| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Second World War ends | 1945 | 96%
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| The Titanic Sinks | 1912 | 95%
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| Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated | 1914 | 91%
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| Queen Victoria dies on the Isle of Wight | 1901 | 78%
|
| Marie Antoinette is executed | 1793 | 65%
|
| Elizabeth I ascends the throne | 1558 | 32%
|
| The Bubonic Plague first strikes | 1347 | 27%
|
| Decimal Day occurs (UK and Irish currency) | 1971 | 26%
|
| William III dies of pneumonia (previously fell from his horse) | 1702 | 17%
|
| The Year Without a Summer | 1816 | 11%
|
| Princess Amelia dies (partly resulting in George III's insanity) | 1810 | 10%
|
| Richard I is born | 1157 | 8%
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| Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' is published | 1847 | 7%
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| The Big Stink | 1858 | 7%
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| Sophia Dorothea of Celle is divorced and imprisoned by George I | 1694 | 6%
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