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1
What happens in 1707?
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
Victoria comes to the throne.
Act of Union between England and Wales.
Act between England and Scotland, creating Great Britain.
2
When did most of Ireland become independent of Britain?
1922
1950
1800
1916
3
What did Florence Nightingale do?
Made nursing a skilled and respected profession.
Married a wealthy man, and became a good wife as expected.
4
When did Great Britain first come to existence as a state?
1707
1881
1914
5
Which King is so famous that Disney made a movie about him as a child?
King John
King Arthur
King James
King George
6
Who was called "Bloody Mary"?
Queen Mary I of England
A woman accused for witchcraft
King Henry's famous warship
7
Who did Britain defeat in 1815?
King Fredrik VI (Denmark)
Bismarck (Germany)
Napoleon (France)
Philip II (Spain)
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What does the Union Jack Represent?
It represents the ships of England
It represents the Union of the different countries.
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Who is called the "Virgin Queen"?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
Holy Mary
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What does this picture represent?
Work in the Victorian Age
Alcohol abusion in Britain
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How many wives did Henry VIII have during his life?
8
4
6
11
12
Who was the successor of Queen Elizabeth I?
King Harold II
King Henry VIII
King James I
King George
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During which English monarch's reign did Shakespeare write most of his plays?
Queen Victoria
King James I
Queen Elizabeth I
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When did the "Black death" reach England?
1254
1329
1348
Early 1400s
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When could women in England get to vote?
1955
1928
1967
1997
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Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Lord Protector when England had no monarch
Henry VIII's Chief minister.
19th century Irish republican leader
17
Who broke with Rome and established the Protestant Church?
King Harold II
Martin Luther
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
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Who was Britain's prime minister during most of the Second World War?
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
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When did the Industrial Revolution in Britain begin?
1700s
Late 1800s
1825
Early 1600s
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Which Queen was later crowned Empress of India?
Queen Mary
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
