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Sir Robert Walpole

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First PM (1721-1742) as King George I (a German) relied heavily on ministers because of his poor English

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Oliver Cromwell

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titled Lord Protector (circa 1640s-1650s) and led Britain whilst it was without a monarch

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King Alfred the Great

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Unites the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and defeated the Vikings

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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Engineer - bridges, trains, tunnels, ships

the Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Dylan Thomas

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Welsh poet (“Under Milk Wood” & “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night”)

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Robert Burns

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Scottish poet (“The Bard”), Auld Lang Syne

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Richard Arkwright

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Efficient and profitable factory owner during Industrial Revolution

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Sake Dean Mahomet

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Set up first curry house in Britain and introduced shampooing

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Who was Florence Nightingale

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Founder of modern nursing

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Emmeline Pankhurst

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Suffrage leader

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Rudyard Kipling

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Indian-born author and poet. Work reflected idea that British empire was a force for good

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George and Robert Stevenson

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Famous pioneers of railway engines

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St Columba & St Augustine

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Led missionaries from Rome

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Sir Francis Drake

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Elizabethan sailor who helped defeat Spanish Armada and who later sailed around the world

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Hugunots

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French Protestants feeling prosecution settled in England pre-1720

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Henry VIII

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Famous for marrying 6 times and breaking away from Church of Rome so he could get a divorce. Wales was united with England under his rule. Wives (in order): (1) Catherine of Aragon (2) Anne Boleyn (3) Jane Seymour (4) Anne of Cleves (5) Catherine Howard (6) Catherine Parr

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Margaret Thatcher

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First female PM and the longest serving PM of the 20th century

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Alexander Fleming

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Scottish doctor who discovered penicillin (1928)

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Clement Attlee

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Churchill’s Deputy PM. Became PM in 1945. Nationalised major industries and created NHS

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Mary Peters

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Olympic athlete who promoted sport and tourism in Northern Ireland

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Roald Dahl

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Welsh author (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” & “George’s Marvellous Medicine”)

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The Chartists

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Campaigned for the right of working class people to vote

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Life peers

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Appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister

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Which Two British film actors have recently won Oscars?

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Tilda Swinton & Colin Firth

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William the Conqueror

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The Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror after he became king in 1066

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Who was the first Briton to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters?

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Mo Farah

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Who was the first Briton to win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters?

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Opening a parliamentary session

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee

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Invented the World Wide Web

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Henry Purcell

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Henry Purcell (1659–95) was the organist at Westminster Abbey. He wrote church music and operas

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James Cook

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Mapped the coast of Australia

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Winston Churchill

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Became a PM during WWII

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Sir Steve Redgrave

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Has won gold medals in rowing in five consecutive Olympic Games

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David Hume

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Developed important human nature ideas

34
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Where was Florence Nightingale born

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Italy

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Sir Francis Drake

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One of the commanders in the defeat of the Spanish Armada, was one of the founders of England’s naval tradition.

His ship (The Golden Hind) was one of the first to sail around the world.

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Dame Kelly Holmes

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Has won two gold medals for running in the 2004 Olympic Games

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Sir Christopher Wren

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Designed the new St Paul Cathedral

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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Wrote the operas HMS Pinafore and The Mikado

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What is the judiciary responsible for?

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Judges, who are together called ‘the judiciary’, are responsible for interpreting the law and ensuring that trials are conducted fairly.

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Henry VII

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Henry VII wanted to make sure that England remained peaceful and that his position as king was secure. He deliberately strengthened the central administration of England and reduced the power of the nobles.

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What did the first farmers build in Britain?

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Houses and Monuments

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Who is responsible for subjects such as education, health and defence?

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Secretary of State

43
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Who introduced the Statute of Rhuddlan?

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King Edward I of England

44
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Damien Hirst and Richard Wright

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Turner Prize winners (art)

45
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Where did the supporters of Charles Edward Stuart come from?

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The Highlands

46
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Who was the first Danish King?

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Cnut also ‘Canute’

47
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Who won the Wars of the Roses?

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House of Lancaster

48
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Who ordered to write the Book of Common Prayer?

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Edward VI

49
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Who set up the first formal anti-slavery campaigns?

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The Quakers

50
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Which clan was killed because of not taking an oath?

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The MacDonalds of Glencoe

51
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John macLeod

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Discovered insulin

52
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John Barbour

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wrote The Bruce about the Battle of Bannockburn in the Scots language

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Sir Edwin Lutyens

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Designed the Cenotaph

54
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Sir Ian Wilmot and Keith Campbell

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Led a team to clone a mammal for the first time

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Which of Henry VIII’s wives were executed?

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Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard

56
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Who is known as William the Conqueror?

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William, the Duke of Normandy

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