Trivia Quiz on British History Part 3

1. Who invented the 'Spinning Jenny'

A) Richard Arkwright

B) James hargreaves

C) Samuel Crompton

D) Edmund Cartwright

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2. The term warts and all comes from a portrait of who

A) George Washington

B) Napoleon Bonaparte

C) Oliver Cromwell

D) Henry VIII

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3. Where in London is Rotten Row

A) Hyde Park

B) St James's Park

C) Regent's Park

D) Kensington Gardens

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4. Soundman Who was the king of England during the American Revolution

A) George II

B) William IV

C) Charles II

D) George III

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5. Sgt Jack Mills Was The Designated Driver In Which Infamous Journey In History

A) The Lindbergh Flight Across the Atlantic

B) The Orient Express: Paris to Istanbul

C) The Hindenburg's Transatlantic Voyage

D) The Great Train Robbery

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6. Where were 'foul lane', 'stinking lane' and 'bladder street'

A) Paris

B) Dublin

C) London

D) York

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7. What did the name 'battenberg' become

A) Windsor

B) Battenberg

C) Mountbatten-Windsor

D) Mountbatten

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8. Which is the last of the year's four quarter days

A) Christmas day

B) Lady Day (March 25)

C) Midsummer Day (June 24)

D) Michaelmas (September 29)

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9. What is the name of the Buckinghamshire estate where the German Enigma codes were cracked during World War 2

A) Waddesdon Manor

B) Bletchley Park

C) Stowe House

D) Cliveden

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10. Which King of England died in 1910

A) George V

B) Edward vii

C) Edward VIII

D) Henry VIII

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11. Which competition was organised by Mecca Ltd. to coincide with the 1951 Festival of Britain

A) Miss world

B) Miss Universe

C) Miss Britain

D) Miss Europe

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12. What does 'the monument' in london commemorate

A) Opening of the London Underground

B) The Battle of Britain

C) The Great Plague of London

D) Great fire of london

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13. In the 18th century what job did a fart-catcher do

A) A footman – walk behind master

B) A court jester who performed bodily humor at dinners

C) A page who carried messages in the great hall

D) A chimney sweep who tended to the master's fireplaces and soot

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14. Ranch what famous building did sir john vanbrugh design

A) The British Museum

B) Windsor Castle

C) Blenheim palace

D) Buckingham Palace

E) The Palace of Westminster

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15. How did sir walter raleigh die

A) Natural causes

B) Execution

C) Poisoning

D) Died in battle

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16. First public supply in Britain from river Wey in 1881 what

A) Electricity

B) Gas

C) Water

D) Telegraph

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17. Capability Brown was a famous Landscape Gardener 1st name

A) Thomas

B) Lancelot

C) Edward

D) Henry

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18. William Blake Winston Churchill John Lennon what links

A) They all wrote poetry

B) They all served as prime ministers

C) They were knighted

D) Ordained Druids

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19. For whom was buckingham palace built

A) William Winde

B) Thomas Wentworth

C) John sheffield

D) George II

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20. Who was the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace

A) George IV

B) Queen Victoria

C) William IV

D) Edward VII

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21. The statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus commemorates which Victorian reformer

A) John Bright

B) Florence Nightingale

C) Benjamin Disraeli

D) Earl of shaftsbury anthony ashley cooper

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22. In which Cathedral is Jane Austen buried

A) Winchester Cathedral

B) St Paul's Cathedral

C) York Minster

D) Wells Cathedral

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23. Who was Margret Thatcher?

A) Leader of the Labour Party

B) Queen of the United Kingdom

C) Prime Minister of Great Britan

D) Chancellor of the Exchequer

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24. Which highwayman rode the horse Black Bess

A) Claude Du Val

B) Dick Turpin

C) James Hind

D) Tom King

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25. When was crystal palace destroyed

A) 1936

B) 1934

C) 1935

D) 1937

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26. In the 1969 filin "Anne of the Thousand Days" starring Genevieve Bujold and Richard Burton, who was the Anne of the title

A) Anne of Cleves

B) Anne Neville

C) Anne Boleyn

D) Anne Hathaway

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27. Postage stamps were first introduced in to Britain in what year

A) 1839

B) 1841

C) 1844

D) 1840

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28. Jayne Austin is famous but who reigned Britain when she wrote

A) George III

B) George II

C) George IV

D) Victoria

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29. Who refused to leave the table when gambling & invented a new meal

A) King Henry VIII

B) Earl of sandwich

C) Duke of Wellington

D) Caesar Cardini

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30. By What Name Is The Notorious "Richard John Bingham" More Commonly Known

A) Lord Lucan

B) The Earl of Sandwich

C) Duke of Westminster

D) The Earl of Mar

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31. The most famous church in Great Britain, enshrining many of the traditions of the British people

A) Westminster Cathedral

B) St Paul's Cathedral

C) Canterbury Cathedral

D) Westminster Abbey

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32. Who was the last prisoner in the Tower of London

A) Sir Walter Raleigh

B) Anne Boleyn

C) Thomas More

D) Rudolf Hess

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33. What was winston churchill's wife's name

A) Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

B) Catherine

C) Clementine

D) Alexandra

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34. Who founded the Hospice movement in Britain in 1960?

A) Florence Nightingale

B) Mother Teresa

C) Cicely Saunders

D) Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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35. How many cigars did sir winston churchill ration himself to a day

A) Ten

B) Fifteen

C) Eight

D) Twenty

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36. What is 'mother's ruin'

A) Rum

B) Gin

C) Whiskey

D) Brandy

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37. What was T E Lawrence better known as

A) T E Lawrence

B) Lawrence of arabia

C) Lawrence of Persia

D) Arabian Lawrence

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38. Who abolished christmas in 1647

A) Oliver Cromwell

B) English parliament

C) The House of Commons

D) King Charles I

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39. What country finally adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752

A) France

B) England

C) Russia

D) China

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40. John Palmer is buried in York what better known name

A) Dick Turpin

B) Claude Duval

C) Ned Kelly

D) Captain Kidd

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41. What was the profession of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown

A) Estate manager

B) Architect

C) Landscape gardener

D) Forester

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42. In Shakespeare King Lear was king of where

A) England

B) Scotland

C) Britain

D) France

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43. Medieval wine measurement there are two buts to a what

A) Hogshead

B) Firkin

C) Tun

D) Pipe

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44. When was Big Ben completed

A) 1848

B) 1857

C) 1858

D) 1862

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45. Which society founded in 1884 still provides much of the intellect and political stimulus of the Labour Party?

A) Social Democratic Federation

B) Independent Labour Party

C) Fabian Society

D) Co-operative Party

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46. Shrine margaret thatcher becomes the first woman elected prime minister of

A) Great

B) Great Britain

C) the United Kingdom

D) Britain

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47. Which British king said 'I don't like abroad, I've been there'

A) George v

B) Edward VII

C) George VI

D) Edward VIII

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48. From which date does the legal term ' Time Immemorial' apply

A) 1066 the Norman Conquest

B) 1215 the Magna Carta

C) 1189 the death of henry ii

D) 1300 the start of the late medieval period

E) 500 BC the ancient era

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49. Name of the Major General who invented the exploding shell

A) Henry Shrapnel

B) William Congreve

C) Charles Desforges

D) Edward Marlborough

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50. Who was the last Roman Catholic King of England

A) James I

B) Henry II

C) James II

D) Charles II

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