Chapter 4: Modern Society — Set 9

Chariots of Fire follows Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.

Lighting a bonfire topped with an effigy belongs to Guy Fawkes Night on 5 November, not Christmas. Pulling crackers and eating turkey are Christmas Day traditions, and the monarch's Christmas message, broadcast on the day, has been part of British Christmas since the reign of George V.

Avebury's great circle of standing stones is the largest stone circle in Britain, far wider than Stonehenge.

The Roman Baths survive in the city of Bath, built around the hot springs the Romans called Aquae Sulis.

HMS Victory was Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar in 1805, where Nelson was killed.

Up Helly Aa is Shetland's fire festival, held in Lerwick each January, and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is performed each August in front of Edinburgh Castle. The Chelsea Flower Show takes place in London, and the Glastonbury Festival is held in Somerset.

The Cutty Sark, which once raced home with cargoes of tea from China, is preserved in dry dock at Greenwich.

Nelson's flagship HMS Victory is preserved at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and is open to visitors.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, celebrated in the autumn with prayer, reflection and the sounding of the shofar.

Wesak marks the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha, all traditionally said to have happened on the same day.

Throughout Ramadan, the fast runs from dawn to sunset each day; the month ends with the festival of Eid al-Fitr.

Lent comes before Easter — it is the period of about forty days leading up to it, when many Christians traditionally fast or give something up.

A traditional Sunday roast centres on roast meat served with roast potatoes, vegetables and gravy — often with Yorkshire pudding.

Porridge, made from oats cooked in water or milk, has been a traditional Scottish breakfast for centuries, and haggis is Scotland's national dish, served with neeps and tatties. Welsh rarebit is a Welsh dish of cheese sauce on toast, and Bakewell tart takes its name from a town in Derbyshire.

Marmite is made from yeast extract, a by-product of brewing, and is famous for its love-it-or-hate-it flavour.

Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile at the Iffley Road track in Oxford on 6 May 1954, finishing in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

Fred Perry won Wimbledon in 1934, 1935 and 1936, and remained the last British men's champion until Andy Murray won in 2013.

The first Rugby World Cup was held in 1987, and the tournament has been played every four years since then.

The inaugural Rugby World Cup of 1987 was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia, and New Zealand won the final in Auckland. England and France took part in the tournament but were not its hosts.

The Boat Race is rowed upstream on the Championship Course on the Thames, starting at Putney and finishing at Mortlake.

The London Marathon traditionally finishes on The Mall, the broad ceremonial avenue leading to Buckingham Palace.

Paula Radcliffe ran 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds at the 2003 London Marathon, and her world record stood for 16 years, until 2019.

The National Trust is a charity, founded in 1895. It protects historic houses, gardens, countryside and coastline for the nation, caring for them so that members of the public can visit and enjoy them for generations to come.

The original urn never leaves the MCC Museum at Lord's; winning teams lift a replica, and since 1998–99 the official trophy has been a crystal representation of the urn.