10 Things You Should Know About British History
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- Q 1/10Score 0The battle of Hastings, fought in 1066, is perhaps one of the most significant battles in British history. What was the original nickname of commander of the Norman forces, who eventually became king of England? Willam the...29SleepyInvaderConquerorLionheart
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- Q1The battle of Hastings, fought in 1066, is perhaps one of the most significant battles in British history. What was the original nickname of commander of the Norman forces, who eventually became king of England? Willam the...SleepyInvaderConquerorLionheart
- Q2The dynastic wars in Game of Thrones were inspired by the wars of the Roses, fought between 1455 and 1487 between the house of York and the house of...LeicesterLancasterPlantagenetGloucester
- Q3Henry VIII was famously married six times, and had to split from the Catholic church to do so. What was the name of his THIRD wife?Anne of ClevesJane SeymourCatherine of AragonAnne Boleyn
- Q4Which of these towns was NOT originally founded by the Romans?LondonLancasterLeicesterMilton-Keynes
- Q5In 1894, the Times estimated that in 1950 London...would be swallowed up by the Thameswould be the airship capital of the worldwould be buried in 9 feet of manurewould be decimated by outbreaks of cholera
- Q6What did the Acts of the Union of 1707 do?Join Scotland and EnglandJoin England and IrelandJoin England and FranceJoin Scotland and Wales
- Q7Which battle was won by the fleet commanded by Admiral Nelson, against a combined fleet of French and Spanish forces?Battle of TrafalgarBattle of the SommeBattle of WaterlooBattle of Hastings
- Q8Winston Churchill was Prime Minister throughout WWII. However, he lost the 1945 election against which of these politicians?Neville ChamberlainHarold MacmillanClement AttleeHarold Wilson
- Q9What happened in 1964, which greatly shocked the British Public?England won the world cupThe Great Train RobberyThe Queen abdicatedUK joined the EU
- Q10When did the UK join the European Economic Community, which then turned into the current European Union?1945199119731957
