| Date | Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th | 1980 | This former member of the Beatles was killed outside his apartment in New York by an estranged fan | John Lennon | 92%
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| 16th | 1773 | This 'Tea Party' took place in the USA, causing £1.5 million worth of British tea to be lost | Boston Tea Party | 85%
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| 14th | 1895 | This future King is born, taking the throne when his brother abdicated | George VI | 77%
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| 2nd | 1697 | This building reopened, having been rebuilt under the guise of Christopher Wren | St Paul's Cathedral | 77%
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| 3rd | 1992 | Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth sent the first ever of this form of communication | A Text Message | 69%
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| 1st | 1135 | This King died. He fell ill a week earlier after eating too many Lampreys | Henry I | 54%
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| 6th | 1921 | This country gained independence from the United Kingdom | Irish Free State | 54%
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| 21st | 1988 | Pan American flight 103 is destroyed by terrorists over this Scottish town, killing 270 people | Lockerbie | 54%
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| 25th | 1950 | Scottish nationalists stole this artefact from Westminster Abbey, where it had be housed for 650 years | Stone of Scone | 54%
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| 10th | 1868 | The first of these, now pivotal parts of road safety, were installed in London | Traffic Lights | 54%
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| 13th | 2013 | Prince Harry, alongside his team of injured military veterans reaches this geographical landmark | The South Pole | 46%
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| 26th | 1791 | This English mathematician, known for originating the idea of programmable computers, was born | Charles Babbage | 38%
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| 17th | 1778 | This inventor, best known for the Safety Lamp, and discovering various elements, is born in Cornwall | Humphrey Davy | 38%
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| 22nd | 1716 | The first of this type of show is performed in England at London's Lincoln Inn Theatre | Pantomime | 38%
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| 7th | 2022 | The last surviving member of this famous Second World War raid, George Johnson, died aged 101 | The Dambusters | 38%
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| 28th | 1950 | This picturesque area of England became Britain's first National Park | The Peak District | 38%
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| 19th | 1848 | This author died aged 30, from Tuberculosis | Emily Bronte | 31%
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| 12th | 1955 | Christopher Cockerell patents this new type of vehicle | Hovercraft | 31%
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| 29th | 1675 | The Government ordered the closure of all of these establishments, on the basis that they were hotbeds for anti-government gossip | Coffee Houses | 15%
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| 20th | 1928 | The first of this restaurant, named after it's founder, which would eventually become the most famous of its type, opens in Yorkshire | Harry Ramsden's | 15%
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| 24th | 1814 | This conflict, often seen as a sideshow to a larger conflict in Britain, is brought to an end by the Treaty of Ghent | The War of 1812 | 15%
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| 27th | 1836 | This type of natural disaster killed 8 at Lewes, the worst of its type ever to happen in Britain | An Avalanche | 8%
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| 31st | 2022 | Scarborough cancelled it's New Year fireworks display because of this reason | A Sleeping Walrus | 8%
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| 9th | 1783 | The first executions took place at this prison | Newgate Prison | 8%
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| 23rd | 1732 | This entrepreneur, who would go on to pioneer the modern factory system at Cromford, Derbyshire, was born | Richard Arkwright | 8%
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| 30th | 1946 | Footballers in England's Football league threaten to go on strike over the proposal of a wage cap of this amount | £11 a week | 0%
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| 18th | 2012 | This retailer closed its doors after 79 years of trading | Comet | 0%
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| 4th | 1799 | This new tax was first announced in Britain to help finance war with France | Income Tax | 0%
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| 11th | 1282 | This Prince, the last native Prince of Wales, died | Llewelyn ap Gruffydd | 0%
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| 15th | 1958 | The Crewe Works builds its last of this vehicle, having built 7331 since the works opened in 1840 | Steam Locomotive | 0%
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| 5th | 1973 | Speed limits were reduced to 50mph across Britain, but why? | To save fuel | 0%
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