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Can You Get An A In This British History Quiz?

63 years and 7 months.

ROUND 1: KINGS AND QUEENS: How many years was Queen Victoria on the throne for?

Henry VII. Henry V and Henry VI were Lancastrians.

Who was the first Tudor king of England?

Richard III was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the last decisive battle of the Wars of the Roses.

Richard III

Who was defeated at the Battle of Bosworth Field?

The Queen’s father, George VI, was the last King George on the throne.

George VII

Assuming Prince Charles rules as King Charles III, when Prince George becomes king, which George will he be?

Bubonic plague

ROUND 2: EVENTS: What disease was the Black Death?

The fire started at the bakery of Thomas Farriner in Pudding Lane.

A baker’s oven

What started the Great Fire of London in 1666?

The House of Lords

What were Guy Fawkes and his compatriots trying to blow up in the “gunpowder plot”?

The agreement marked a major point in the Northern Ireland peace process.

1998

When was the Good Friday Agreement signed?

Bread rationing only came in in 1946, after the war ended.

Bread!

ROUND 3: FOOD: Which of these foods was NOT rationed in World War II?

The Cadbury family built houses, parks, and sports facilities for their workers in the town.

Birmingham

Which of these towns is closest to Bournville, historically associated with Cadbury’s chocolate?

The Marmite Food Extract Company was formed in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.

1902

When did Marmite start being produced in the UK?

The dish, which involves chicken coated in a curry and mayonnaise sauce, was prepared for the coronation banquet of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

Queen Elizabeth II

Which royal was Coronation Chicken invented for?

Macbeth

ROUND 4: LITERATURE: Which Shakespeare character was the Thane of Glamis?

Of course it was Robert, or Rabbie, Burns.

Which Robert wrote "Auld Lang Syne"?

1813

When was _Pride and Prejudice_ published?

Churchill became prime minister for the first time in 1940.

Neville Chamberlain

ROUND 5: BRITISH PEOPLE: Who was prime minister when Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939?

Slavery, specifically petitioning for her own freedom. Prince was born to an enslaved family in the British West Indies, and eventually escaped her owners when they travelled to England in 1828. She was the first woman to present an anti-slavery petition to parliament.

Slavery

What was the subject of Mary Prince’s 1829 petition to parliament?

She died of her injuries a few days later in hospital.

Emily Wilding Davison

Which suffragette ran in front of King George V's horse in 1913?

Alexander Graham Bell

Which Scottish man is credited with patenting the telephone?

Dr Sharman responded to a radio advert asking for applicants to be the first British astronaut. She travelled to the Mir space station in 1991 with a team of Russian cosmonauts.

Helen Sharman

Who was the first British person in space?

On the occasion of the birth of her grandson Michael.

Margaret Thatcher

Who famously once said “We have become a grandmother”?

The World Wide Web

What did Sir Tim Berners-Lee invent in 1989?

You don't know very much British history.

You know a fair amount of British history!

Well done! You clearly know your British history.

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