Trivia Quiz on British History Part 5

1. In which country did this practice of 'Trick Or Treating' originate

A) The United States

B) Ireland

C) The United Kingdom, surprisingly

D) Canada

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2. In which war did Florence Nightingale earn her reputation ?

A) Napoleonic Wars

B) World War I

C) Crimean War

D) American Civil War

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3. What Were The Six Farm Hands Arrested For Forming A Trade Union Better Known As?

A) The Luddites

B) The Chartist Circle

C) The Tolpuddle Martyrs

D) The Peasant Uprising

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4. What did Henry Shrapnel invent?

A) The steam engine

B) The mechanical calculator

C) The exploding shell

D) The parachute

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5. In 1921 Who Founded The First Birth Control Clinic In London

A) Margaret Sanger

B) Emmeline Pankhurst

C) Virginia Woolf

D) Marie Stoppes

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6. In Which Century Did Lady Godiva Live?

A) 11th Century

B) 9th Century

C) 12th Century

D) 10th Century

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7. Through the streets of what town did Lady Godiva ride naked?

A) Leicester

B) Oxford

C) Coventry

D) York

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8. How Many Children Did Queen Victoria Have

A) Seven

B) Eight

C) Ten

D) Nine

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9. What Christmas item was first introduced by Henry Cole in 1843

A) The Advent Calendar

B) The Christmas Card

C) The Christmas Tree

D) Candy Cane

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10. 13th July 1955 saw the last execution of woman in Britain - who was she

A) Ruth Ellis

B) Amelia Dyer

C) Mary Ann Cotton

D) Edith Thompson

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11. Who was 'The Elephant Man'?

A) John Merrick

B) David Lynch

C) Joseph Merrick

D) Charles Dickens

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12. Who Played Bowls Before Engaging The Spanish Armada?

A) Sir Walter Raleigh

B) Sir John Hawkins

C) Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

D) Sir Francis Drake

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13. Who was Captain of the Titanic on her maiden voyage?

A) William Murdoch

B) Edward J. Smith

C) Charles Lightoller

D) Thomas Andrews

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14. Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?

A) Neville Chamberlain

B) Winston Churchill

C) Stanley Baldwin

D) Ramsay MacDonald

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15. Which War Involving The UK Began In 1982

A) The Gulf War

B) The Falklands War

C) The Bosnian War

D) The Kosovo War

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16. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?

A) George VI

B) Elizabeth II

C) Edward VIII

D) George the Fifth (in 1932)

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17. In Which Year Did The Oil Tanker Torrey Canyon Come Aground Near Lands End Causing A Major Environmental Disaster

A) 1967

B) 1964

C) 1969

D) 1970

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18. What were men conscripted to work down mines in World War Two usually known as?

A) Bevin Girls

B) Pitmen conscripts

C) Bevin Boys

D) Coal-mine workers

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19. Who Was The 4th Wife Of Henry Viii

A) Catherine of Aragon

B) Anne Boleyn

C) Anne Of Cleeves

D) Jane Seymour

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20. Name Queen Elizabeth I's Mother?

A) Catherine of Aragon

B) Anne Boleyn

C) Jane Seymour

D) Catherine Howard

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21. Who Placed His Cloak On A Puddle For Elizabeth I?

A) Sir Francis Drake

B) Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

C) Sir Philip Sidney

D) Sir Walter Raleigh

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22. In what year did Lord Lucan leap into obscurity

A) 1972

B) 1973

C) 1974

D) 1980

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23. On which Christmas day did English and German troops play football

A) 1915

B) 1914

C) 1916

D) 1917

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24. What did Anne Boleyn have three of?

A) Five husbands

B) Three children

C) Breasts

D) Three crowns

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25. Who invented the exploding shell?

A) Alfred Nobel

B) William Congreve

C) Henry Shrapnel

D) Benjamin Robins

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26. Who is "The Iron Lady"?

A) Indira Gandhi

B) Margaret Thatcher

C) Angela Merkel

D) Theresa May

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27. Why is the day after Christmas named Boxing Day?

A) The Rich Gave Presents To The Poor

B) Because people boxed up Christmas leftovers to take home

C) Because it originated from a boxing competition held on December 26

D) Because it was named after a saint called Boxing Day

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28. Who Was The Only British Pope?

A) Adrian IV

B) Gregory I

C) Pius IX

D) Leo X

E) John Paul II

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29. Who Invented The Spinning Frame In 1769?

A) James Hargreaves

B) Samuel Crompton

C) Sir Richard Arkwright

D) Edmund Cartwright

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30. In which year did the Queen make her infamous 'Annus Horriblis'' Christmas broadcast

A) 1990

B) 1991

C) 1993

D) 1992

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31. Which horse won the 1964 Derby

A) Santa Claus

B) Sea-Bird

C) Nijinsky

D) Mill Reef

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32. What year was the great drought in Britain?

A) 1965

B) 1975

C) 1976

D) 1980

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33. Which notorious murderer, hanged in July 1953, had his story told in the film _Ten Rillington Place_

A) Harold Shipman

B) Peter Sutcliffe

C) Ian Brady

D) John Reginald Christie

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34. Which English Silver Coin, Worth Four Pennies, Was Taken Out Of Circulation In The 17th Century?

A) The Farthing

B) The Threepence

C) The Groat

D) The Sixpence

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35. Which King Wore Two Shirts At His Execution So As Not To Shiver And Appear Frightened?

A) Charles I

B) Charles II

C) Henry VIII

D) Louis XIV

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36. At which battle was the Charge Of The Light Brigade?

A) Battle of Waterloo

B) Battle of Gettysburg

C) Battle of Thermopylae

D) Balaclava

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37. What was the third country to get the "bomb"?

A) Russia

B) France

C) Britain

D) United States

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38. Which Mutiny Took Place In 1789?

A) Nore Mutiny

B) Mutiny On The Bounty

C) Spithead Mutiny

D) HMS Hermione Mutiny

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39. In Which Year Was The Law Abolished That Allowed Witches To Be Burned

A) 1604

B) 1645

C) 1736

D) 1735

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40. In 1969 Richard Cawston Made A Documentary For The BBC About Which Famous Family

A) The Kennedy Family

B) The Jackson Family

C) The Presley Family

D) The Royal Family

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41. What Was The Goverment Of Oliver Cromwell Called?

A) The Protectorate

B) The Monarchy

C) The Commenwealth Goverment

D) The Restoration Government

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42. Why did Richard John Bingham make the news in the 1970s?

A) He was involved in a high-profile inheritance dispute that attracted media attention.

B) He faced a sensational tax-evasion inquiry that dominated headlines.

C) He became embroiled in a royal scandal over succession rights.

D) Lord Lucan

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43. Who popularized the Christmas tree in Britain and the U.S.?

A) Prince Albert

B) Benjamin Franklin

C) Queen Victoria

D) St. Nicholas

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44. What Office Did Churchill Hold For The Longest Continous Period?

A) First Lord of the Admiralty

B) Chancellor of the Exchequer

C) Home Secretary

D) Prime Minister

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45. Where was the big British pop festival held in 1969?

A) Glastonbury Festival, Somerset

B) The isle of wight

C) Woodstock, New York

D) Reading Festival, Berkshire

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46. In which year was Ascot built?

A) 1711

B) 1709

C) 1710

D) 1713

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47. Which Politician Is Known As Tarzan

A) Tony Blair

B) David Cameron

C) Micheal Hestletine

D) Nigel Farage

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48. What Did Churhill, Cromwell, & Shakespeare Have In Common ?

A) They all lived in the same century.

B) They all contributed to the same play.

C) They all Had Red Hair

D) They all served as head of state.

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49. Which Famous Woman Always Carried Pet Owl In Her Pocket ?

A) Joan of Arc

B) Marie Antoinette

C) Queen Victoria

D) Florence Nightingale

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50. Who Founded the Salvation Army ?

A) Wiliam Booth

B) Catherine Booth

C) Charles Spurgeon

D) Dwight L. Moody

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