| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Which playwright was the author of Macbeth | Shakespeare | 99%
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| Who was the Lord Protector of England after the execution of Charles I | Oliver Cromwell | 94%
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| Which catastrophic event destroyed most of London but only six people were recorded to have died | The Great Fire of London | 92%
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| Name of the book published in 1611 which was the first authorized version written in English | King James bible | 91%
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| Who was caught with barrels of gunpowder in the house of lords basement | Guido Fawkes | 88%
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| What house also a name of a fruit did the Dutch husband named above belong to | Orange | 79%
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| What was the common name for the army who supported the parlimentarians during the civil war | Roundheads | 71%
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| Which "Bonnie prince" was defeated at the battle of Culloden was also known as the young pretender | Bonnie Prince Charlie | 62%
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| Along with Leibnitz which British scientist is considered the father of calculus | Isaac Newton | 62%
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| What is the name of the revolution which deposed king James II and gave the power to his protestant daughter and Dutch husband | glorious revolution | 61%
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| On which road did the above event start | Pudding lane | 61%
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| Which act united the kingdoms of England and Scotland | The Act of Union | 59%
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| What was the common name for the army who supported the king during the civil war | Cavaliers | 58%
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| What was the period of time called between Charles I and Charles II literally meaning between rule | Interregnum | 54%
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| Which diarist is famous for writing about the aforementioned disaster and the plague | Samuel Pepys | 54%
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| Which architect designed the rebuild of st Pauls cathedral | Christopher Wren | 51%
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| What is the name given to the supporters of King James II after he was removed from power who lead a revolution to re-instate him | Jacobites | 51%
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| Which 17th century philosopher argued the possibility of scientific knowledge based on inductive reasoning and whose last name is also the name of a meat product. | Francis Bacon | 49%
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| Who was the son of the above | Richard Cromwell | 49%
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| Which Scottish clan famous for their soup massacred the MacDonalds at glen Coe | Campbell | 39%
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