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British History by Month: December - Statistics

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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%
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%
14th 1895 This future King is born, taking the throne when his brother abdicated George VI
77%
2nd 1697 This building reopened, having been rebuilt under the guise of Christopher Wren St Paul's Cathedral
77%
3rd 1992 Vodafone engineer Neil Papworth sent the first ever of this form of communication A Text Message
69%
1st 1135 This King died. He fell ill a week earlier after eating too many Lampreys Henry I
54%
6th 1921 This country gained independence from the United Kingdom Irish Free State
54%
21st 1988 Pan American flight 103 is destroyed by terrorists over this Scottish town, killing 270 people Lockerbie
54%
25th 1950 Scottish nationalists stole this artefact from Westminster Abbey, where it had be housed for 650 years Stone of Scone
54%
10th 1868 The first of these, now pivotal parts of road safety, were installed in London Traffic Lights
54%
13th 2013 Prince Harry, alongside his team of injured military veterans reaches this geographical landmark The South Pole
46%
26th 1791 This English mathematician, known for originating the idea of programmable computers, was born Charles Babbage
38%
17th 1778 This inventor, best known for the Safety Lamp, and discovering various elements, is born in Cornwall Humphrey Davy
38%
22nd 1716 The first of this type of show is performed in England at London's Lincoln Inn Theatre Pantomime
38%
7th 2022 The last surviving member of this famous Second World War raid, George Johnson, died aged 101 The Dambusters
38%
28th 1950 This picturesque area of England became Britain's first National Park The Peak District
38%
19th 1848 This author died aged 30, from Tuberculosis Emily Bronte
31%
12th 1955 Christopher Cockerell patents this new type of vehicle Hovercraft
31%
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%
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%
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%
27th 1836 This type of natural disaster killed 8 at Lewes, the worst of its type ever to happen in Britain An Avalanche
8%
31st 2022 Scarborough cancelled it's New Year fireworks display because of this reason A Sleeping Walrus
8%
9th 1783 The first executions took place at this prison Newgate Prison
8%
23rd 1732 This entrepreneur, who would go on to pioneer the modern factory system at Cromford, Derbyshire, was born Richard Arkwright
8%
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%
18th 2012 This retailer closed its doors after 79 years of trading Comet
0%
4th 1799 This new tax was first announced in Britain to help finance war with France Income Tax
0%
11th 1282 This Prince, the last native Prince of Wales, died Llewelyn ap Gruffydd
0%
15th 1958 The Crewe Works builds its last of this vehicle, having built 7331 since the works opened in 1840 Steam Locomotive
0%
5th 1973 Speed limits were reduced to 50mph across Britain, but why? To save fuel
0%
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