Names in UK history

Enter the name of the famous figure from the UK's history from the description.

Quiz by

Rate:

Last updated: March 17, 2025

You have not attempted this quiz yet.

More quiz info >>

3:00

/ 12 guessed

The quiz is paused. You have remaining.

Copied!

Scoring

You scored / = %

This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is

Your high score is

Your fastest time is

Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...

Hint	Answer
Longest living English monarch until Queen Elizabeth II	Queen Victoria
Prime minister of the UK during World War 2	Winston Churchill
Famous biologist and broadcaster on TV	David Attenborough
Microbiologist who discovered antibiotics	Alexander Fleming
Created the theory of evolution	Charles Darwin
Famous suffragette who died of septicaemia	Emmeline Pankhurst
Henry VIII's second wife	Anne Boleyn
Poet and playwright	William Shakespeare
Decoded enigma codes in World War 2	Alan Turing
Invented the World Wide Web	Tim Berners Lee
First British explorer to reach the South Pole	Robert Falcon Scott
Designed the Box Tunnel and the Great Western Railway	Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Save Your Stats

Your Next Quiz

20 random countries have been removed from the map of the world! Can you identify them in 3 minutes?

Can you name all of the countries to host the Summer or Winter Olympic Games, whilst avoiding the ones that haven't?

Can you click the letters of the ancient Greek alphabet without making any mistakes?

Drag the pin onto the correct country. Careful, though! Three wrong moves and the game ends.

Comments

No comments yet