| Letter | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | The King executed in 1649 following the English Civil War | Charles | 100%
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| E | The "Virgin Queen" whose 45-year reign saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada | Elizabeth | 100%
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| B | The catastrophic pandemic that killed up to half of the population in 1348 | Black Death | 95%
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| V | The seafaring invaders from Scandinavia who raided Lindisfarne in 793 | Vikings | 95%
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| W | The 1815 battle where the Duke of Wellington finally defeated Napoleon | Waterloo | 95%
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| I | The era of rapid manufacturing and technological growth beginning in the 1700s | Industrial Revolution | 90%
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| J | The King forced by barons to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 | John | 90%
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| L | The city that served as the capital of Roman Britain (Londinium) | London | 90%
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| S | The massive prehistoric stone circle built in Wiltshire | Stonehenge | 90%
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| T | The 1805 naval victory led by Admiral Horatio Nelson | Trafalgar | 90%
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| Y | The Royal House whose symbol was a white rose | York | 90%
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| H | The 1066 battle where William the Conqueror defeated King Harold | Hastings | 85%
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| M | The "Great Charter" that limited the King's power for the first time | Magna Carta | 85%
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| O | The "Lord Protector" who ruled England as a republic in the 1650s | Oliver Cromwell | 80%
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| R | The dynastic civil wars fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York | Roses | 80%
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| U | The 1707 Act that officially joined England and Scotlan | Union | 80%
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| G | The 1666 disaster that destroyed most of medieval London | Great Fire | 75%
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| A | King of Wessex who defeated the Vikings and became "the Great" | Alfred | 65%
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| X | The last name of the famous missionary who was part of the Jesuit order | Xavier | 45%
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| D | The massive survey of English land commissioned by William the Conqueror | Domesday Book | 40%
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| F | The famous plot to blow up Parliament in 1605 (associated with Guy Fawkes | Fawkes | 35%
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| Q | The nickname for the 18-year-old Princess who began a 63-year reign in 1837 | Queen Victoria | 30%
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| P | The 1381 uprising led by Wat Tyler against high taxes | Peasants Revolt | 25%
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| N | The 1066 invasion led by William the Conqueror | Norman Conquest | 20%
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| K | Prime Minister who famously used the "V for Victory" sign during WWII | Kier Hardie | 0%
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| Z | The 1879 battle where British forces were defeated by a Zulu army | Zulu War | 0%
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