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British History by Letter - B

Can you guess the answers relating to British History that start with the letter B
Some answers may regard the histories of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before the formation of the United Kingdom and Irish Independence
An attempt has been made to order questions chronologically where possible
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Last updated: August 8, 2023
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Name given to the former Roman province
Britannia
Queen of the Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the Roman Empire
Boudica
City in southwest England given the Latin name Aquae Sulis
Bath
Old English poem regarding a warrior and his fight to defeat a monster terrorising Denmark
Beowulf
Embroidered cloth depicting the Norman Conquest of England
Bayeaux Tapestry
Archbishop of Canterbury murdered by the knights of Henry II
Thomas Becket
Battle in which Robert the Bruce defeated the English in the First War of Scottish Independence
Battle of Bannockburn
In 1348, this disease commonly known as the Black Death arrives in London
Bubonic Plague
Richard III becomes the last English King to be killed in combat during this battle
Battle of Bosworth Field
Town in Northumberland central to a number of historic border wars, changes hands for the last time
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Wife of Henry VIII and mother to future Queen, Elizabeth I
Anne Boleyn
Site of the final defeat of James II, the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland
Battle of the Boyne
Penned 'Auld Lang Syne', often sung on New Year's Eve
Robert Burns
Surname of literary sisters whose novels include Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights
Brontë
Scottish-born, American inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Prominent figure of the industrial revolution, designed both the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the SS Great Britain
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
War in which Dutch settlers were defeated in South Africa
Second Boer War
Welsh politician and Minister for Health that pioneered the foundation of the National Health Service
Aneurin Bevan
Public service broadcaster established in 1927
British Broadcasting Corporation
Name given to the German bombing campaign during WWII
The Blitz
Royal Navy ship, a veteran of the Normandy Landings and Korean War currently moored on the banks of the River Thames
HMS Belfast
English coastal resort, the site of an assassination attempt by the IRA on then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
Brighton
First female speaker of the House of Commons, elected 1992
Betty Boothroyd
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6 Comments
Storrie97
+1
Level 50
May 30, 2020
Good quiz plague is spelled wrong however.
iuvas
+1
Level 95
Aug 7, 2023
good quiz, but I think it needs a bit more time.

also, bayeux is spelled wrong.

nice to have: a bit more leniency on some answers

Pharley
+2
Level 74
Aug 7, 2023
Berwick-upon-Tweed is not a city

"SITE of the final defeat of James II"

"War in which Dutch settlers WERE defeated"

BMDragon
+1
Level 83
Aug 7, 2023
"changes hands for the last time" makes no sense
nsoper
+1
Level 66
Aug 9, 2023
Can you accept "Battle of Bosworth"? That is how all brits refer to it.
KuduBiltong
+1
Level 61
Aug 9, 2023
Needs type-ins to be better
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