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!
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?
Who won England’s ‘War of the Roses.’
Who was the only British Prime Minister to die at No. 10 Downing Street, London?
What was the British government forced to abolish in 1991, replacing it with the council tax?
Evening Star no. 92220 was the last what in Britain?
Who was the last British Prime Minister not to have a wife?
Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. Where is it?
WHAT ‘W’ IS ENGLAND’S OLDEST PUBLIC SCHOOL?
WHAT WAS DESIGNED IN 1997 BY ART TEACHER “BRUCE RUSHIN” TO SYMBOLISE THE PROGRESS OF TECHNOLOGY WITHIN BRITISH INDUSTRY?
WHAT ‘B’ IS THE IRISH COLONEL WHO STOLE THE CROWN JEWELS IN 1671?
WHAT IS MARGARET THATCHERS MIDDLE NAME?
HOW WERE THE EVIL MYRA HYNDLEY & IAN BRADY OTHERWISE KNOWN?
WHAT IN ARTHURIAN LEGEND WAS THE SIEGE PERILOUS?
WHICH ENGLISH KING WAS BEHEADED IN 1649 –?
WHAT GREAT MILITARY LEADER WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED YO-YO PLAYER?
WHO SERVED UNDER NELSON COMMANDING THE GLATTON 1801?
HOW MANY SCENES ARE ON THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY?
WHAT WAS THE CORONATION YEAR OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 2ND?
WHAT T WAS THE KING KNOWN AS LACKLAND?
IN WHICH LONDON BUILDING WAS THE FUNERAL OF DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HELD IN 1997?
WHAT ‘GO’ WAS BUILT ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES BY SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN?
WHAT ‘C’ WAS THE KING WHO HID UP AN OAK TREE?
WHO WAS PRIME MINISTER WHEN EDWARD VIII ABDICATED?
WHO WAS THE LAST ROMAN CATHOLIC KING OF ENGLAND?
WHO WAS THE FIRST BRITISH MONARCH TO VISIT AMERICA?
Who became Duchess of Windsor on her marriage in 1937?
To which post was Dr John Sentamu appointed in October 2005?
Who was the first black female MP to sit in the House of Commons?
Which contestant on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here… TORY IN LAB
In which building is the tomb of the Duke of Wellington?
What nationality was Anne of Cleves?
What was the name of the first land battle of the Falklands War?
Who did Winston Churchill describe as, “A sheep in sheep’s clothing”?
In 1991 who was appointed as the first female head of MI5?
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