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How Well Do You Know British History?

Victoria

Who is the longest-reigning monarch in British history?

Lady Jane Grey

Who is the shortest-reigning monarch in British history?

Thomas Cranmer

Which former Archbishop of Canterbury was burnt to death in Oxford in 1556?

Spencer Perceval

Who is the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated?

Margaret Thatcher

Who is the longest serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century?

Mary, Elizabeth, Edward

In which order were Henry VIII’s surviving children born?

Matilda

Who was the only female/Queen to try and claim the English throne in her own right in the Middle Ages, prompting a civil war against her rival Stephen?

Edward II

Which medieval monarch was killed at Berkeley Castle? (According to one version he was violated with a red hot poker.)

1199

When did ‘bad’ King John come to the throne?

George IV

Which British monarch was formerly known as the ‘Prince Regent’ and lent his name to the ‘Regency’ period?

Which British monarch was first given the title ‘Empress of India’?

Beheaded in public.

How did Charles I die?

James I

Who was the target of the Gunpowder Plot?

Richard III

Who was the last King of England to die in battle?

1945

When did Churchill leave office as a result of an electoral defeat?

1997

In what year did Tony Blair enter Downing Street?

The Pilgrimage of Grace

What was the name of the largest rebellion ever faced by a Tudor monarch?

Catherine Howard

Who was Henry VIII’s fifth wife?

Edward and Richard

What were the names of the Princes in the Tower?

1587

When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

Robert I

Which Scottish King supposedly learnt the art of patience from watching a spider building a web?

Rebel against English rule

What did Owain Glyndwr famously do?

David Lloyd George

Which Prime Minister led Britain to victory in WW1?

Alan Turing

Which boffin broke the German codes at Bletchley Park during WW2?

Emily Wilding Davison

Which Suffragette threw herself under the King’s horse at the Derby in 1913?

Robert Walpole

Who is the longest-serving Prime Minister in British history?

1815

In what year was the Battle of Waterloo?

Edward VII

Which monarch succeeded Queen Victoria?

Thomas Fairfax

Who commanded the New Model Army during the English Civil War?

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