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British History by Letter - D - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 1,228 times
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- The average score is 8 of 12
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Naturalist who published his theory of evolution in his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species | Charles Darwin | 96%
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| City that became the capital of the Irish Free State in 1922 | Dublin | 93%
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| High ranking religious leaders among the Celtic social classes | Druid | 92%
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| Also known as the Normandy Landings, this was the largest seaborne invasion in history | D-Day Landings | 85%
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| Author who's literary success began with the serial publication of The Pickwick Papers | Charles Dickens | 81%
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| Captain of the Golden Hind who circumnavigated the globe | Sir Francis Drake | 81%
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| The only British Prime Minister to have been of Jewish birth | Benjamin Disraeli | 77%
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| Great survey of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 on the orders of William the Conqueror | Domesday Book | 73%
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| The replacement of pounds, shillings and pence with a currency worth a hundred 'new pence' to the pound | Decimalisation | 42%
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| Set of administrative and legal processes by which Henry VIII disbanded the monasteries and disposed of their assets | Dissolution of the Monasteries | 35%
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| Title granted to Henry VIII for his book, Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, which affirmed the supremacy of the Pope before his eventual break with Rome | Defender of the Faith | 32%
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| Labour politician who became the inaugural First Minister of Scotland | Donald Dewar | 11%
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