BRITISH HISTORY QUIZ:
A recent government claimed we do not know enough
about British...
BRITISH HISTORY QUIZ:
A recent government claimed we do not know enough
about British History. Is it correct? Below is a quiz, just
for fun, with multiple choice answers. In ‘true quiz
tradition’ the questions range from the quite easy to the
really quite difficult. The answers are at the end.
1.To which event was Winston Churchill referring
when he said, ‘Never in the field of human conflict
was so much owed by so many to so few?
a. The Falklands War.
b. The Battle of the Somme.
c. The Battle of the Atlantic.
d. The 1944 Education Act.
e. The Battle of Britain.
2.Who led the English at Agincourt?
a. Admiral Nelson.
b. Harold of Wessex.
c. Richard the Lionheart.
d. General Montgomery.
e. Henry V.
3.Which of these statements about Magna Carta is
true?
a. It placed the king below the law.
b. It placed the barons below the law.
c. It placed the king above the law.
d. It placed the peasants below the law.
e. It placed the barons above the law.
4.Which of these lists of ruling families is in
chronological order?
a. Hanoverian, Stuart, Lancastrian, Tudor, Yorkist.
b. Lancastrian, Yorkist, Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian.
c. Yorkist, Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian, Lancastrian.
d. Tudor, Hanoverian, Lancastrian, Stuart, Yorkist.
e. Yorkist, Lancastrian, Tudor, Stuart, Hanoverian.
5.Which of these battles was fought in 1066?
a. Stamford Bridge.
b. Lewes.
c. Poitiers.
d. Edington.
e. Blenheim.
6.Which of these Scottish monarchs became king of
England?
a. Robert the Bruce.
b. Mary Queen of Scots.
c. James VI.
d. James I.
e. Macbeth.
7.With which one of these is the 1832 Reform Bill
associated?
a. Income tax.
b. Women’s rights.
c. Parliamentary franchise.
d. Trade unions.
e. Education.
8.Which of the following was never a part of the
British Empire?
a. Nigeria.
b. Singapore.
c. Jamaica.
d. Tunisia.
e. Cyprus.
9.Which of the following is not associated with
Alfred the Great?
a. Revision of Saxon law.
b. Translation of Latin texts to Anglo-Saxon.
c. A royal navy.
d. Conquest of the Danelaw.
e. Athelney.
10. Which of the following lists of Prime Ministers
is in chronological order?
a. North, Pitt the Younger, Wellington, Peel, Disraeli.
b. Palmerston, Grey, MacDonald, Asquith, Atlee.
c. Walpole, Gladstone, Asquith, Baldwin, Wilson.
d. Walpole, Salisbury, Gladstone, Wilson, Baldwin.
e. Pitt the Elder, Canning, Eden, Chamberlain, Heath.
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