Chapter 4 Test 12

The population is very unequally distributed over the four parts of the UK. England more or less consistently makes up 84% of the total population, Wales around 5%, Scotland just over 8%, and Northern Ireland less than 3%.

The annual British Academy Film Awards, hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), are the British equivalent of the Oscars.

In the UK, there are public holidays each year called bank holidays, when banks and many other businesses are closed for the day.

The most famous rugby union competition is the Six Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy.

Edinburgh Castle is looked after by Historic Scotland, a Scottish government agency.

IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) therapy for the treatment of infertility was pioneered in Britain by physiologist Sir Robert Edwards (1925-) and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe (1913-88). The world’s first ‘test-tube baby’ was born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1978.

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There are two different types of rugby, which have different rules: union and league.

Poetry was very popular in the 19th century, with poets such as William Blake, John Keats, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Robert and Elizabeth Browning.

The Laurence Olivier Awards take place annually at different venues in London.

In the UK, some people rent additional land called ‘an allotment’, where they grow fruit and vegetables.

Two well-known pop music groups in the 1960s were The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

The day when Muslims thank Allah for giving them the strength to complete the fast is called Eid a-Fitr.

Sir Walter Scott wrote poems inspired by Scotland and the traditional stories and songs from the area on the borders of Scotland and England.

The open championship is the only ‘Major’ tournament held outside the United States.

The most famous rugby union competition is the Six Nations Championship between England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy.

Halloween, 31 October, is and ancient festival and has roots in the pagan festival to mark the beginning of winter.

In Northern Ireland, the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne is celebrated in July and is also a public holiday.

The monarch is the head of the Church of England.

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Evelyn Waugh wrote satirical novels, including Decline and Fall and Scoop. He is perhaps best known for Brideshead Revisited.

The population of the UK in 1851 was 20 million people.

In 2003, The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien was voted the country’s best-loved novel.

The note with the highest value in the UK is the £50 note.