Chariots of Fire (1981) was directed by Hugh Hudson.

Members of the Commonwealth aged 18 or over can stand for public office. There are some exceptions, including: members of the armed forces, civil servants and people found guilty of certain criminal offences.

According to the Citizenship Survey carried out in the UK in 2009, 21% of people said they had no religion.

It is against the law to treat a pet cruelly or to neglect it.

St David’s Day, patron of Wales is celebrated on the 1st of March.

Algeria is not a member of the Commonwealth.

This statement is TRUE.

The Manhattan Project in the United States developed the atomic bomb.

During the reign of Henry VIII, Wales became formally united with England by the Act for the Government of Wales.

Boudicca was one of the tribal leaders who fought against the Romans, the queen of the Iceni in what is now eastern England.

During the 18th century, new ideas about politics, philosophy and science were developed. This is often called ‘the Enlightenment’. Adam Smith developed ideas about economics which are still referred to today.

The British constitution is not written down in any single document, and therefore it is described as ‘unwritten’. This is mainly because the UK, unlike America or France, has never had a revolution which led permanently to a totally new system of government.

Winston Churchill in 2002 was voted the greatest Briton of all time by the public.

Roast beef is a traditional English food.

The Treaty of Rome was signed on 25 March 1957.

This statement is TRUE.

Admiral Nelson was in charge of the British fleet at Trafalgar and was killed in the battle.

The 1960s was a time of technological progress, when Britain and France developed the world’s only supersonic commercial airliner, Concorde.

The UK Parliament sits in Westminster.

The Parliament developed in Scotland in the Middle Ages had three Houses, called Estates: the lords, the commons and the clergy.

There are three devolved administrations in the UK, this include: the Welsh Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Edward VI died at the age of 15 after ruling for just over six years, and his half-sister Mary became queen.

Joseph Turner (1775-1851) was an influential landscape painter in a modern style. He is considered the artist who raised the profile of landscape painting.

Britain has produced many great designers, from Thomas Chippendale (who designed furniture in the 18th century) to Clarice Cliff (who designed Art Deco ceramics) to Sir Terence Conran (a 20th-century interior designer).