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!
Who was proclaimed Empress of India in 1877?
Which war gave Britain control of Hong Kong?
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain when Queen Elizabeth II was born?
In September 1878 what was erected in London following a sea voyage from Alexandria?
Which English king was the son of John of Gaunt?
Who replaced Barbara Castle as MP for Blackburn?
What nickname did Henry VIII give to Anne of Cleves?
Point Clue: I am the fourth cousin of Lady Diana. Who am I?
Who bought Queen Elizabeth II her first corgi?
A popular explanation of the name of what iconic street is that it was the former site of the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Scotland, prior to the Union of England and Scotland?
What country has the alleged Loch Ness Monster?
Which British royal was once married to Lord Snowden?
John Palmer, a dead highway man, is buried in York, England, what’s his better known name?
In which war was the Battle of Naseby fought?
In England, who was the Yorkshire Ripper?
Along with George Hepplewhite and Thomas Sheraton, who was considered one of the ‘big three’ English furniture makers of the 18th century?
WHO WAS THE LAST BRITISH VICEROY OF INDIA?
WHO WAS THATCHER REFERRING TO WHEN SHE SAID “THERES NO SYMPATHY IN POLITICS”?
WHAT ‘H’ WAS THE KING WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT HASTINGS IN 1066?
WHOM DID MARGARET THATCHER REPLACE AS LEADER OF THE TORY PARTY?
HOW DID HENRY VII PUT AN END TO THE WARS OF THE ROSES IN 1485?
WHICH INFAMOUS ENGLISHMAN’S PRISON NUMBER WAS FF8282?
A FACTORY IN A GARDEN VILLAGE” WAS THE IDEA OF RICHARD AND GEORGE CADBURY IN 1879. WHAT WAS THIS VILLAGE NAMED?
WHO BECAME BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DIRECTLY AFTER HAROLD WILSON LEFT THE POST IN 1976 AND JUST BEFORE MARGARET THATCHER TOOK UP THE POST IN 1979?
KING CHARLES’S DAUGHTER MARY WAS THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY TO HOLD WHICH TITLE?
GEORGE BLAKE GOT THE LONGEST PRISON SENTENCE IN HISTORY FROM A BRITISH COURT AFTER BEING CHARGED UNDER THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT IN MAY 1961. CAN ANYBODY TELL HOW LONG WAS HIS SENTENCE?
BRITISH KING WAS KNOWN TO FAMILY FRIENDS AS DAVID HIS LAST NAME?
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE SCHOOL LEAVING AGE RAISED TO SIXTEEN?
WHAT ‘L’ IS THE NAME OF THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT SUCCEEDED THE WHIGS?
WHO WAS SHOT & KILLED OUTSIDE THE LIBYAN EMBASSY ON 17TH APRIL 1984?
WHICH PRIME MINISTER TOOK BRITAIN INTO THE EEC?
WHAT ‘KMH’ WERE SAID TO BE HORATIO NELSON’S LAST WORDS?
WHO BUILT THE FIRST TUNNEL UNDER THE RIVER THAMES?
WHAT ‘TR’ WERE THE NAMES OF REGIONS IN YORKSHIRE WHICH WERE ABOLISHED IN 1974?
Who became Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in May 2006?
Which convicted criminal wrote the book, The Gates of Janus: Serial Killers and their Analysis?
Which celebrity chef received an OBE in the 2003 New Years Honours List?
In 1990 who said, “I am still at the crease, though the bowling has become more hostile lately”?
Eboracum was the Roman name for which English city?
Which king died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?
Who opposed the Roundheads in the English Civil War?
Which future Prime Minister was elected MP for Bexley in 1950?
Who was hanged for the murder of David Blakely?
Who was the bridegroom at the Chapel of the Observance Friars in a wedding that took place on June 11, 1509?
Who claimed that Lord Byron was “Mad, bad and dangerous to know”?
During which English monarch’s reign was the novel Ivanhoe set?
Point Clue: In 1988 I gave birth to a baby girl who was christened Beatrice. Who am I?
What name was given to murderer Peter Sutcliffe?
Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour?
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