British History
Have you done enough Tudor-ing to know your British History? See if you can out-Fawkes us and answer these questions, but be careful not to lose your head!
DURING HER EVIDENCE IN CROSS EXAMINATION WHO FAMOUSLY SAID “WELL HE WOULD WOULDN’T HE”?
WHAT ‘WOTR’ WAS THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER?
WHICH ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1170?
BY WHAT NAME DO WE KNOW THE WOMAN BORN MARGARET HILDA ROBERTS IN 1925?
VAT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE UK, TREVOR MCDONALD BECAME THE FIRST BLACK NEWSREADER AND PRINCESS ANNE MARRIED CAPT.MARK PHILLIPS?
WHAT ‘G’ IS THE VALLEY WHERE THE MACDONALDS WERE MASSACRED?
WHICH LABOUR LEADER DIED AFTER JUST ONE YEAR IN OFFICE?
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE VICTORIA UNDERGROUND LINE FIRST OPEN?
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT INCREASED TO 70 MPH?
WHAT ‘KC’ WAS THE SITE OF A DISASTROUS LONDON FIRE IN 1987?
WHAT WAS MARGARET THATCHERS MAIDEN NAME?
WHAT ‘R’ INTRODUCED THE POTATO TO BRITAIN?
WHAT ‘CO’ WAS LEAKED FROM THE TORREY CANYON OFF LAND’S END?
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE?
WHAT FIRST APPEARED IN BRITAIN ON THE 12TH JANUARY 1948?
WHAT SHAPE WERE THE SAILORS PLATES IN NELSON’S NAVY?
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE LABOUR PARTY LEADER WHO DIED SUDDENLY IN 1994?
WHICH ‘EH’ WAS NELSON’S MISTRESS?
WHAT ‘R’ WAS THE ROYAL PRINCE IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR OF 1645?
IN WHICH YEAR WAS 3 RD CLASS RAIL TRAVEL ABOLISHED IN THE UK?
WHAT ‘H’ IS A POLITICIAN WHO RESIGNED OVER THE WESTLAND AFFAIR?
WHICH FAMOUS BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN THE ROMAN YEAR MDCCCV?
IN WHAT YEAR WERE TRAFFIC LIGHTS FIRST INSTALL ON BRITISH STREETS?
WHAT ‘A’ WAS HENRY VIII’S SECOND WIFE?
IN JAN 1955 A RAIL CRASH OCCURED AT SUTTON COALFIELD WHEN AN EXPRESS TRAIN TRAVELLING FROM YORK TO BRISTOL DERAILED & OVERTURNED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THIS INCIDENT?
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME LONDON?
IN WHAT YEAR DID BRITAIN JOIN THE EEC?
IN WHICH YEAR WERE RONALD & REGINALD KRAY SENTANCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR THE MURDERS OF GEORGE CORNELL & JACK “THE HAT” MCVITIE?
IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANICA FIRST PUBLISHED?
IN WHICH YEAR DID BRITAIN GO DECIMAL WAS IT 1968,1969,1970,1971?
WHAT ‘K’ WAS THE ANGLO SAXON KINGDOM SETTLED BY HENGIST AND HORSA?
WHAT HISTORICAL EVENT WAS REFERRED TO AS BLACK 47?
WHO WAS APPOINTED DRESSMAKER TO THE QUEEN IN 1955?
WHO WAS CAUGHT ON FILM KISSING THE DUCHESS OF YORKS TOES?
IN WHAT YEAR DID HENRY VIII MARRY ANNE BOLEYN?
IN WHICH YEAR WERE ‘O’ AND ‘A’ LEVELS FIRST SAT?
WHO REPLACED GORDON BROWN AS CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER LAST YEAR?
IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO?
WHAT ‘WS’ IS A FAMOUS LANDMARK FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1923?
WHICH BRITISH POLITICIAN WAS GIVEN THE NAME VINDALOO IN THE 1990’S?
WHAT ‘A’ IN SPAIN DID ONE OF HENRY VIII’S WIVES COME FROM?
WHAT DID THE QUEEN DO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON APRIL 6 TH 1993?
WHAT ‘TRL’ WAS USED TO DESCRIBE THE BRITISH INFANTRY DURING THE BATTLE OF ALMA IN THE CRIMEAN WAR?
WHICH CENTURY SAW THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF GUY FAWKES DAY, WAS IT THE 17TH, 18TH, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY?
WHAT DID HARRY BECK DESIGN IN THE LATE 1930’S?
IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE CHANNEL TUNNEL OFFICIALLY OPENED 1992,1993,1994,1995?
WHAT ‘M’ WAS SEALED BY KING JOHN AT RUNNYMEDE?
WHAT ‘P’ WAS AN AMERICAN INDIAN PRINCESS, WHO MARRIED AN ENGLISHMAN IN THE 16TH CENTURY?
IN 1882, HOW MANY UMBRELLAS DID ENGLAND EXPORT TO INDIA?
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