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• 76. What year did the Spanish Armada try to invade England?

  • 1588
  • 1066
  • 1215
  • 1415

• 77. Who was Mary, Queen of Scots?

  • Elizabeth I's sister
  • Elizabeth I's mother
  • A Catholic cousin of Elizabeth I
  • The wife of Henry VIII

• 78. What did the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 attempt to do?

  • Assassinate Henry VIII
  • Blow up the Houses of Parliament
  • Invade France
  • Overthrow Oliver Cromwell

• 79. What is the idea of the 'Divine Right of Kings'?

  • The King shares power with Parliament
  • The King is chosen by the people
  • The King is directly appointed by God to rule
  • The King is the head of the Church

• 80. Who was given the title of Lord Protector after the English Civil War?

  • Charles II
  • Oliver Cromwell
  • Winston Churchill
  • William of Orange

• 81. What is the period called when Charles II returned from exile to become King?

  • The Reformation
  • The Restoration
  • The Renaissance
  • The Enlightenment

• 82. Which famous ship did Captain James Cook command when he mapped the coast of Australia?

  • HMS Victory
  • The Mayflower
  • HMS Endeavour
  • HMS Beagle

• 83. Which act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire in 1833?

  • The Emancipation Act
  • The Human Rights Act
  • The Freedom Act
  • The Equality Act

• 84. Who is famous for establishing modern nursing during the Crimean War?

  • Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Queen Victoria
  • Boudicca

• 85. What did the Reform Act of 1832 do?

  • Gave women the right to vote
  • Abolished slavery
  • Increased the number of people with the right to vote
  • Created the NHS

• 86. Who was George Stephenson?

  • A famous poet
  • The inventor of the jet engine
  • A pioneer of railway engines
  • A Prime Minister

• 87. Which famous British author wrote 'Oliver Twist' and 'Great Expectations'?

  • Thomas Hardy
  • Jane Austen
  • Charles Dickens
  • J.R.R. Tolkien

• 88. In what year did the First World War begin?

  • 1912
  • 1914
  • 1918
  • 1939

• 89. Which famous battle in 1916 during WWI resulted in around 60,000 British casualties on the first day?

  • Battle of Waterloo
  • Battle of Trafalgar
  • Battle of the Somme
  • Battle of Agincourt

• 90. Who was the British Prime Minister during the majority of the Second World War?

  • Clement Attlee
  • Winston Churchill
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Margaret Thatcher