Statistics for British History by Letter - X Y Z

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
British colony formerly known as Southern Rhodesia that gained independence in 1980	Zimbabwe	94%
City known as Eboracum by the Romans that later became the Viking capital of England	York	92%
Chemical element discovered by Scottish chemist, William Ramsey	Xenon	69%
Crimean city that hosted a conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to discuss the post-war reorganisation of Europe	Yalta	69%
The shortest war in history, fought between the United Kingdom and this former Sultanate and lasting a mere 38 minutes	Zanzibar	31%
Series of colonial wars that became the longest running military action by the British Empire on the African continent	Xhosa Wars	25%