Lord's Prayer Better Recognised than National Anthem, Churchill or Shakespeare

Lord’s Prayer better known than Shakespeare, Dickens, 'Star Wars': Survey

A survey shows the Lord’s Prayer is more widely recognized than famous lines from "Star Wars," Shakespeare, Dickens and Churchill.

Lord's Prayer better recognised than national anthem, Churchill or Shakespeare

An extract from the Lord's Prayer was more recognisable to people than part of the British national anthem and one of Shakespeare's most famous works, polling has suggested.

Lord’s Prayer More Recognised Than Famous Star Wars Phrase

In a poll of 2,000 adults, commissioned by the Church of England, the Lord’s Prayer came out as being more recognised than “May the force be with you”, although we bet if you asked the same question at Star Wars Celebration the answer would be very different. The survey also suggested that the prayer is better known than the national anthem and Shakespeare’s “To be, or not to be” line from Hamlet. It found that 80.3 per cent of respondents corre…

Lord’s Prayer tops Shakespeare, Dickens, Churchill and National Anthem in public recognition poll

The Lord’s Prayer is still more easily instantly recognised by the British public than some of the most famous lines from Shakespeare, Dickens or Churchill, new research suggests. People in the UK are more likely to identify correctly a short extract from the Lord’s Prayer – also known as the Our Father – than one from the National Anthem and other sources chosen for their deep cultural resonance, a new poll has found. The polling, carried out f…

The Lord's Prayer more recognisable than Shakespeare or Star Wars

The Lord’s Prayer is still more easily recognised by people in Britain than some of the most famous lines from the National Anthem, Shakespeare, Dickens or Churchill, according to new research by the Church of England. More than 2000 people across the UK were asked to match seven famous lines from literature, history and culture, including ‘Give us this day our daily bread’, with their source. The famous literary lines were ‘To be or not to be’,…

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Well ‘Lord’s Prayer better recognised than national anthem, Churchill or Shakespeare’ An extract from the Lord’s Prayer was more recognisable to people than part of the British national anthem and one of Shakespeare’s most famous works, polling has suggested. The prayer, also known as the Our Father, also appeared better known than a famous line from Star Wars, the words of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill and Liverpool football anthem Y…