The 2012 Summer Olympics Torch Relay will take place from May 19 to July 27, 2012 prior to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The relay will last 70 days and involve over 8,000 people carrying the torch for around 300 meters each across the UK, visiting six islands and including 66 evening celebrations. It will start from Land's End in Cornwall.

2. 27th July 2012 To 12 August 2012

4. The Olympic Torch
The 2012 Summer Olympics Torch Relay will be
run from 19 May to 27 July 2012, prior to the 2012
Summer Olympics. The relay will last 70 days with
66 evening celebrations, six Island visits about
8000 people carrying the torch 300 m
each, starting from Land’s End in Cornwall.

5. Wenl Mandeville
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6. Archery Rowing
Equestrian – Dressage
Athletics Sailing
Equestrian – Eventing
Badminton Shooting
Equestrian – Jumping
Basketball Swimming
Fencing
Beach Volleyball Synchronised Swimming
Football
Boxing Table Tennis
Gymnastics – Artistic
Canoe Slalom Taekwondo
Gymnastics – Rhythmic
Canoe Sprint
Gymnastics – Trampoline Tennis
Cycling – BMX Triathlon
Handball
Cycling – Mountain Bike Volleyball
Hockey
Cycling – Road Water Polo
Judo
Cycling – Track Weightlifting
Modern Pentathlon
Diving Wrestling

8. The name of the country and the term "English" derive from
the Old English word for one of the three Germanic peoples
that invaded the British Isles in the fifth century C . E ., the
Angles. "Britain" and "British" derive from a Roman term for
the inhabitants' language of the British Isles, called
"Brythonic" or p-Celtic.
Englishness is highly regionalized. The most important
regional divide is between the south and the north. The
north, the cradle of industrialization and the site of
traditional smokestack industries, includes Yorkshire,
Lancashire, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham,
Merseyside, and Cheshire.

10. William Shakespeare (26th April 1564 to 23 April 1616) was an
English Poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest
writer in The English Language and the world’s pre-eminent
dramatist. He is often called England’s National Poet and the
“Bard of Avon” . He Married Anne Hathaway and had the
children namely Susanna Hall, Hamnet Shakespeare and
Judith Quiney.

11. Winston Churchill’s response to Hitler's
challenge brought him to lead a
national coalition in 1940, and the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
altered his whole prospect of the war.
He went at once to
Washington, D.C., and with Roosevelt
shaped the subsequently successful
Allied strategy in WWII. After the
breakdown of the alliance, he then
alerted the West to the expansionist
threat of the USSR.

12. Name: Queen Elizabeth II
Full Name: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
Born: April 21, 1926 at 17, Bruton Street, London
Parents: George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
House of: Windsor
Ascended to the throne: February 6, 1952 aged 25 years
Crowned: June 2, 1953 at Westminster Abbey
Married: Philip Mountbatten
Children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince
Edward
Current Age: 85 years, 11 months, and 25 days
She has Reigned for: 60 years, 2 months, and 9 days

13. Buckingham Palace, in London, is the
official residence and office of the
British monarch. Located in the City of
Westminster, the palace is a setting for
state occasions and royal hospitality.
The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel
situated on the banks of the River
Thames, in London, England. The entire
structure is 135 meters tall and the wheel
has a diameter of 120 meters (394 ft).

14. London Bridge is a bridge over the River
Thames, connecting the City of London
and Southwark, in central London.
Situated between Cannon Street
Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it
forms the western end of the Pool of
London.
Big Ben is the nickname for the great
bell of the clock at the north end of the
Palace of Westminster in London, and is
generally extended to refer to the
clock or the clock tower (officially
known simply as Clock Tower) as well.