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 DECLARED BANKRUPT IN SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH DEBTS OF OVER £400 MILLION?
AT WHO DID NEL GWYN FLASH HER ORANGES AND LATER BECOME HIS MISTRESS?
WHO DOES THE MONARCH SEND TO SUMMON THE COMMONS TO HER STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT?
HOW DID 1940S BRITISH MURDERER JOHN HAIGH DISPOSE OF HIS VICTIMS’ BODIES?
WHO WAS THE LAST BRITISH MONARCH BORN ABROAD?
WHAT ‘LJG’ WAS THE NINE DAYS’ QUEEN?
A SCHOOLGIRL FROM ESSEX HIT THE HEADLINES WHEN SHE DIED AFTER TAKING ECSTASY WHAT WAS HER NAME?
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, WHICH KING OF WESSEX BURNT A PEASANT HOUSEWIFE’S CAKES?
WHAT ‘J’ MEANS OF THE REIGN OF JAMES I?
WHAT ‘A’ WAS THE HUSBAND OF QUEEN VICTORIA?
WHO WAS THE CHIEF OF AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 1945 TO 1971 HAVING PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED THE WELLINGTON BOMBER OF WORLD WAR 2?
WHO WAS THE FIRST TUDOR KING OF ENGLAND?
HOW WAS EURO TUNNEL KNOWN BEFORE ITS NAME CHANGED IN 1998?
Which first test pilot for Concorde passed away in 2001?
Who were the three British Kings of 1936?
Beginning with M what is Michael Foot’s middle name?
In what year did John Smith, the former Labour leader die?
On which island was Prince Philip born?
Which British monarch died at the Battle of Flodden Field?
What did Horatio Nelson lose at the Battle of Tenerife?
Which ex British Prime Minister died in 1986?
In the 1990s which member of the British Royal Family was offered the throne of Estonia?
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Who did George Stephenson replace on a £5 note?
Which ex-resident of 10 Downing Street put his good health in his old age down to gin and cigarettes?
In what year were Christmas revellers first breathalysed in Britain?
Which English king was the target of The Gunpowder Plot?
Which British minister of health inaugurated the National Health Service?
Why was Great Britain called Great Britain?
Where are all British monarchs crowned?
The Great Fire of London broke out in a bakers shop in which street?
Who led an unsuccessful rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I in 1601?
What was the Duke of Wellington nickname?
THE ROYAL MINT IS RECOGNISED AS THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BUSINESS IN THE UK IN WHAT YEAR WAS IT FOUNDED?
WHAT ‘CH’ WAS THE QUEEN MOTHER’S HOME?
HOW MANY CHURCHES WERE DESTROYED IN THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON?
BRITAIN’S OLDEST EXISTING TRADE UNION WAS FOUNDED IN 1747 WHAT TRADE?
WHERE WAS BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE BORN?
IN WHAT YEAR DID THE CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE FIRST OPEN?
WHO ‘R’ ACCEDED TO THE THRONE OF ENGLAND IN 1377?
WHICH FAMOUS TAPESTRY COMMEMORATES THE CONQUERING OF ENGLAND?
WHICH CHARITY BEGAN IN 1934 AND STARTED FROM A LOCK UP GARAGE IN WALLASEY CHESHIRE?
IN 2007 THE PORTRAIT ON THE BACK OF A £20 POUND NOTE IS NOW OF ECONOMIST ADAM SMITH BUT WHICH MUSICIAN DID HE REPLACE?
WHICH ‘WC’ WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTER?
WHICH ‘RP’ WAS THE POLITICIAN CHIEFLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF THE BRITISH POLICE FORCE?
ON WHICH DATE DID THE BBC FIRST SCREEN THE LIKELY LADS?
WHICH ‘QV’ DIED IN 1901?
WHAT ‘OAD’ COMMEMORATES THE RESTORATION OF CHARLES II?
WHAT ‘D’ WAS BRITAIN’S FIRST JEWISH PRIME MINISTER?
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