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Question 1

Richard Arkwright

Answer 1

developed more efficient textile factory production in 18th century

Question 2

1348

Answer 2

The Black Death, 1/3 of the population died

Question 3

Henry VIII

Answer 3

6 wives, broke away from the Church of Rome

Question 4

Magistrates

Answer 4

work unpaid and don’t need legal qualifications

Question 5

George of Hanover

Answer 5

German, became king after Queen Anne died, became Kink George I

Question 6

11th November

Answer 6

Remembrance Day – commemorates those who died fighting for UK

Question 7

Florence Nightingale

Answer 7

founder of modern nursing

Question 8

1st March

Answer 8

St David’s day, patron saint of Wales

Question 9

from which countries were workers recruited for textile industry after WW2

Answer 9

India, Pakistan

Question 10

Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and Gertrude Jekyll

Answer 10

famous garden designers

Question 11

minimum age for driving

Answer 11

17

Question 12

plantation’ settlements in Ireland

Answer 12

17th century, Protestant farmers replaced Catholic landowners

Question 13

first person to use PM title

Answer 13

Sir Robert Walpole (1721-1742)

Question 14

language in the Iron Age

Answer 14

Celtic

Question 15

records that tell us about E during the time of William I

Answer 15

Domesday Book – record of town and villages, Bayeux Tapestry – story of Norma conquest

Question 16

third Sunday in June

Answer 16

Father’s day

Question 17

The Mousetrap

Answer 17

play by Agatha Cristie, running in West End since 1952

Question 18

Greatest Briton of all time voted in 2002

Answer 18

Winston Churchill

Question 19

1679

Answer 19

Habeas Corpus Act – people can’t be held prisoner without cause

Question 20

speaker of House of Commons

Answer 20

remains an MP but is neutral and doesn’t represent a party

Question 21

wars in Middle Ages

Answer 21

Crusades, Hundreds Years War

Question 22

age to stand for public office

Answer 22

18

Question 23

what area was colonised during Elizabeth I’s reign

Answer 23

eastern coast of North America

Question 24

Boudicca

Answer 24

rebellion against Romans, statue near Houses of Parliament

Question 25

20th cent British inventions

Answer 25

jet engine and radar, TV, hovercraft, penicillin, clonning a mammal, cash machine

Question 26

St Augustine and St Columba

Answer 26

early Christian missionaries

Question 27

Cowes

Answer 27

famous sailing event at Isle of Wight