British History by Letter - E - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
King who abdicated in 1936 over his proposal to marry an American divorcee Edward VIII
95%
Queen who led England into her 'Golden Age', saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the end of the Tudor dynasty Elizabeth I
95%
Legendary sword of King Arthur, known as Caledfwlch in Welsh Excalibur
83%
Secret code used by the German navy during WWII that was cracked by Alan Turing and his team of codebreakers at Bletchley Park Enigma
81%
Essex
71%
Title given to Queen Victoria upon the founding of the British Raj Empress of India
68%
Co-author of the Communist Manifesto alongside Karl Marx, first published in 1848 Friedrich Engels
64%
Powerful trading company that governed large parts of the Indian sub-continent with a private military larger than most countries had at the time East India Company
59%
Collection of marble sculptures originally part of the Parthenon in Athens, currently housed in the British Museum Elgin Marbles
41%
Central bank of the United Kingdom founded in 1694 Bank of England
38%
Two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England East Anglia
37%
Precursor to the European Union, joined by the United Kingdom alongside Ireland and Denmark in 1973 European Economic Community
32%
Roman name for the northern city of York Eboracum
27%
Subsequent executions of the leaders of this armed insurrection widely contributed to increased support for Irish Independence Easter Rising
22%
Agreement signed between the UK and Scottish governments, paving the way for a future referendum on independence Edinburgh Agreement
17%
First major battle of the English civil war Edgehill
14%
Royal Navy ship captained by James Cook on his voyage to Australia and New Zealand HMS Endeavour
10%
First Anglo-Saxon king to turn his back on paganism and convert to Christianity Æthelberht
9%
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