British History by Month: July - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
18th	1817	This novelist, best known for her work 'Pride and Predjudice', died aged 41	Jane Austen	88%
5th	1997	The World's most famous sheep; Dolly, was born on this day. But why was she famous	She was cloned	88%
6th	1553	England's first Protestant King died on this day aged only 15, having taken the throne at only 9 years old	Edward VI	76%
1st	1916	This huge First World War battle began, with 20,000 British soldiers killed on the first day, and 57,000 wounded	The Battle of the Somme	76%
9th	1938	In anticipation of war, 35 million of these items of clothing were distributed to British civilians	Gas Masks	71%
2nd	1973	This comedian, who has sold over 10 million DVDs, more than any other comedian, was born in Bolton	Peter Kay	71%
23rd	2014	The 20th edition of this international sports competition was held in Glasgow	The Commonwealth Games	59%
16th	1955	This motorsports racing driver became the first Englishman to win the British Grand Prix, and is now often referred to as "the greatest driver to never win the World Championship"	Stirling Moss	53%
11th	1274	This King, victorious over the English at the battle of Bannockburn, was born in Ayrshire	Robert I	47%
14th	1865	Briton, Edward Whymper, led the first team of climbers to climb this mountain, with three of the six man team dying during the descent	The Matterhorn	41%
31st	1968	The first episode of this British comedy programme aired, regularly attracting 18 million viewers throughout the 1970s and still being repeated to this day	Dad's Army	35%
30th	1973	British victims of the consequences of this drug are awarded £20 million in compensation from The Distillers Company	Thalidomide	35%
21st	1545	The French invaded this English county for the last time during the Italian War	The Isle of Wight	24%
3rd	1938	This steam locomotive achieved the World speed record for steam traction, travelling at 126mph between Grantham and Peterborough	The Mallard	24%
10th	1958	The first of this device in Britain, that are used by drivers everyday all over the world, was installed in Mayfair	Parking Meter	18%
29th	1981	These two people are married in a televised ceremony that attracted 700 million viewers around the world	Prince Charles and Diana Spencer	18%
26th	1845	This ship sailed on it's maiden voyage from Liverpool and is now a museum ship in Bristol	SS Great Britain	18%
24th	1851	This controversial tax was abolished in Britain	Window Tax	18%
12th	927	This Saxon King became the first to secure effective rule over the entirety of England, with his suzerainty being ratified in Cumbria	Athelstan	12%
22nd	1946	Over a year since the war in Europe ended, this item began to rationed in Britain	Bread	12%
28th	1858	Fingerprints are first used as a method of identification by this British member of the Indian Civil Service, who shares his name with a famous astronomer	William Herschel	12%
25th	306	This Roman Emperor was crowned in York, following the death of his father in the city	Constantine I	6%
8th	1836	This politician who, despite never becoming Prime Minister, is regarded as one of the most important British political figures of the 19th and 20th centuries; holding the position of Secretary of State and fathering another important British politician, was born	Joseph Chamberlain	6%
27th	1694	This modern-day English institution is founded by an Act of Parliament	The Bank of England	6%
15th	1815	Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British aboard this ship, ending 22 years of continuous war between Britain and France	HMS Bellerophon	0%
13th	1811	This chemist, who became best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal, and opening the World's first truly commercial oil works, was born in Glasgow	James Young	0%
17th	1453	The Earl of Shrewsbury was killed during this battle. England's defeat, due to the extensive use of field artillery, brought the Hundred Years War to a close	The Battle of Castillon	0%
19th	1972	Nine SAS soldiers hold off an attack from 300 Communist guerrillas in Oman during this battle	The Battle of Mirbat	0%
7th	1575	This raid took place, constituting the last major battle between Scotland and England	The Raid of the Redeswire	0%
20th	1304	Stirling castle fell into English hands after Edward I used this siege weapon, which filled 30 wagons once dissembled, against it, reportedly refusing any offers of surrender until it had been tested	The Warwolf	0%
4th	1879	This African town is captured by the British, thus ending a colonial conflict	Ulundi	0%

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