Trivia Quiz on British History Part 4

1. Which building commemorates the Great Fire of London?

A) St Paul's Cathedral

B) The Bank of England

C) The Globe Theatre

D) Monument

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2. He said 'i have nothing to offer but blood, tears, toil and sweat'?

A) Neville Chamberlain

B) Margaret Thatcher

C) Franklin D. Roosevelt

D) Winston churchill

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3. What queen banned mirrors as she got older

A) Elizabeth 1st

B) Elizabeth II

C) Marie Antoinette

D) Queen Victoria

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4. Queen Victoria said it the saddest place in all Christendom where

A) Merseyside

B) Mearsyside

C) Merryside

D) Nearside

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5. What was signed on 15th June 1215?

A) The Magna Carta

B) The Petition of Right

C) The Bill of Rights

D) The Treaty of Versailles

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6. What was stolen from a Hotel Garden in Britain in 1991

A) Rose bushes

B) Tomatoes

C) Onion Crop

D) Garden gnomes

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7. Which forename, deriving from the Germanic 'rulehard', has been held by three English kings

A) Edward

B) Henry

C) Richard

D) George

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8. The indoor theatre at the new Globe, being built in London, will be named after which historical person

A) Christopher Wren

B) Ben Jonson

C) Inigo jones

D) Shakespeare

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9. Who was hanged & decapitated two years after he had died

A) Charles I

B) Thomas Cromwell

C) Richard Cromwell

D) Oliver cromwell

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10. Which house did Winston Churchill live in from 1922 to his death

A) Chartwell

B) Blenheim Palace

C) Chequers

D) 10 Downing Street

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11. Which Bridge In London Was Officially Named William Pitt Bridge In 1769

A) London Bridge

B) Tower Bridge

C) Blackfriars Bridge London

D) Waterloo Bridge

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12. Where is Westminster Abbey located

A) Paris

B) Edinburgh

C) London

D) Bath

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13. Which London Bridge Had A Gate Over It On Which The Heads Of Criminals Were Displayed On Spikes As A Deterrent

A) Tower Bridge

B) London Bridge

C) Blackfriars Bridge

D) Westminster Bridge

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14. What Was The Name Of Sir Francis Drakes Most Famous Ship

A) The Pelican

B) The Golden Hind

C) The Revenge

D) The Elizabeth

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15. Where is Westminster Abbey located?

A) Edinburgh

B) London

C) Dublin

D) York

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16. Where Was The First Successful Steam Engine Installed

A) London, England 1707

B) Dudley East Midlands 1712

C) Birmingham, England 1733

D) York, England 1716

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17. Who Invented The Spinning Jenny In 1764

A) Eli Whitney

B) James Hargreaves

C) Richard Arkwright

D) Samuel Crompton

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18. Sir Walter Raleigh's black greyhound was named __________

A) Shadow

B) Nero

C) Hamlet

D) Rover

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19. In The 19th Century Who Was The Railway King

A) Isambard Kingdom Brunel

B) George Stephenson

C) Thomas Brassey

D) The Financier George Hudson

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20. Who Invented The Hovercraft

A) Sir Christopher Cockerell

B) Elmer Sperry

C) Nikola Tesla

D) Sir Christopher Cockeral

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21. Which 2 Towns Were Linked By The Worlds First Commercial Railway

A) Liverpool & Manchester

B) London & Birmingham

C) Stockton & Darlington

D) York & Leeds

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22. Who imported the first Go set into Britain ?

A) Marco Polo

B) Christopher Columbus

C) Captain James Cook

D) Sir Francis Drake

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23. Who Invented The Christmas Cracker

A) Ferdinand Smith

B) Philip Carnell

C) Henry Cole

D) Thomas Smith

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24. What was the third country to get the "bomb"

A) France

B) China

C) Germany

D) Britain

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25. In 1979 who was revealed to be the fourth Russian spy in the Burgess, MacLean and Philby affair?

A) Kim Philby

B) Anthony Blunt

C) Guy Burgess

D) Donald MacLean

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26. What was the name of the society heiress who stole 8 million pounds worth of pictures in 1974 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison

A) Dr Victoria Hale

B) Lady Penelope Ashdown

C) Miss Sylvia Carrington

D) Dr Bridget Rose Dugdale

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27. What Was The Coronation Year Of Queen Elizabeth 2nd

A) 1952

B) 1953

C) 1951

D) 1926

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28. In 1954 Roger Bannister achieved the worlds 1st Sub 4 min mile in what English County did this take place

A) Oxforshire

B) Buckinghamshire

C) Bedfordshire

D) Wiltshire

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29. In which English town was the Co-Operative Society formed in 1844?

A) Manchester

B) Bradford

C) Oldham

D) Rochdale

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30. With Which War Is Florence Nightingale Associated

A) Crimean

B) World War I

C) American Civil War

D) Napoleonic Wars

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31. Who took the title "Lord Protector of the Commonwelth of England, Scotland, and Ireland" ?

A) Oliver Cromwell

B) Thomas Fairfax

C) George Monck

D) Charles I

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32. Who Described Russia As (A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery, Inside An Enigma)?

A) Napoleon Bonaparte

B) Dwight D. Eisenhower

C) Winston Churchill

D) Nikita Khrushchev

E) Mikhail Gorbachev

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33. In What Year Was The General Strike

A) 1919

B) 1926

C) 1923

D) 1930

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34. Who was the first Windsor monarch of the UK?

A) Edward VII (reigned 1901-1910)

B) George V (reigned 1910-1936)

C) George VI (reigned 1936-1952)

D) Edward VIII (reigned 1936)

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35. Which Act Gave People Temporary Release From From Prison To Prevent Starvation?

A) The Cat & Mouse Act

B) The Hunger Relief Act

C) The Prisons Temporary Release Act

D) The Parole and Welfare Act

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36. He said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, tears, toil and sweat."

A) Neville Chamberlain

B) Franklin D. Roosevelt

C) Mikhail Gorbachev

D) Sir winston churchill

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37. Who Was Prime Minister When Edward VIII Abdicated?

A) Ramsay MacDonald

B) Neville Chamberlain

C) Winston Churchill

D) Stanley Baldwin

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38. Which famous Giant Panda died at London Zoo in 1972?

A) Ling-Ling

B) Hsing-Hsing

C) Bao Bao

D) Chi Chi

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39. What Was The Function Of Press Gangs In The Early Nineteenth Century?

A) To Recruit Soldiers For The British Army

B) To Press Or Recruit Men Into The Royal Marines

C) To Press Or Recruit Men Into The Royal Navy

D) To Force Merchants To Lend Ships For The Navy

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40. Great Britain Was The First Country To Issue Postage Stamps But In What Year

A) 1840

B) 1839

C) 1837

D) 1841

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41. In What Year Did The Great Fire Of London Occur

A) 1665

B) 1667

C) 1656

D) 1666

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42. What changed in 1752 which caused Britain to have a White Christmas less frequently thereafter?

A) Britain introduced daylight saving time in winter months.

B) The calendar

C) Britain increased the length of the year to 366 days every year.

D) The government moved Christmas from December 25 to December 24.

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43. What Was Founded In The Reign Of Henry VIII For The Protection Of The Royal Person?

A) Yeoman Of The Guard Or Beefeaters

B) The Gentlemen at Arms

C) The Royal Bodyguard

D) The Gentlemen Pensioners

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44. Who was the first person to swim the English Channel?

A) Captain Matthew Webb

B) Gertrude Ederle

C) Sarah Thomas

D) Lewis Pugh

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45. What was the name of the vehicle in which Sir Malcom Campbell broke the 300 mph barrier in 1935?

A) Blue Bird

B) Golden Arrow

C) Napier-Railton

D) Bluebird

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46. Who rode naked through the streets of Coventry

A) Saint George

B) Lady godiva

C) Cleopatra

D) Joan of Arc

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47. Which houses fought the War of the Roses?

A) Plantagenet and Tudor

B) Lancaster and York

C) York and Tudor

D) Lancaster and Hanover

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48. Who Wrote A Famous Diary Between 1660 & 1669?

A) John Evelyn

B) Jonathan Swift

C) Daniel Defoe

D) Samuel Pepys

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49. The Monument in the City Of London is a monument to which event?

A) The Great Plague of London

B) The Battle of Britain

C) The Great Fire Of London

D) The Norman Conquest

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50. 21 October 1805 Is The Anniversary Of Which Famous Battle

A) Battle of Waterloo

B) Battle of Austerlitz

C) Trafalgar

D) Battle of Blenheim

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