UK History 1
1. Founded in 1411, which is Scotland’s oldest University?
St Andrews
2. Who was Prime minister at the time of the moon landings?
Harold Wilson
3. Who was the “White chapel murderer”?
Jack the Ripper
4. Which Henry was the first Tudor king?
7th
5. Whose skeleton, found in a Leicester UK car park, was identified via DNA testing in 2013, solving a mystery dating back to 1485?
King Richard III
6. Who became Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 when he was only twenty-four years old, the youngest person ever to be Prime minister?
William Pitt the younger
7. Police foiled the world's biggest robbery of 350 million pounds worth of diamonds where in 2000?
The Millennium dome
8. Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, was elected as Conservative MP for which London borough in 1959?
Finchley
9. Which prime minister was responsible for introducing the national lottery?
John Major
10. Which British politician was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the USA?
Winston Churchill
UK History 2
1. What is the name of the man who headed the parliamentary campaign against the slave trade in the UK until abolition?
William Wilberforce
2. Which is the oldest university in England?
Oxford
3. On which road did the Great fire of London start in 1666?
Pudding Lane
4. Who was the first British woman to sit in the House of Commons?
Nancy Astor
5. Which series of wars were fought in England between 1435 and 1487?
Wars of the roses
6. Who was the last British prime minister not to have a wife?
Margaret Thatcher
7. Which queen said “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king”?
Elizabeth I
8. What aid to road safety exploded outside the House of Commons, killing a Policeman in 1869?
Traffic lights
9. Historically, what colour was the British Empire on maps?
Pink
10. Who was on the English throne at the time of the Spanish armada?
Elizabeth the 1st
UK History 3
1. Who established Britain's first printing press in 1476?
William Caxton
2. Which Scottish castle did Queen Victoria and Prince Albert buy in 1852?
Balmoral
3. The Great train robbery took place in which county in 1963?
Buckinghamshire
4. Which of Henry VIII’s wives was mother to Queen Elizabeth I?
Anne Boleyn
5. On what date did the D-day landings start?
6th June 1944
6. When the Greenham Common women’s peace camp was established in 1981, what specific weapons were they protesting about?
Cruise Missiles
7. In which war was the Victoria Cross first awarded?
The Crimean
8. What major year of English history is formed by the Roman numerals MLXVI?
1066
9. What name was given to the first body of professional policemen formed in England in the 1750's?
Bow street runners
10. Which iconic building was built in 1851, relocated in 1854 and destroyed by fire in 1936?
Crystal Palace
UK History 4
1. Henry the 8th is buried in which castle?
Windsor
2. What British royal was depicted on the first adhesive postage stamps, in 1840?
Queen Victoria
3. Benjamin Disraeli was British Prime Minister during the reign of which monarch?
Queen Victoria
4. In 1533, who was queen of England for only 9 days?
Lady Jane Grey
5. Who beat the English at Stirling and was disembowelled at Smithfield?
William Wallace
6. The reburial of King Richard 3rd took place in 2015, in which cathedral
Leicester
7. In the 17th Century, politically, what were Happy, short and barebones?
Parliaments
8. What colour was the suit that Diana Spencer wore in her engagement photograph in 1981?
Blue
9. Who is traditionally considered to be the first British Prime Minister?
Sir Robert Walpole
10. In what year was the 1st modern UK census?
1801
UK History 5
1. In what year did Queen Elizabeth marry Prince Philip?
1947
2. In 1855, which British missionary and explorer with the first name David became the first European to see the Victoria falls?
David Livingstone
3. Which of Henry VIII's wives was nicknamed the Flanders Mare?
Anne of Cleeves
4. What is the name of the man who was released in 1991 after being held hostage in Lebanon for over 5 years?
John McCarthy
5. In which century was the Magna Carta created?
1215 (13th)
6. Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) is the only British Prime Minister to have been what?
Assassinated
7. Who won the battle of Hastings? The Normans or the Saxons?
Normans
8. Who is famous for his 200 mile ride from London to York on his horse Black Bess?
Dick Turpin
9. Who was British Prime Minister between Winston Churchill’s two terms in office?
Clement Atlee
10. Which English royal house held the throne from 1154 to 1485?
Plantagenet
UK History 6
1. Who began the building of Windsor castle in the 11th Century?
William the conqueror
2. Whose portrait was used on the famous WW1 recruiting poster saying “Your country needs you”?
Lord Kitchener
3. Which man who has an article of clothing named after him led the charge of the light brigade?
Lord Cardigan
4. In 1964, the first commoner featured on a British postage stamp was which writer?
William Shakespeare
5. Who was the British Prime Minister when World War One started? Herbert
Henry Asquith
6. In the 2001 official UK national census what religion did 390,000 people claim to be?
Jedi
7. In September 1983, 38 Irish Republican Army prisoners escaped from which prison in the largest prison escape in British history?
The Maze prison
8. Which English King was killed at the Battle of Bosworth field?
Richard 3rd
9. Prince Philip was born in 1921 on which Greek island?
Corfu
10. Made of animal gut to protect from disease, what was found in the foundations of Dudley Castle that dates back to 1640?
Condom
UK History 7
1. The Premium bond was announced in which decade?
(1950’s) 1956
2. Who was king directly before Queen Victoria?
William IV
3. Who was PM when the NHS was introduced?
Clement Atlee
4. Who was the first Prime Minister to be elected after World War 2?
Clement Atlee
5. Which ancient name for Britain is derived from the Latin word for white?
Albion
6. In World war 2, what was the British code name given to the Battle of Normandy?
Operation Overlord
7. What was Margaret Thatcher’s middle name?
Hilda
8. Osborne House, the summer residence of Queen Victoria is where in the UK?
Isle of Wight
9. Which two women did their husband, Henry VIII, behead?
Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
10. What world-renowned academy, which originated in 1741 and relocated to Camberley, Surrey in 1947, has the motto, "Serve to Lead"?
Sandhurst
UK History 8
1. Who was king at the time of Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot?
James I
2. In which war did the charge of the Light Brigade take place?
The Crimean
3. How do we better know “William the bastard”?
William the conqueror
4. What was the name given to the Parliamentarian army in the English civil war?
The New Model Army
5. What was John Wycliffe's 14th century Lollardy movement interested in reforming?
Religion
6. What was a KC in the UK, became a QC in 1952 before returning to KC in 2022?
King's Counsel
7. What was the location of London's famous 17th century 'Frost Fairs'?
The River Thames (frozen)
8. Who was shot through the eye with an arrow at the battle of Hastings (and we need a number!)
King Harold II
9. Which British statesman and former prime minister was responsible for the Police Reform in 1829?
Sir Robert Peel
10. What was the name of the suffragette who threw herself in front of King George V's horse during the Derby in 1913?
Emily Davison
UK History 9
1. Which of Henry 8ths wives was married to him when he died in 1547?
Catherine Parr
2. Which British naval port city was the largest industrial complex in the world in the 19th century?
The Royal navy dockyard in Portsmouth
3. In which English county is the village of Tolpuddle, the home of the 19th century Tolpuddle Martyrs?
Dorset
4. Gold, Juno and what were the three British D-Day beaches?
Sword
5. Who did Neil Kinnock replace as leader of the labour party?
Michael Foot
6. Who was John Major’s deputy PM?
Michael Heseltine
7. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, as well as being the first female Mayor in England, was also the first woman to qualify in which profession?
Doctor
8. What disease caused the 2001 General election to be delayed from May to June?
Foot and Mouth
9. Which Queen was the first Monarch to appear on a British bank note?
Elizabeth 2
10. Which English monarch was born in 1533?
Elizabeth I
UK History 10
1. At which battle of 1314 did Robert the Bruce defeat the English forces?
Bannockburn
2. Which British liner did a German U boat sink on May 5th 1915? The
Lusitania
3. What job in politics was given to George Thomas in 1976, following the retirement of Selwyn Lloyd?
Speaker of the House of Commons
4. What was salvaged from HMS Lutine after it sank in 1799 and is still used on the main underwriting floor at Lloyd's of London?
Bell
5. Which British Prime Minister worked as a research chemist in industry before becoming a Member of Parliament in 1959?
Margaret Thatcher
6. In 1472, Orkney and Shetland were given to Scotland by which country?
Norway
7. Name the housing estate in London that was the scene of the October 1985 riots by which the events subsequently became known?
Broadwater Farm
8. Who was the first British monarch to abdicate voluntarily?
Edward 8th
9. The Queen Anne’s revenge was the flagship of which English pirate?
Edward Teach/Black beard
10. The Battle of Edgehill was the first and the Battle of Worcester the last of which conflict?
English civil war
UK History 11
1. Which King is attributed with defeated Viking conquest?
Alfred the Great
2. The Campbells massacred the MacDonalds in which Scottish valley in 1692?
Glencoe
3. Who was the second wife of Henry VIII?
Anne Boleyn
4. Who was PM of the UK between 1974 and 1976?
Harold Wilson
5. Who was PM of the UK between 1964 and 1970?
Harold Wilson
6. Nel Gwyn was the mistress of which King of England?
Charles the Second
7. What English uprising ended with the death of one its leaders Wat Tyler in June 1381?
The Peasants' Revolt
8. Which famous English highwayman was hanged for horse-stealing in April 1739?
Dick Turpin
9. What was the name of the overall British military Operation that the Battle of Arnhem as part of?
Operation market Garden
10. Who was the prince of Wales directly before Prince Charles?
Edward (VIII)