ii. Please start each question on a new page 3. Please write legibly in pen. 1 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 SECTION A (75%) Which of Jane Austen’s novels was first published in 1813? 1. What 2nd century construction in Britain marked the north western frontier of the 2. Roman Empire? Mark Featherstone-Witty and which well- known Liverpool musician 3. co-founded the ‘Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts’? Name the British rider who won the Tour de France in 2012. 4. Which was the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by German forces 5. during the Second World War? What name is given to the confederation of ports in South East England which 6. were fortified in the Middle Ages? The former studio and gardens of which 20th century lady sculptor are now open 7. to the public in St. Ives, Cornwall? What disaster began in Pudding Lane, 8. London, in September 1666? Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard are amongst the works of which architect 9. and playwright? What do the initials PAYE stand for? 10. 2 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 Who was the last monarch of the House of Stuart? 11. Name the Scottish explorer and missionary who was born in 1813. 12. Give the family name of the Yorkshire born sisters who wrote novels in the 19th 13. century under men’s names. Canadian Mark Carney will take over from Sir Mervyn King in July 2013 in 14. which senior position? The fungus ‘chalara fraxinea’ is causing the death of which common tree in 15. Britain? Name the large UK manufacturer of the Typhoon aircraft. 16. Which garden made by Vita Sackville West and her husband, Sir Harold 17. Nicholson, is noted for its’ ‘White Garden’? In which month are the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expecting their 18. first child? Which British Engineer designed the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol? 19. How many years ago did the London 20. Underground open? 3 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 What type of stone can be found north of the Humber and widens in a band across Leicestershire, Warwickshire, . 21. Oxfordshire, and Gloucestershire into Lyme Regis in Dorset? Sir Anthony Van Dyck became the leading painter at the court of which 22. English King? Of which period of architecture is this an example? 23. What is the lowest tier of local government in England, which is 24. particularly found in rural areas? Which 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet 25. Dylan Thomas was adapted later as a stage play? Who is credited with the invention of the 26. seed-drill? What medical discovery was made by 27. Alexander Fleming in 1928? The National Gardens Scheme annual listing of gardens open to the public is 28. known by what title? Which battle did King Harold Godwinson fight less than three weeks before the 29. Battle of Hastings? 4 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 What event has been fixed for 7th May 2015, following an Act of Parliament 30. passed in September 2011? On which island group is the Neolithic 31. village of Skara Brae? What percentage is the current Basic 32. Rate of Income Tax? What species of tree appears on the National Trust logo? 33. In which town is William Shakespeare 34. buried? What mineral, used in the production of pewter, was mined extensively in 35. Cornwall? ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ is part of the famous Pomp and Circumstance 36. Marches by which British composer? Name the UK government department 37. which deals with Agriculture. What is the non-emergency telephone 38. number for contacting the police? Name the island off the north east coast of England where St Aidan founded a 39. monastery in the 7th century and which was later the home of St Cuthbert. What is the name given to the 95-storey skyscraper in London which opened to 40. the public in 2013? Who was declared Emperor of Rome in 41. York (Eboracum) in 306AD? Who has recently become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury? 42. 5 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 What invention made by James Hargreaves in 1764 made a major 43. contribution to the textile industry? Which governing body meets in Parliament Buildings on the Stormont 44. Estate? Name the 8th century King of Mercia who built a 160 mile/257km earthwork to 45. protect his territory. Geoffrey Chaucer was the author of which famous collection of stories written 46. In Middle English in the late 1300’s? Name the pre-Raphaelite artist who 47. painted ‘The Light of the World’ in 1854. In which year did the Spanish Armada 48. attack England? The culling of badgers has been suggested as a way of controlling which 49. cattle disease? Which writer unsuccessfully sued the Marquis of Queensberry for libel? 50. Name the British actor who has just won a third Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal 51. of Abraham Lincoln? Which Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered in the reign of Henry II? 52. Which body is responsible for the upkeep and management of over 400 historic properties and land in England, 53. including Stonehenge, Kenilworth Castle and Dover Castle? Which British monarch, other than Queen Elizabeth II, has celebrated a 54. Diamond Jubilee? 6 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 The Blue Boy, Mrs Siddons and Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire are 55. amongst the most famous paintings of which 18th century artist? Who is the present Duke of Lancaster? 56. What form of play by writers including Ben Jonson developed in the 16th and 57. 17th centuries as court entertainments? Name the UK’s largest university which was established in 1969 for part time 58. and distance learning in higher education. Name the King and Queen whose eventual accession to the throne in 1689 59. was the outcome of the Glorious Revolution. Name the artist who painted: a)The Haywain a) 60. b)The Fighting Temeraire b) Who was Britain’s Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? 61. Which British industrial designer 62. invented the bagless vacuum cleaner? Name the Play by Agatha Christie which has been running in London West End 63. theatres since 1952. John Wesley was a founder member of which religious movement in the 18th 64. century? Who wrote O, To be in England 65. Now that April’s there……? What feature of the climate allows sub- tropical plants to grow on Britain’s west 66. coast? 7 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 Boudicca was Queen of which East Anglian tribe? 67. Which mid-Georgian cabinet maker designed this chair? 68. Which court is divided into the ‘Queens Bench Division’, the ‘Chancery Division’ 69. and ‘Family Division’? In December 2012 what was the European Union awarded in recognition of six decades of peace, reconciliation, 70. democracy and human rights? Name TWO architectural styles popular a) in the 18th century. 71. b) For what contribution to the 2012 London Olympics has Thomas Heatherwick recently won an award for 72. best British work of visual art? What are ‘Unite’, ‘Unison’, ‘RMT’ and ‘Equity’? 73. Used as part of cereal production rotation which crop with bright yellow flowers can be seen in the fields around 74. Britain from April onwards? 8 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 What term refers to the followers of the theologian John Wycliffe? 75. Name a type of dry vegetation which is used for thatching? 76. What is the architectural name for the features labelled ‘A’? 77. Based on the 2011 Census what is the estimated population of the United 78. Kingdom (to the nearest million)? Who was the author of The Hobbit 79. published in 1937? In which city are the headquarters of the Harland and Wolff shipbuilding and 80. offshore construction company? The Central Criminal Court in London is 81. commonly known by what name? Initiated in 1984, what is the name of the Tate Gallery’s annual competition which 82. celebrates contemporary art? When the House of Commons is sitting what takes place on every Wednesday 83. at 12 noon? What type of meat has recently been 84. discovered by the Food Standards Agency in beefburgers? 9 Paper 1 Background Knowledge -16 April 2013 What name is given to a series of uprisings in 1381 against the imposition 85. of a poll tax? a) Name this breed of cattle. a) b) Is it bred for dairy or beef? b) 86. Sir Thomas Malory is thought to have been the author of which 15th century 87. collection of stories? Honi soit qui mal y pense (shame on him who thinks evil of it), is the motto of 88. which order of Chivalry? What form of transport is the proposed 89.
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