The two main Christian festivals — when they fall, how they are celebrated and what the test asks.
Modern SocietyWhy Britain marks the failure of the Gunpowder Plot every year with bonfires and fireworks.
Modern SocietyHow the UK remembers its war dead each November and the symbolism of the red poppy.
Modern SocietyThe eight UK bank holidays in England and Wales — and the regional differences.
Modern SocietyThe world's most popular sport, the FA Cup, the Premier League and Britain's contribution to it.
Modern SocietyThe Ashes, Lord's and a quintessentially British summer sport.
Modern SocietyThe Six Nations, the home nations and the rivalry between rugby union and rugby league.
Modern SocietyThe world's oldest tennis tournament and the famous strawberries-and-cream British summer.
Modern SocietyA Scottish invention, the British Open, and the home of the game on the east coast of Fife.
Modern SocietyRoyal Ascot, the Grand National and a sport of kings.
Modern SocietyHow London became the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times.
Modern SocietyBradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and the rise of British cycling to the top of the world.
Modern SocietyThe "public house", licensing laws, and the central role of the pub in British social life.
Modern SocietyElgar, Britten, Vaughan Williams and the Proms — Britain's contribution to classical music.
Modern SocietyThe Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and the global influence of British pop.
Modern SocietyLondon's theatreland, the National Theatre, the RSC and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals.
Modern SocietyJames Bond, Harry Potter, Hammer horror and the directors who shaped world cinema.
Modern SocietyFrom medieval cathedrals to the Shard — a tour through 800 years of British buildings.
Modern SocietyConstable, Turner, Bacon, Hockney and the Tate galleries that house their work.
Modern SocietyBooker Prize winners, JK Rowling and the writers who define modern Britain.
Modern SocietyRoast dinners, fish and chips, curry, and the diversity of modern British food.
Modern SocietyBroadsheets, tabloids, free-to-read sites and a famously partisan British press.
Modern SocietyHow the licence fee funds the BBC and what its independence from government means.
Modern SocietyA nation of dog-walkers and cat-lovers, and the laws that protect animals.
Modern SocietySir Ian Botham, Sir Tom Finney, Dame Mary Peters and other names that turn up in the test.
Modern SocietyGod Save the King, the Welsh dragon and the regional flags flown across the UK.
Modern SocietyThe charity that looks after Britain's historic houses, gardens and coastline.
Modern SocietyFree books, free internet and the network of local libraries that any UK resident can join.
Modern SocietyNational trails, the Coast to Coast and the legal right to walk on open countryside.
Modern SocietyThe Chelsea Flower Show, the RHS and the millions of British people who tend a garden.
Modern SocietyA uniquely British Christmas theatre tradition with cross-dressing, audience participation and famous fairy stories.
Modern SocietyBells, sticks and handkerchiefs — England's best-known folk dance tradition.
Modern SocietyBank accounts, the cashless economy, contactless payments and the role of the Bank of England.
Modern SocietyThe British Museum, the National Gallery, the V&A — most national museums are free to visit.
Modern SocietySupermarkets, high streets, online retail and the shape of modern British shopping.
Modern SocietyBritain's vast charity sector, gift aid and the volunteers who keep so much of it running.
Modern SocietyTrains, buses, the Tube, the motorway network and the country's changing patterns of travel.
Modern SocietyHow to register with a GP, how prescriptions work and how to get help in an emergency.
Modern SocietyHow free education works from age 5 to 18 — primary, secondary, GCSEs and A-Levels.
Modern SocietyOxford, Cambridge, the Russell Group and 130 universities open to UK and international students.
Modern SocietyCockney, Geordie, Scouse and the rich variety of regional accents across the UK.
Modern SocietyWhen the UK celebrates parents and the difference between Mother's Day in Britain and in America.
Modern SocietyThree secular celebrations widely marked across the UK, even though none is a public holiday.
Modern SocietyHow the British mark personal milestones and the curious tradition of two royal birthdays.
Modern SocietyHow a new monarch is crowned at Westminster Abbey and the jubilees that mark long reigns.
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