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20 Questions about British History
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1
During which English monarch's reign did Shakespeare write most of his plays?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
King James I
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What does the Union Jack Represent?
It represents the ships of England
It represents the Union of the different countries.
3
Who did Britain defeat in 1815?
Philip II (Spain)
Napoleon (France)
King Fredrik VI (Denmark)
Bismarck (Germany)
4
Who was the successor of Queen Elizabeth I?
King James I
King Harold II
King Henry VIII
King George
5
When did most of Ireland become independent of Britain?
1916
1950
1800
1922
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How many wives did Henry VIII have during his life?
8
4
11
6
7
Which King is so famous that Disney made a movie about him as a child?
King James
King George
King John
King Arthur
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When did Great Britain first come to existence as a state?
1914
1881
1707
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What does this picture represent?
Work in the Victorian Age
Alcohol abusion in Britain
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Who is called the "Virgin Queen"?
Holy Mary
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Mary
11
When could women in England get to vote?
1967
1928
1997
1955
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Who was Britain's prime minister during most of the Second World War?
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
David Lloyd George
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When did the "Black death" reach England?
1348
Early 1400s
1254
1329
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Which Queen was later crowned Empress of India?
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth II
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Who was called "Bloody Mary"?
King Henry's famous warship
Queen Mary I of England
A woman accused for witchcraft
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What happens in 1707?
Victoria comes to the throne.
Act of Union between England and Wales.
Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
Act between England and Scotland, creating Great Britain.
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Who was Oliver Cromwell?
Henry VIII's Chief minister.
Lord Protector when England had no monarch
19th century Irish republican leader
18
When did the Industrial Revolution in Britain begin?
1700s
Early 1600s
1825
Late 1800s
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What did Florence Nightingale do?
Made nursing a skilled and respected profession.
Married a wealthy man, and became a good wife as expected.
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Who broke with Rome and established the Protestant Church?
Julius Caesar
King Harold II
Henry VIII
Martin Luther
