Life in the UK test: Sport and leisure practice questions

Attach the place to the sport: Aintree is the Grand National, Wimbledon is tennis, the Boat Race is Oxford and Cambridge on the Thames, and the Marylebone Cricket Club holds the laws of cricket.

Question 1

The Marylebone Cricket Club holds the laws of which sport?

  1. Rugby union
  2. Lawn tennis
  3. Golf
  4. Cricket

Answer: Cricket

The Marylebone Cricket Club remains the body that holds the Laws of Cricket. Rugby, tennis and golf have their own governing bodies and their own rule books.

Question 2

The championships at Wimbledon are a competition in which sport?

  1. Rowing
  2. Tennis
  3. Horse racing
  4. Football

Answer: Tennis

Wimbledon, in south London, hosts the grass-court tennis championships. The Boat Race is rowing, the Grand National is horse racing, and the FA Cup is a football competition.

Question 3

The Boat Race is rowed between the crews of which two universities?

  1. Edinburgh and Glasgow
  2. Harvard and Yale
  3. Oxford and Cambridge
  4. Cardiff and Swansea

Answer: Oxford and Cambridge

The Boat Race is the annual rowing race between Oxford and Cambridge, held on the Thames. Harvard and Yale have their own race in the United States. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff and Swansea are not the two crews.