British History by Month: October - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
16th	1847	This novelist published 'Jane Eyre' in London, under the name: Currer Bell	Charlotte Bronte	100%
18th	1016	England is reconquered by this Scandinavian nation	Denmark	100%
24th	1537	This wife of Henry VIII died in childbirth	Jane Seymour	100%
7th	1920	Women are afforded the right to take degrees at this University	Oxford University	100%
19th	1987	After millions of pounds were wiped off of stock exchanges around the world, this day became known by this moniker	Black Monday	80%
17th	1860	The first professional tournament of this sport is held in Scotland	Golf	80%
13th	1399	This King was crowned, becoming the first Lancastrian king of England	Henry IV	80%
2nd	1925	The World's first working television system is demonstrated by this inventor	John Logie Baird	80%
29th	1843	The world's first instance of this type of communication is sent between Paddington and Slough	Telegram	80%
14th	1066	A significant battle in British history took place	The Battle of Hastings	80%
5th	1962	This emerging British band released their first hit: 'Love Me Do'	The Beatles	80%
25th	1854	This disastrous, and misinformed assault took place in the Crimean War	The Charge of the Light Brigade	80%
8th	1908	This book, written by Kenneth Grahame, was first published; it has never gone out of print since this date	The Wind In The Willows	80%
9th	1967	This device, used by police at the roadside, was introduced	Breathalyser	60%
3rd	2024	The government announced it would relinquish sovereignty over these Islands, maintaining control over their strategically important airbase and naval base	Chagos Islands	60%
30th	1942	British Naval personnel acquired vital instruments and documents from a sinking German submarine, that would eventually lead to the cracking of this code	Enigma	60%
22nd	1986	A two and a half month old boy becomes the youngest ever to receive this procedure at a hospital in Hillingdon	Heart Transplant	60%
27th	1728	This British explorer is born in North Yorkshire	James Cook	60%
6th	1769	This landmass was 'discovered' by a British explorer	New Zealand	60%
11th	1899	The second iteration of this colonial conflict began	Second Boer War	60%
21st	1805	A significant naval battle in British history took place	The Battle of Trafalgar	60%
23rd	1642	The first battle of this conflict takes place at Edgehill, Warwickshire	The English Civil War	60%
12th	1984	This hotel was bombed by the IRA, at the cost of 4 lives	The Grand Hotel	60%
26th	1863	This football association is formed, becoming the World's first	The English Football Assosciation	40%
31th	1988	Coventry became the first British city to ban this practice in public	Alcohol consumption	20%
4th	1911	The first of this 'method of transport' in Britain opens in Earl's Court	Escalator	20%
1st	1906	The first race between these 'vehicles' took place in Yorkshire	Hot-air Balloon	20%
28th	1831	The dynamo is first demonstrated by this physicist	Michael Faraday	20%
10th	1957	A major radiation leak is detected at this nuclear power station, following an accident three days earlier	Windscale	20%
20th	1822	This first edition of this British newspaper is published	The Sunday Times	0%
15th	1666	Charles II becomes the first documented man to wear this item of clothing	Waistcoat	0%

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