| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Duke of Wellington was born in Wellington, New Zealand | False | 92%
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| The ancient Romans founded several cities in Great Britain | True | 89%
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| Nigeria was once part of the British Empire | True | 87%
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| Anne Boleyn was executed | True | 85%
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| During the Middle Ages, Great Britain was so cold that polar bears occasionally wandered into London | False | 82%
|
| Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry an American divorcée | True | 81%
|
| Germany bombed the United Kingdom during WWII but only killed 4 people | False | 79%
|
| Sherwood Forest never existed in real life | False | 73%
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| Isaac Newton taught at the University of Cambridge | True | 71%
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| Canterbury became a religious pilgrimage site after the murder of Thomas Beckett | True | 69%
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| Oliver Cromwell was Catholic | False | 64%
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| The Peaky Blinders gang was based in the city of Liverpool | False | 62%
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| The Venerable Bede was a monk who wrote a history of England | True | 62%
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| George III went mad at age 30 and died just three years later | False | 51%
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| The first person to swim across the English Channel was a woman | False | 44%
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