Life in the UK Practice Test 41
Free Life in the UK practice test 41 of 52: 24 questions in the real exam format, drawn from all five chapters of the official handbook. The real test has 24 questions, a 45-minute limit and a pass mark of 18 out of 24 (75%). Tap an answer to check it instantly and read the explanation.
Question 1 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Paula Radcliffe's women's marathon world record, set in London in 2003, stood for how long before it was finally broken in 2019?
Paula Radcliffe ran 2 hours 15 minutes 25 seconds at the 2003 London Marathon, and her world record stood for 16 years, until 2019.
Question 2 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The original little Ashes urn, symbol of the cricket rivalry between England and Australia, is kept on display where?
The original Ashes urn is a fragile personal memento, not the official trophy, and it is kept permanently in the MCC Museum at Lord's in London.
Question 3 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
After an Ashes series, the original Ashes urn remains on display in the museum at Lord's.
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.
Question 4 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The World Snooker Championship has been staged at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield every year since which year?
The World Snooker Championship moved to the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 1977 and has been held there every year since, making the venue the home of snooker.
Question 5 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
How many times did the racehorse Red Rum win the Grand National during the 1970s?
Red Rum won the Grand National three times, in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and finished second in the two years in between — a record unmatched in the race's history.
Question 6 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The highest possible break a snooker player can score in a single visit to the table, clearing the table in the standard way, is 147.
The maximum break in snooker is 147, made by potting all 15 reds each followed by the black, and then all the colours in sequence.
Question 7 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Coronation Street, recognised as the world's longest-running television soap opera, was first broadcast in which year?
Coronation Street was first broadcast on ITV in December 1960, and in 2010 Guinness World Records recognised it as the world's longest-running television soap opera.
Question 8 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The BBC soap EastEnders is set in the fictional London borough of Walford. Its best-known square shares its name with which queen's husband?
EastEnders centres on Albert Square in the fictional borough of Walford; the square is named after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria — as is the show's pub, the Queen Vic.
Question 9 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The Archers, first heard in 1951 and still running on BBC Radio 4, is famous as the world's longest-running what?
The Archers, set in the fictional village of Ambridge, began in 1951 and is the world's longest-running radio drama, still broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Question 10 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Which 1962 film was the first in the James Bond series, introducing Sean Connery as the first screen Bond?
Dr. No, released in 1962, was the first James Bond film, and it introduced Sean Connery as the first actor to play Bond on screen.
Question 11 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Who was the first actor to play James Bond in the official film series?
Sean Connery was the first actor to play Bond in the official film series, taking the role in Dr. No in 1962 and playing the part in a series of films through the 1960s.
Question 12 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain's leading sculptors, lived and worked for most of her life in which Cornish town, where her studio is now a museum?
Barbara Hepworth moved to St Ives in Cornwall in 1939 and lived there for the rest of her life; her home and studio there are now the Barbara Hepworth Museum.
Question 13 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Which Shakespeare play tells the story of two young lovers from feuding families in Verona, whose deaths finally reconcile their households?
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's tragedy about two young lovers from feuding Veronese families whose deaths bring the feud to an end.
Question 14 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
William Shakespeare is often known by which nickname, celebrating him as a poet and playwright?
Shakespeare is widely known simply as 'the Bard' — an old word for a poet — and is also called the Bard of Avon after his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon.
Question 15 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Charles Darwin set out his theory of evolution by natural selection in which famous book, published in 1859?
Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, setting out his theory that species evolve over generations through natural selection.
Question 16 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Which Cambridge physicist wrote A Brief History of Time, the best-selling book that brought cosmology to a mass audience?
Stephen Hawking, the Cambridge theoretical physicist, wrote A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, which became an international bestseller.
Question 17 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
John Wesley, an 18th-century preacher, is remembered as the founder of which Christian movement?
John Wesley founded the Methodist movement in the 18th century, preaching across Britain and organising his followers into societies that became the Methodist Church.
Question 18 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
William Booth, a former Methodist minister working in London's East End, founded which Christian charity and church in 1865?
William Booth founded the organisation that became the Salvation Army in 1865, combining preaching with practical help for the poor of London's East End.
Question 19 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The national Church of Scotland is organised in which church tradition?
The Church of Scotland is a Presbyterian church, governed through courts of ministers and elders rather than by bishops.
Question 20 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
The National Eisteddfod, a major annual festival of music, poetry and the Welsh language, is held in which country of the UK?
The National Eisteddfod is Wales's great annual festival of music, literature and performance, conducted largely in the Welsh language and held in a different location each year.
Question 21 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
At Scotland's Highland Games, the long, heavy wooden pole that competitors toss is called the caber.
The caber is a long tapered tree trunk which athletes at the Highland Games must lift and toss so that it turns end over end.
Question 22 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
In the traditional cheese-rolling races at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire, what do competitors chase down the steep hill?
In the Cooper's Hill cheese-rolling, competitors race down the steep hill after a rolling wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.
Question 23 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Which traditional English folk dance, performed by teams often wearing bells and waving handkerchiefs or sticks, is a familiar sight at village fetes?
Morris dancing is the traditional English folk dance performed by teams, or 'sides', whose dancers often wear bells on their shins and dance with handkerchiefs, sticks or swords.
Question 24 · Chapter 4: Modern Society
Up Helly Aa, held each January in Lerwick and ending with a replica Viking longship being set alight, is a fire festival in which island group?
Up Helly Aa is Shetland's famous fire festival, held in Lerwick at the end of January, in which torchbearers burn a replica Viking galley.
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