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Giant Great Britain Millennium Quiz - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 20,067 times
20,053 since last reset
- The average score is 46 of 100
Answer Stats
| Year | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 1997 | This territory is handed back to China, ending more than 150 years of British rule. | Hong Kong | 97%
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| 1966 | England wins this international footballing competition. | FIFA World Cup | 91%
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| 1980 | One of the "fab four", this person is murdered in New York City. | John Lennon | 87%
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| 1837 | The long reign of this Queen begins. | Victoria | 87%
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| 1859 | This book, considered the foundation of evolutionary biology, is first published. | On the Origin of {Species} | 77%
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| 1787 | The First Fleet leaves Portsmouth with a consignment of convicts headed for this far away country. | Australia | 76%
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| 1567 | This woman is forced to abdicate the Scottish throne. | Mary, Queen of Scots | 76%
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| 1877 | The All England Club, based in this London district, holds its first annual tennis tournament. | Wimbledon | 76%
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| 1348 | This pandemic arrives in England for the first time. | Black Death | 72%
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| 1818 | This novel, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is published for the first time (anonymously). | Frankenstein | 72%
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| 1096 | The first lectures are held at this university, the oldest in Britain. | Oxford | 72%
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| 1971 | Decimalised currency is introduced. The Five "New Pence" coin replaces this old denomination. | Shilling | 72%
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| 1948 | This institution for the provision of medical care is formed. | National Health Service | 71%
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| 1588 | This Spanish fleet is scattered during a failed attempt to invade England. | Spanish Armada | 71%
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| 1536 | William Tyndale is executed for translating this book into English. | The Bible | 71%
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| 1605 | Guy Fawkes and others fail in this attempt to blow up Parliament. | {Gunpowder} Plot | 70%
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| 1485 | The Battle of Bosworth Field is fought, the last major conflict in this series of civil wars. | Wars of the {Roses} | 70%
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| 1905 | Emmeline Pankhurst leads the first public protest of this "Votes for Women" movement. | Suffrage | 69%
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| 1805 | Admiral Horatio Nelson defeats the French in this decisive naval battle. | Battle of {Trafalgar} | 68%
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| 1453 | This long war between England and France comes to an end. | Hundred Years' War | 68%
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| 1028 | This future conqueror of England is born in Falaise in Normandy. | William I | 68%
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| 1653 | This leader becomes "Lord Protector" of England. | Oliver Cromwell | 67%
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| 1215 | This "Great Charter" is signed by King John. | Magna Carta | 66%
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| 1599 | This theatre, associated with the performance of Shakespeare plays, is built in London. | Globe Theatre | 65%
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| 1542 | This lady, the 5th wife of King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the age of 19. | {Catherine} Howard | 64%
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| 1003 | Destined to be the last king of the House of Wessex, this future "Confessor" is born. | Edward | 64%
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| 1894 | This iconic river-crossing over the Thames is opened for traffic. | Tower Bridge | 64%
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| 1066 | King Harold Godwinson is killed by the Normans at this battle. | Battle of {Hastings} | 62%
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| 1199 | Richard I dies after a lifetime of crusading. His warrior reputation earned him this nickname. | Lionheart | 62%
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| 1620 | This ship leaves Plymouth carrying the Pilgrims to Cape Cod in North America. | Mayflower | 61%
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| 1768 | This explorer departs Britain on HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of discovery. | James Cook | 60%
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| 1865 | "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by this author, is published for the first time. | Lewis Carroll | 60%
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| 1440 | This prestigious public independent boarding school is founded by King Henry VI. | Eton | 58%
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| 1776 | James Watt introduces the first practical version of this Industrial Revolution invention. | Steam engine | 54%
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| 1387 | Geoffrey Chaucer begins writing this epic work, a collection of 24 stories. | The Canterbury Tales | 54%
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| 1408 | The Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world, is finally completed in this cathedral in the north of England. | {York} Minster | 54%
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| 1040 | Later immortalised in a play by Shakespeare, this person becomes King of Scotland. | Macbeth | 53%
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| 1283 | Edward I completes the English conquest of this region. | Wales | 53%
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| 1399 | King Richard II becomes the first English Monarch to undergo this process when he renounces the throne. | Abdication | 52%
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| 1577 | This captain embarks on a circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Pelican - later renamed the Golden Hind. | Sir Francis Drake | 52%
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| 1939 | The first German aircraft to be shot down in WW2 is a victim of a clash with two squadrons of this legendary fighter aircraft. | Supermarine Spitfire | 52%
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| 1373 | England signs an alliance with this seafaring nation. It is believed to be oldest alliance still in force today. | Portugal | 50%
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| 1676 | This building by Christopher Wren is commissioned in Greenwich Park on the Prime Meridian. | The Royal {Observatory} | 50%
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| 1424 | This new King of Scotland is crowned at Scone Abbey. | James I | 48%
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| 1958 | This very long running BBC children's TV programme is broadcast for the first time. | Blue Peter | 47%
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| 1497 | Italian-born explorer, John Cabot, explores the coast of this country and claims it for England. | Canada | 47%
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| 1681 | This Londoner receives a royal charter to establish a colony in the Americas. He would later have U.S. state named after him. | William Penn | 47%
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| 1018 | A large Danegeld "tribute" is paid by the king to stop further invasions from these raiders. | The Vikings | 46%
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| 1110 | This Berkshire castle becomes a Royal residence for the first time. | Windsor Castle | 46%
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| 1840 | The Penny Black is issued, the world's first example of this item to be used in public circulation. | Postage Stamp | 45%
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| 1612 | Ten people in Pendle Hill are hanged after being convicted of this crime. | Witchcraft | 45%
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| 1220 | King Henry III begins major improvements to this fortification in the English capital. | Tower of London | 44%
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| 1707 | These two Parliamentary Acts are passed to establish the single Kingdom of Great Britain. | Acts of {Union} | 43%
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| 1415 | King Henry V's army defeats a large French force in this battle during a long running war. | Battle of {Agincourt} | 43%
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| 1529 | This stately residence is given to King Henry VIII by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. | {Hampton} Court Palace | 43%
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| 1188 | The chronicle "Flores Historiarum" commences. It would be the first to tell the legend of this woman, who rode naked through the streets of Coventry. | Lady Godiva | 42%
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| 1553 | This woman uses the title of Queen for nine days before being imprisoned and killed. | Lady Jane Grey | 42%
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| 1236 | The future king Edward I is born. He would later earn this nickname. | Long{shanks} | 42%
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| 1516 | This book, depicting a fictional island society, is written by Sir Thomas More. | Utopia | 42%
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| 1696 | This tax is introduced which imposed a charge based on the number of a specific architectural item included in a property. | {Window} Tax | 42%
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| 1077 | This tapestry, made to celebrate the Norman conquest, is believed to have been completed. | Bayeux Tapestry | 41%
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| 1297 | The forces of Andrew Moray and this Scottish leader defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. | William Wallace | 41%
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| 1666 | The Great Fire of London starts at a bakery on this street. | {Pudding} Lane | 39%
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| 1086 | This "Great Survey" of England and parts of Wales is completed. | Domesday Book | 37%
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| 1126 | This office, responsible for the finances of the Kingdom of England, is formed. | HM Treasury | 37%
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| 1314 | Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II at this battle for Scottish independence. | {Bannock}burn | 36%
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| 1362 | The first version of "Piers Plowman" appears. It is the first written mention of this folk hero. | Robin Hood | 35%
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| 1633 | This future naval secretary is born. He would become famous for his diary which chronicled events such as the Great Fire of London. | Samuel Pepys | 35%
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| 1170 | This Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated. | Thomas Becket | 35%
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| 1279 | Coin production is unified into a single system forming the origins of this institution. | Royal Mint | 34%
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| 1796 | This scientist inoculates an eight-year-old boy with cowpox as part of his pioneering work to prove the viability of a vaccine for smallpox. | Edward Jenner | 33%
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| 1916 | Admiral Sir John Jellicoe commands the British Grand fleet in this major naval battle. | Battle of {Jutland} | 32%
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| 1204 | This lady, the Duchess of Aquitaine and the widow of King Henry II, dies. | Eleanor | 31%
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| 1154 | This dynasty comes to power in England with the coronation of Henry II. | House of {Plantagenet} | 31%
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| 1240 | This important cathedral, in its 4th incarnation, is completed and consecrated. | St. Paul's | 30%
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| 1502 | This prince dies, making the future Henry VIII heir to the throne. | Arthur, Prince of Wales | 29%
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| 1035 | This great Danish and English king dies in Shaftesbury. According to legend, he tried to hold back the tide. | Cnut | 29%
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| 1886 | This man becomes Prime Minister for the third time. | William Gladstone | 28%
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| 1168 | Work begins on a major reconstruction of this important castle on the Kent coast. | Dover | 26%
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| 1926 | This inventor holds the first public demonstration of his mechanical television system. | John Logie Baird | 26%
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| 1755 | This writer and lexicographer publishes his "Dictionary of the English Language". | Samuel Johnson | 25%
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| 1822 | This mathematician and inventor publishes a proposal for a "difference engine", a forerunner of the modern computer. | Charles Babbage | 24%
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| 1721 | This man becomes First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, making him effectively the first "Prime Minister" of Great Britain. | Sir Robert Walpole | 24%
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| 1461 | This town's strategic position on the Anglo-Scottish border leads to it being ceded back to Scotland by Margaret of Anjou. | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 22%
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| 1439 | This town in the south-west of England becomes the first to be incorporated by Parliament. | Plymouth | 22%
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| 1718 | This world famous cabinet maker is born. | Thomas Chippendale | 22%
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| 1337 | Edward, son of King Edward III, and known by this nickname, becomes the first English Duke. | Black Prince | 21%
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| 1645 | Parliamentarians found this military unit during the English Civil War. | {New} {Model} Army | 21%
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| 1306 | According to legend, Robert the Bruce is inspired to persevere with his fight against the English after watching this creature struggle and eventually overcome. | Spider | 21%
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| 1739 | This future Methodist leader preaches in the open air for the first time. | John Wesley | 18%
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| 1056 | The future King William II is born and given this nickname due to his red hair. | Rufus | 16%
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| 1476 | The first printing press in England is set up at Westminster by this English merchant. | William Caxton | 13%
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| 1145 | This abbey in Bedfordshire, now most associated with a safari park, is established. | Woburn | 13%
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| 1746 | This woman helps Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to France after he is beaten at the Battle of Culloden, the final confrontation of the Jacobite Rising. | Flora MacDonald | 11%
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| 1259 | King Henry III makes peace with this Welsh leader, who claims the title "Prince of Wales". | {Llewelyn} the Last | 11%
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| 1100 | King Henry I of England marries this sister of Edgar, King of the Scots. | Matilda | 11%
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| 1267 | This English philosopher completes his most important work, "Opus Majus". | Roger Bacon | 11%
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| 1135 | This period of civil war and chaos in England begins. | The {Anarchy} | 10%
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| 1327 | King Edward II is murdered while in captivity at this castle in Gloucestershire. | Berkeley | 6%
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| 1351 | To determine the ruler of Brittany, England and France stage this tournament between hand-picked knights. Although a fight to the death, it had breaks for refreshments. | Combat of the {Thirty} | 6%
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