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!
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE ROYAL NAVY LAUNCH ITS FIRST SUBMARINE?
WHAT ‘R’ WERE THE PURITANS IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR?
WHICH ‘BR’ WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE SDP?
WHAT ‘L’ WAS A BRITISH SOLDIER WHO LED THE ARABS AGAINST THE TURKS?
WHO SAID I’VE HAVE TAKE MORE OUT OF ALCOHOL THAT IT HAS OUT OF ME?
IN WHAT YEAR WAS EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY FOUNDED?
IN WHICH YEAR WAS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SPENCER PERCEVAL ASSASINATED?
WHAT NATIONALITY WAS THE 1 ST PERSON TO BUILD THE FIRST BICYCLE PROPELLED BY PEDALS?
SCREAMING LORD SUCH WAS THE LEADER OF WHICH POLITICAL PARTY?
BY WHAT NAME IS THE NOTORIOUS “RICHARD JOHN BINGHAM” MORE COMMONLY KNOWN?
WHAT ‘W’ WAS THE PRISON THE POLICE TOOK OVER IN JANUARY 1989?
WHAT DO DUKE WELLINGTON, EARL DERBY AND MARQUIS SALISBURY HAVE IN COMMON?
WHICH SCOTTISH KING DEFEATED THE ENGLISH IN 1314 IN AQ DECISIVE BATTLE TO RETAIN INDEPENDENCE?
WHAT ‘BB’ WAS THE NAME OF DICK TURPIN’S HORSE?
IN WHAT COUNTRY WAS BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE BORN?
WHAT FIRST APPEARED ON BRITISH STREETS ON 27 TH JUNE 1967, WAS IT A CASH POINT MACHINE, A GREEN MAN PEDESTRIAN CROSSING OR THE MINI CAR?
WHAT DECADE DID THE UK RECEIVE A LOAN FROM THE IMF?
WHICH MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY HELPED POPULARIZE ITEMS SUCH AS FAIR ISLE SWEATERS, SUEDE SHOES AND DINNER JACKETS?
Which popular name for a public house derives from the heraldic symbol of Richard II?
By what colourful name is King William III better known?
Why did Queen Elizabeth II receive a gold disc in July 2002?
In what year…Was Queen Elizabeth II born?
What was the capital of England before London?
What was the Roman name for England?
Which Pope excommunicated Henry VIII?
Who incurred the wrath of Queen Elizabeth I when he married Elizabeth Throckmorton?
The RHP – What name was given to the conspiracy of 1683 to assassinate Charles II?
Who had the word Skytrain emblazoned on his aircraft?
BC Which MP introduced the breathalyser test?
In which century was the first recorded Viking raid on England?
Who was the first English monarch to erect a Christmas tree?
What was the Mayflower’s cargo before it was chartered to carry the pilgrims to America in 1620?
Which publication documents all proceedings of the British parliament?
At Westminster Abbey in London, England, the Pyx chapel door was found to have fragments of what attached to it after alleged corporate punishment in 1303?
Whose unsuccessful challenge for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990 brought down Margaret Thatcher?
How many Catherine’s did Henry VIII marry?
Which party leader was a Royal Marine commando?
How old was Tony Blair when he became British Prime Minister?
WHAT ‘RBP’ WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT?
WITH WHICH WAR IS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE ASSOCIATED?
NANNY, SANDRA RIVETT WAS THE VICTIM OF WHICH INFAMOUS MURDERER?
HOW MUCH DID QUEEN VICTORIA PAY FOR BALMORAL CASTLE IN 1852 ?
WHAT ‘B’ WAS THE DEADLY PLAGUE WHICH RAVAGED ENGLAND IN 1348?
WHAT ‘BA’ IS THE NICKNAME OF THE PROCEEDINGS THAT MADE JUDGE JEFFREYS FAMOUS?
WHICH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER SIGNED THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT IN 1985?
WHICH ENGLISH CATHEDRAL WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1666?
WHAT ‘WP’ BECAME PRIME MINISTER AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FOUR?
HOW MANY DIED IN HILLSBOROUGH?
AT THE TIME OF HER JUBILEE HOW MANY SHIPS HAD THE QUEEN LAUNCHED?
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