Dates

Question 1

When did the first farmers come to Britain

Answer 1

6,000 years ago

Question 2

When did people learn how to make bronze?

Answer 2

4,000 years ago

Question 3

Romans ruling Britain

Answer 3

43 - 410 AD

Question 4

When did the first Christian communities appear in Britain?

Answer 4

3rd and 4th centuries AD

Question 5

Magna Carta

Answer 5

1215

Question 6

Middle Ages

Answer 6

1066 - 1485

Question 7

William the Conqueror (of Normandy) conquering England at the Battle of Hastings (Bayeux Tapestry)

Answer 7

1066

Question 8

When was the Statue of Rhuddlan introduced?

Answer 8

1284

Question 9

Elizabethan period

Answer 9

1500s

Question 10

Battle of Bannockburn

Answer 10

1314

Question 11

The Black Death

Answer 11

1348

Question 12

English becoming preferred language of courts and official documents

Answer 12

1400

Question 13

Battle of Bosworth Field

Answer 13

1485

Question 14

War of the Roses

Answer 14

1455

Question 16

When did Scotland abolish the authority of the Pope?

Answer 16

1560

Question 17

Act for the Government of Wales

Answer 17

1679

Question 18

Defeat of the last of the Welsh rebellions

Answer 18

Mid-15th century

Question 19

Habeas Corpus Act

Answer 19

1679

Question 20

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

Answer 20

1588

Question 21

Beginning of English Civil War

Answer 21

1640

Question 22

Henry Purcell (organist at Westminster Abbey)

Answer 22

1659 - 1695

Question 23

Oliver Cromwell titled Lord Protector

Answer 23

1640s - 1650s

Question 24

Bill of Rights

Answer 24

1689

Question 26

The Restoration (of the monarchy)

Answer 26

1660

Question 27

The Great Plague

Answer 27

1665

Question 28

Act of Union

Answer 28

1707

Question 30

The Glorious Revolution

Answer 30

1688

Question 31

The Enlightment

Answer 31

1700s

Question 32

Industrial Revolution

Answer 32

Mid-1700s to 1800s

Question 34

Hugunots - French Protestants fleeing prosecution and settling in England

Answer 34

Pre-1720

Question 35

Reform Act

Answer 35

1832

Question 36

When was Florence Nightingale born

Answer 36

1820

Question 37

Emancipation Act

Answer 37

1833

Question 38

When did Queen Victoria become queen?

Answer 38

1837

Question 39

Sir Robert Walpole as PM

Answer 39

1721 - 1742

Question 41

Victorian Age

Answer 41

1837 - 1901

Question 43

American colonies declare independence over taxation

Answer 43

1776

Question 44

When were films first shown in the UK?

Answer 44

1896

Question 45

Battle of Trafalgar

Answer 45

1805

Question 46

Battle of Waterloo

Answer 46

1815

Question 47

The Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace)

Answer 47

1851

Question 48

Home Rule - Ireland

Answer 48

1913

Question 49

Easter rising against the British

Answer 49

1916

Question 49

Modern Era

Answer 49

1900s

Question 50

WWI

Answer 50

1914 - 1918

Question 51

Women’s suffrage

Answer 51

1918 (vote at 30+ years) | 1928 (vote at 21 years)

Question 52

Peace treaty splitting Ireland in two

Answer 52

1921

Question 53

Boer War in South Africa

Answer 53

1889 - 1902

Question 54

When did the BBC start the first radio broadcast?

Answer 54

1922

Question 55

When did Ireland split into 2 countries?

Answer 55

1922

Question 56

The Great Depression

Answer 56

1929

Question 57

Battle of the Somme WW1

Answer 57

1916

Question 58

WWI end

Answer 58

11:00h on 11/11/1918

Question 59

Beveridge Report

Answer 59

1942

Question 59

Education Act

Answer 59

1944

Question 59

NHS and social security system

Answer 59

1945 - 1950

Question 60

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

Answer 60

1928

Question 61

Independence for India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

Answer 61

1947

Question 61

German invasion of Poland leading the UK and France to declare war on Germany

Answer 61

1939

Question 61

Evacuation of Dunkirk

Answer 61

1940

Question 61

Battle of Britain

Answer 61

1940

Question 62

Post-war labour shortages leading to recruitment of workers from India, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh

Answer 62

1950s

Question 63

Increasing wealth and liberalisation of social laws (e.g. abortion and divorce)

Answer 63

1960s

Question 64

Clement Attlee becomes Churchill’s Deputy PM

Answer 64

1945

Question 65

When did England win the World Cup?

Answer 65

1966

Question 66

UK joins the EEC

Answer 66

1973

Question 67

When did hereditary peers lose the automatic right to attend the House of Lords?

Answer 67

1999

Question 68

Good Friday Agreement leading to establishment of Northern Irish parliament

Answer 68

1998

Question 69

Scottish parliament & Welsh assembly are established

Answer 69

1999

Question 69

Argentina invading the Falkland Islands

Answer 69

1982

Question 71

English settlers begining to move to North American colonies

Answer 71

During Queen Elizabeth I’s reign

Question 72

St David’s day

Answer 72

1st of March

Question 73

How long is Hannukah celebrated for?

Answer 73

Hannukah is in November or December and is celebrated for eight days.