Life in UK Made Easy

Tip: Imagine Eden working on a school project where walls are made of corn.

Tip: W(h)ales in (Swan)Sea

Tip: Ire-land has many Sham-rocks

Tip: See this image of St.Andrew playing golf. Associate golf with St.Andrew.

Tip: see the picture of a cook making a map of Australia

Tip: HMS Victory (a ship) is kept at Port-smouth (all ships dock at ports)

Tip: April Fools is celebrated on 1st April and people play pranks on each other.

Tip: As all questions in this test are related to UK, Wimbledon is the only option that is in UK (London). 

Tip: Alfred Hitchcock is one of UK’s iconic film directors. You can remember him by this picture of a cock (associate with Hitch-cock) directing a movie.

Tip: See this image of 12 members of jury, 1 for each hour on the clock. Please note that while most countries have a 12 member jury, Scotland has 15 member jury.

Tip: Bridges and railways were largely responsible for making Britain a truly united kingdom. Use this image to associate Isambard Kingdom Brunel to any advancements in bridges and railways across United Kingdom.

Tip: Use this image of a nightingale (a bird) nursing injured soldiers to associate Florence Nightingale with nursing. 

Tip: Remember the answer with this Rhyme – “Anne died, everyone cried, then King George arrived”

Tip: When the roman catholic church refused to approve his divorce, Henry VIII decided to make his own church! Henry VIII was married 6 times.

Tip: See this cartoon of Francis Crick – cracking – the DNA code

Tip: 40 days before Easter (left/east if seen as a timeline) are called Lent. Associate East with Easter.

Tip: farming is easier in warmer climates in southern Europe (places like Italy). So farmers must have come from south east Europe.

Tip: use this cartoon of a bird (similar to Baird) making a TV to associate Baird with TV

Tip: Use this picture of guides of tower of London eating beef (hence called beefeaters)

Tip: see this cartoon of people waving their MP goodbye while queuing to vote a new MP in bye-election (by election)

Tip: Use this image of people wearing wigs (Whigs) in the parliament. Tories is short for Conservatories, which is a political party even today. Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson were the last few Tory prime ministers.

Tip: See this image of R on a car used by a new driver. Memorize this by associating R with rookie which means someone who is new and inexperienced in a skill.

Tip: If you shop locally, you support the local community including corner shop owners, bakers, and grocery stores.

Tip: See this image of very old (75+) people watching TV for free