British History by Month: February - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
2nd	1665	This North American city was captured by the British, later going onto be named New York	New Amsterdam	94%
7th	1812	This novelist, responsible for works such as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Christmas Carol', was born	Charles Dickens	88%
13th	1945	This German city was virtually destroyed by nearly 4000 tonnes of bombs dropped by the RAF and the USAAF	Dresden	75%
6th	1952	Queen Elizabeth II succeeds her father as British monarch, but where was she when she heard the news of his death?	Kenya	69%
20th	1472	These two groups of islands became part of Scotland (name one)	Shetland \| Orkney	69%
16th	1646	The last major battle of this conflict took place at Torrington in Devon	The English Civil War	50%
24th	1993	This footballer, who captained both West Ham and England, died aged 51	Bobby Moore	44%
5th	1996	These two British supermarket chains become the first in the UK to stock GM products, in this case, GM Tomato Puree (name one)	Sainsbury's \| Safeway	44%
17th	1874	This political party, under the stewardship of Benjamin Disraeli, won it's first majority since 1841	The Conservative Party	44%
22nd	1371	King Robert II ascends to the throne in Scotland, beginning a royal dynasty that would continue until 1714	The Stuart Dynasty	44%
12th	2019	This English football goalkeeper, blinded in one eye in a car crash earlier in his life, died on his day	Gordon Banks	38%
9th	1540	The first recorded meeting of this sport was held in Chester	Horse Racing	38%
23rd	1965	This British comedian, who once formed one half of a comedy duo, died aged 74	Stan Laurel	38%
25th	1939	The first of these wartime safety measures were built in Britain, with 2.5 million eventually being built	Anderson Shelter	31%
1st	1979	This footballer became the first £1 million player, when he transferred from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest	Trevor Francis	25%
15th	1971	The government introduced this new way of organising currency on this day	Decimalisation	19%
10th	1906	This British battleship was launched, making all other battleships obsolete overnight	HMS Dreadnought	13%
27th	1700	Author, scientific observer and sea captain, William Dampier, discovered this island off the coast of New Guinea	New Britain	13%
21st	1804	Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick demonstrates the World's first of this type of vehicle, winning a wager in the process	Steam Locomotive	13%
11th	1895	The lowest temperature ever in Britain; -27.2 Celsius, was recorded at this place in Scotland	Braemar	6%
28th	1888	A new invention that would transform global transport was tested in Belfast, by youngster, Johnny Dunlop, as he was riding his tricycle under his father's supervision	Pneumatic Tyres	6%
26th	1935	Robert Watson-Watt first demonstrates this technology in Northamptonshire	RADAR	6%
4th	211	This Roman Emperor died in Eboracum, now known as York	Septimius Severus	6%
3rd	1014	This King died, becoming England's shortest reigning king, ruling for just 40 days	Sweyn Forkbeard	6%
14th	2006	This payment method was first introduced in Britain	Chip and Pin	0%
18th	1871	This inventor, credited for the invention of 'rustless' steel, later to be called 'stainless' steel, was born	Harry Brearley	0%
29th	1692	This poet, and inventor of a revolutionary form of shorthand, is born in Manchester	John Byrom	0%
8th	1855	A series of mysterious footprints appear in the snow in Devon. They traverse roofs, rivers and haystacks and come to be known as	The Devil's Footprints	0%
19th	1408	Henry IV was victorious at the Battle of Bramham Moor, therefore ending this particular rebellion, named after the family he defeated	The Percy Rebellion	0%

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