United Kingdom Flashcards
Created by Dr. John Arbuthnot, this character was the UK’s equivalent of Uncle Sam. This character, however, was not an authoritarian figure and more of a “yeoman.”
John Bull
This stone has been associated with the coronation of Scottish and British monarchs. It takes its name from the Scottish abbey it was once stored in. It is currently kept at Edinburgh Castle when not being used for coronations.
Stone of Scone
Conservatively dressed, affluent young 1980s Londoners weren’t lone rangers, but these “rangers.”
Sloane Rangers
‘In the darkening twilight I saw a lone star hover gem-like above the bay.’ This was the last diary entry of which explorer, written on January 5th 1922 at Grytviken in South Georgia (Falkland Islands)?
Ernest Shackleton
A war that broke out in 1739 between Spain and Great Britain, as a result of Britain’s trade in South America, had as pretext a merchant marine named Robert Jenkins and his loss of a particular body part. What was that body part?
Ear
By what collective noun were the long-term political and military conflicts of Ireland and, subsequently, Northern Ireland known?
The Troubles
The first woman to successfully claim the crown of England, doing so in 1553, was commonly known—especially by Protestants—by what sanguineous sobriquet?
Bloody Mary
“From a private gentlewoman he made me a marchioness, from a marchioness a queen, and now he hath left no higher degree of honour, he gives my innocency the crown of martyrdom.” These are the words of which royal figure, shortly before her death in 1536.
Anne Boleyn
What was the name of the tiny hamlet on the far western outskirts of Greater London, in an area now a part of the London Borough of Hillingdon, which was demolished as part of a massive civil construction project in 1944?
Heathrow
The series of British civil wars fought over control of the throne between 1455-87 is (1) referred to by this name and (2) pitted these two houses together.
- Wars of the Roses 2. Lancaster vs. York
Exhibited in the British Museum since 1802, it was the centerpiece in a 1999 exhibition called “Cracking Codes”
Rosetta Stone
This soldier and Lord Protector of England held the nickname “Ironsides.”
Oliver Cromwell
On January 1, 1801 George III relinquished this royal title claimed by English monarchs since the Hundred Years’ War.
King of France
Gerry Adams, then vice president of Sinn Féin, said of his death, “With his war record I don’t think he could have objected to dying in what was clearly a war situation. He knew the danger involved in coming to this country.” What man, the last Viceroy of India prior to its independence and godfather to Prince Charles, was killed on August 27, 1979 when his fishing boat was blown up by the Provisional IRA?
Louis Mountbatten
Supporters of the Parliament during the English Civil War of the mid-17th century were known by what derogatory name, so called due to their close-cropped hair (contrasting with the long hair of the Royalists/Cavaliers)?
Roundhead
He reigned in the United Kingdom from 1760 to 1820, with a few interruptions.
George III
What city did the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ depart from in Devon, England on their sail to the Americas in 1620?
Plymouth
This British philosopher and mathematician was the logical choice to win the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Bertrand Russell
In 1967, pirate radio broadcaster Paddy Roy Bates took over what former British fort in the North Sea, declaring it as the Principality of Sealand?
Fort Roughs
Established in 1348, this oldest & highest order of British knighthood is named for a fashion accessory.
Order of the Garter
In Sept. 2017 Prince Charles became the longest-serving Prince of Wales, passing the man who became this king.
Edward VII
In 1990 this man succeeded in “rank” to the office of British Prime Minister.
John Major
The stars allude to fireworks on a two pound coin the Royal Mint issued in 2005 to remember this plot on its 400th anniversary.
The Gunpowder Plot
A “VI” has followed these 3 royal names of English kings.
Edward, George, Henry
