History

Question 1

St David’s Day

Answer 1

1 March

Question 2

St Patrick’s Day

Answer 2

17 March

Question 3

Vaisakhi

Answer 3

14 April

Question 4

St George’s Day

Answer 4

23 April

Question 5

St Andrew’s Day

Answer 5

30 November

Question 6

Stone Age

Answer 6

6000 Years ago

Question 7

Julis Caesar unsuccessfully invades Britain

Answer 7

55 BC

Question 8

Emperor Claudius successfully invades Britain

Answer 8

43 AD

Question 9

Christian communities appear in Britain

Answer 9

3rd-4th centuries

Question 10

Roman army leaves Britain

Answer 10

410

Question 11

Anglo-Saxon kingdoms are established in Britain

Answer 11

600

Question 12

The Vikings first visit Britain

Answer 12

789

Question 13

William the Conqueror because King William 1 of England

Answer 13

1066

Question 14

Battle of Hastings

Answer 14

1066 (Harold, the Saxon King of England)

Question 15

Magna Carta what and when

Answer 15

1215 King John was forced to sign it - even the king was subject to the law

Question 16

Wales annexed to England

Answer 16

1284 Statue of Rhuddlan, Edward 1

Question 17

Battle of Bannockburn

Answer 17

led by Robert the Bruce, 1314

Question 18

Battle of Agincourt

Answer 18

the most famous battle of the Hundred Years War, King Henry V beat the French, 1415

Question 19

Last Welsh rebellions defeated, English law and language introduces

Answer 19

mid 15th century

Question 20

English leave France

Answer 20

1450

Question 21

The Wars of the Roses

Answer 21

1455-1485, end with the battle of Bosworth Field. King Richard III of the House of York is killed and Henry Tudor of the House of LAncaster becomes Henry VII

Question 22

Henry VIII becomes king

Answer 22

1509

Question 23

The reformation in England and Wales, the reformation of the Protestand Church

Answer 23

1530s

Question 24

Henry VIII dies, Edward VI, a protestant, becomes king (age 9)

Answer 24

1547

Question 25

Who is credited with the invention of the hovercraft?

Answer 25

Sir Christopher Cockerell (1910–99), a British inventor, invented the hovercraft in the 1950s.

Question 26

The longest distance in mainland Britain, at 870 miles (1,400 kilometres) is between

Answer 26

John O’ Groats and Land’s End

Question 27

Surveys show that in Britain 4% of people are Muslim, 2% are Hindu, 1% are Sikh, less than 0.5% are Jewish or Buddhist. How many people followed another religion?

Answer 27

2%

Question 28

What is Stormont?

Answer 28

The building in which the Northern Ireland Assembly sits

Question 29

Which books did Graham Greene write

Answer 29

Graham Greene (1904–91) wrote novels often influenced by his religious beliefs, including The Heart of the Matter, The Honorary Consul, Brighton Rock and Our Man in Havana.

Question 30

Who wrote Moby Dick?

Answer 30

Herman Melville

Question 31

Where is Stormont located?

Answer 31

Belfast

Question 32

After his death in 1965 Churchill was afforded which honour?

Answer 32

A state funeral

Question 33

Who was was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the UK in the 20th century

Answer 33

Margaret Thatcher