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The Ultimate British Empire Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 35 times
- The average score is 20 of 41
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What company was established by England to facilitate trade in the Indian Ocean in 1600, which dominated India for 200 years until it was taken over by the British crown in 1857? | British East India Company | 84%
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| Who became the King of England in 1603, therefore being the first to be on the thrones of England and Scotland? | James I or VI | 84%
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| What type of plantations did the English first establish in the Caribbean? | sugar | 68%
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| Which British person first explained how gravity worked and produced his laws of motion? | Isaac Newton | 65%
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| What British person 'discovered' Australia, New Zealand and Hawaiian islands in 1770? | James Cook | 65%
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| Where was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas? | Jamestown, Virginia | 65%
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| What year did the British empire join WW1? | 1914 | 61%
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| What country invaded the British colony of the Falklands islands, starting the Falkland war 1982? | Argentina | 61%
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| What revolution began in Britain and spread around the world impacting energy use, socioeconomics and culture, in the 18th-19th centuries? | Industrial revolution | 61%
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| What important canal did Britain hand control to Egypt in 1956? | Suez canal | 61%
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| Who was the Prime Minister of Britain, whose first speech was the Blood, toil, tears and sweat in 1940? | Winston Churchill | 61%
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| When did USA declare independence from Britain? | 1776 | 58%
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| What year did the British empire join WW2? | 1939 | 58%
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| What year was Hong Kong handed to China, effectively ending the British Empire? | 1997 | 58%
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| What British Admiral led the Royal Navy to a crushing victory against the French Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar, but died before the battle ended? | Horatio Nelson | 58%
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| What wars with China did Britain gain the city of Hong Kong, starting in 1839? | Opium Wars | 58%
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| What famous colony did Walter Raleigh found in 1584 but was mysteriously abandoned? | Roanoke colony | 58%
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| Who was the first British monarch to hold the title Emperor/Empress of India? | Victoria I | 58%
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| What future British Prime minister became famous for stalling Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, leading to the final defeat of Napoleon? | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | 55%
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| What Mediterranean island was given independence in 1960 but Britain still holds two military bases? | Cyprus | 55%
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| Which British person revolutionised nursing, starting from her time in the Crimean war? | Florence Nightingale | 55%
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| How many colonies did the British Empire have in East of modern day USA? | 13 | 52%
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| What did the passengers of Mayflower settle in 1620? | Plymouth, New England | 52%
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| What year did Ireland gain independence from Britain? | 1922 | 48%
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| What year did the countries of the British Raj gain independence from Britain? | 1947 | 48%
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| Which British person laid the foundation for modern evolutionary biology, after travelling across the world in HMS Beagle? | Charles Darwin | 48%
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| What Englishman was sponsored by Henry VII of England to find a trade route to Asia: instead rediscovering Newfoundland? | John Cabot | 45%
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| When did the British military burn down the Whitehouse? | 1814 | 42%
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| What island was settled because of shipwreck of the above's flagship? | Bermuda | 39%
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| What year was the Act of Union, which united the Kingdoms of Scotland and England into a single crown? | 1707 | 35%
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| What year was the Berlin conference, which divided the African continent primarily European countries - such as Britain attended? | 1884 | 35%
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| At its territorial peak, how much land on Earth did the British Empire cover, (within 3%)? | 24% | 35%
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| What year did the British empire reach its territorial peak? | 1921 | 29%
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| What year did the British empire abolish slavery? | 1832 | 26%
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| When did Afghanistan gain independence from the British Empire? | 1919 | 26%
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| How many people did the British Empire rule over as a percentage, (within 3%)? | 23% | 26%
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| When did they become Emperor/Empress of India? | 1876 | 23%
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| Who overthrew the ruler of Bengal and added it into the British East India Company after after the victory of the Battle of Plassey in 1757? | Robert Clive | 19%
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| Who was Elizabeth I of England's advisor, who first coined the term 'British Empire'? | John Dee | 16%
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| When was Rhode Island settled by the English? | 1636 | 13%
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| What island did the Netherlands trade New Amsterdam, now New York, for in 1677? | Run island | 3%
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