| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| British Prime Minister during World War II | Winston Churchill | 92%
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| Roman General that twice attempted to invade Great Britain | Julius Caesar | 89%
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| King convicted and executed for high treason at the culmination of the English Civil War | Charles I | 88%
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| English General who ruled as Lord Protector after the abolition of the monarchy | Oliver Cromwell | 86%
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| Explorer that became the first European to circumnavigate New Zealand | Captain James Cook | 81%
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| First conducted in 1801, it recorded the population of England, Scotland and Wales at close to 9 million | Census | 81%
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| John Snow is the first to link contaminated water supplies with this disease | Cholera | 77%
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| Author of the Canterbury Tales | Geoffrey Chaucer | 76%
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| Supersonic passenger airliner that completed the fastest transatlantic flight between New York JFK and London Heathrow | Concorde | 71%
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| War fought between the United Kingdom, Ottoman Empire, France, Sardinia and Russia | Crimean War | 66%
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| After the implementation of the Perth Agreement, this Princess is the first to rank above her younger brother in the line of succession | Princess Charlotte | 65%
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| England's last French possession, its loss described as a 'dreadful misfortune' by Mary I | Calais | 60%
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| The final confrontation of the Jacobite uprising, the last battle fought on British soil | Battle of Culloden | 27%
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| The repeal of these laws is seen as a decisive policy shift towards free trade | Corn Laws | 24%
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| Usurper proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Legions of York | Constantine I | 23%
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| Preceded by his reputation as a great warrior, Richard I is often remembered more commonly by this epithet | Cœur de Lion | 20%
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| Lead conspirator of the Gunpowder Plot | Robert Catesby | 13%
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