| Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Elizabeth II overtakes this queen to have the longest reign of any British monarch | Queen Victoria | 95%
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| 1997 | This territory is returned to China | Hong Kong | 91%
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| 1981 | This woman becomes Princess of Wales | Diana Spencer | 90%
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| 1979 | This Conservative becomes Britain's first female Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher | 89%
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| 1956 | The UK, France, and Israel invade Egypt to regain control of this canal | Suez Canal | 83%
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| 2013 | This future king is born to Prince William | Prince George | 80%
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| 1955 | This Prime Minister ends his second term | Winston Churchill | 79%
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| 1966 | England hosts and wins this sporting event | World Cup | 79%
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| 1982 | The United Kingdom goes to war with this country | Argentina | 77%
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| 1996 | British beef is banned from the EU because of this disease | Mad Cow | 77%
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| 1994 | This tunnel opens, connecting England and France | Channel Tunnel | 71%
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| 1969 | This faster-than-sound passenger jet makes its first flight | Concorde | 68%
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| 1984 | This terrorist group bombs the Grand Hotel in Brighton | IRA | 68%
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| 1970 | The Forties Oil Field is discovered in this sea | North Sea | 65%
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| 1985 | This concert is held at Wembley stadium to raise funds for the Ethiopian famine | Live Aid | 56%
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| 1953 | Watson and Crick discover the shape of this molecule | DNA | 54%
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| 1988 | Pan-Am 103 is bombed and disintegrates over this Scottish town | Lockerbie | 47%
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| 1952–1960 | This country experiences the Mau Mau rebellion against British rule | Kenya | 43%
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| 1989 | This network is invented by Tim Berners-Lee | World Wide Web | 43%
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| 1954 | This man becomes the first to run a mile in less than 4 minutes | Roger Bannister | 31%
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