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British history quiz
How much do you know about Britain?
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1. Education Act:
 When was Britain's first Education Act passed?
      1833        
      1858        
      1870        
      1888        
      1900        
      1911        
      1944        
 
2. Stonehenge:
 Where abouts is Stonehenge
      London        
      Essex        
      Sussex        
      Anglesey        
      Wiltshire        
      Gloucestershire        
      Pembrokeshire        
 
3. Nine Day Monarch:
 Who ruled as an English sovereign for only nine days?
      Edward Grey        
      Earl Grey        
      Percy Grey-Tudor        
      Lady Jane Grey        
      Hereward the Wake        
      Edward VIII        
      Oliver Cromwell        
 
4. Assasinated Prime Minister:
 Which British Prime Minister was assasinated?
      David Lloyd-George        
      William Gladstone        
      Spencer Perceval        
      Lord Salisbury        
      Lord North        
      Duke of Wellington        
      Sir Robert Walpole        
 
5. House of Lords:
 When did the House of Lords lose the power to veto (as opposed to delay) legislation approved by the elected House of Commons?
      1411        
      1511        
      1611        
      1711        
      1811        
      1911        
      1968        
 
6. Liberals and other names for them:
 What were the Liberals once known as?
      Pigs        
      Whigs        
      Figs        
      Tories        
      Federalists        
      Roundheads        
      Shakers        
 
7. King Harold and the Battle of Hastings:
 King Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, was defeated by William, Duke of Normandy (aka. William the Conqueror) in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. What was his full name?
      Harold Hardicanute        
      Harold Hardrarda        
      Harold Wilson        
      Harold Macmillan        
      Harold Stuart        
      Harold Godwinson        
      Harold Aethelwald        
 
8. Battling the Spanish Armada:
 Who was the Commander-In-Chief of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1587?
      Charles Howard        
      Francis Drake        
      Horatio Nelson        
      Don Alonso Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno        
      General Mike Jackson        
      Earl of Essex        
      Walter Raleigh        
 
9. First Lord of the Treasury:
 The title of "First Lord of the Treasury" is usually held by the Prime Minister. However, who was the last Prime Minister not to hold this title whilst serving as Prime Minister?
      Lord Rosebery        
      Arthur Balfour        
      Margaret Thatcher        
      James Callaghan        
      Alec Douglas-Home        
      William Pitt the Elder        
      Lord Salisbury        
 
10. Women and the Vote:
 In what year did women gain the right to vote on the same terms as men in Britain?
      1899        
      1918        
      1928        
      1936        
      1944        
      1945        
      1959        
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