British History by Month: June - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
16th	1912	This politician, who in 1968, quoted Virgil's Aeneid during one of the most divisive speeches in British political history, was born	Enoch Powell	82%
15th	1215	King John agreed to give this document his royal seal, effectively acting as a peace treaty between him and his barons, it would go on to become influence the US constitution	The Magna Carta	82%
19th	1829	The Robert Peel Act was passed in Parliament, leading to the establishment of this service in London, initially called 'Peelers'	The Police Force	82%
18th	1815	This important battle in British history took place	The Battle of Waterloo	73%
25th	1348	Records suggest that this disease arrived at Melcombe Regis on this day	The Black Death	73%
14th	1982	This far-flung conflict ended in a British victory	The Falklands War	73%
29th	1620	After denouncing this product as a health habit, King James I banned the cultivation of it in Britain	Tobacco	73%
2nd	1850	This philanthropist and chemist was born in Nottingham, transforming his father's business into a national establishment	Jesse Boot	64%
26th	1999	This national stadium held it's first major event, a rugby match between Wales and South Africa, in front of 29,000 people	The Millennium Stadium	64%
6th	1844	The Factory Act was introduced on this day, limiting the working day of this group of people to 6 and a half hours	Children	55%
24th	1850	This British First World War figure is born in Ireland, going onto lend his face to one of the most iconic recruitment posters, before being killed when the ship he was on hit a mine	Horatio Herbert Kitchener	55%
8th	793	This island, off the coast of modern day Northumberland, was raided by Vikings, marking the beginning of the Viking Age	Lindisfarne	55%
13th	1944	The first of this German weapon landed in Britain, killing three people in Southampton	V1	55%
10th	1936	John Hassell is given the freedom of this English town, after creating perhaps the most famous holiday advertisement ever while featuring it, and how 'bracing' it was, back in 1908	Skegness	45%
20th	1756	140 British soldiers and civilians were placed in this 18 by 14 foot prison cell by the Nawab of Bengal, with only 23 emerging alive the next morning	The Black Hole of Calcutta	45%
12th	1997	Queen Elizabeth II reopened this London landmark, 230 metres from the site of the original, built in 1599	The Globe Theatre	45%
28th	2015	The last episode of this British TV show including it's longstanding trio of presenters aired, having grown to amass Worldwide fame, and be a source of controversy since its debut in 2002	Top Gear	45%
11th	1381	This peasant led the first popular rebellion in British history, marching on London in protest at harsh taxes for the poor	Wat Tyler	45%
9th	1781	This civil engineer, renowned as the father of the railways, and whose gauge is still the standard gauge of railways to this day, was born	George Stephenson	36%
7th	1778	This male fashion icon, known for introducing the suit and tie combination, taking 5 hours to get dressed and polishing his boots with champagne, was born	George Bryan Brummell	18%
3rd	1726	This Scotsman, whose writings would become the basis of modern geology, was born	James Hutton	18%
22nd	1948	The first group of immigrants, brought to Britain to rebuilt the country after the War, arrived in Essex aboard this ship, which would eventually lend it's name to the entire generation of migrants	The Empire Windrush	9%
27th	1899	This Cricketer, aged only 13, would set the record of the most runs by a single batsman in a match, over the course of 4 days, reaching 628. Despite this feat, he never played professional cricket and died during the Battle of Ypres in 1914	Arthur Edward Jeune Collins	0%
5th	1964	Britain entered the Space Age, with the launch of this type of rocket in Australia	Blue Streak	0%
17th	1579	Francis Drake dropped anchor off the coast of this modern day American state, proclaiming England's sovereignty over the area, and naming it 'New Albion'	California	0%
21st	1854	This British sailor became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the Crimean War	Charles Davis Lucas	0%
30th	1937	The first emergency measure of this type was introduced in London, following a fatal house fire in which a neighbour was unable to call the fire brigade, due to being held in a queue	Emergency Telephone Number	0%
4th	1913	This suffragette threw herself in front of the King's horse at Epsom, dying a few days later	Emily Davidson	0%
1st	1495	Friar John Cor recorded the first known batch of this product being produced, at Lindores Abbey, Fife	Scotch Whisky	0%
23rd	1757	Robert Clive defeats the Nawab of Bengal in this battle, that laid the foundations for British rule in India	The Battle of Plassey	0%

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