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• 106. What was the name of the ship Sir Francis Drake used to sail around the world?

  • The Mayflower
  • HMS Victory
  • The Golden Hind
  • The Beagle

• 107. What group of people sailed on the Mayflower in 1620?

  • The Romans
  • The Normans
  • The Pilgrims (Puritans)
  • The Huguenots

• 108. Which King was executed by Parliament in 1649?

  • James I
  • Charles I
  • Charles II
  • James II

• 109. What was the 'Restoration' in 1660?

  • The rebuilding of London after the Great Fire
  • The return of the monarchy with Charles II
  • The signing of a peace treaty with France
  • The creation of the NHS

• 110. The Battle of Trafalgar (1805) was fought against the fleets of which two nations?

  • Germany and Italy
  • France and Spain
  • Russia and Prussia
  • USA and France

• 111. Who was the great British Admiral who died securing victory at the Battle of Trafalgar?

  • The Duke of Wellington
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • Admiral Horatio Nelson
  • Captain James Cook

• 112. What nickname was given to Arthur Wellesley after his military successes, including Waterloo?

  • The Iron Duke
  • The Lionheart
  • The Great Protector
  • The Bulldog

• 113. The Boer War (1899-1902) was fought by the British in which region?

  • India
  • South Africa
  • Canada
  • Australia

• 114. Who was the British monarch during the First World War?

  • Queen Victoria
  • Edward VII
  • George V
  • George VI

• 115. Who was the Prime Minister who famously declared 'peace for our time' before the outbreak of WWII?

  • Winston Churchill
  • Clement Attlee
  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Harold Macmillan

• 116. What term describes the sustained bombing campaign against British cities by Nazi Germany during WWII?

  • The Blitz
  • D-Day
  • The Somme
  • The Cold War

• 117. Which political party won a landslide victory in 1945 and established the Welfare State and NHS?

  • The Conservative Party
  • The Labour Party
  • The Liberal Democrats
  • The Green Party

• 118. Where is the Giant's Causeway, a remarkable area of interlocking basalt columns, located?

  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • England
  • Northern Ireland

• 119. Who wrote the famous plays 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth', and 'Romeo and Juliet'?

  • Charles Dickens
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
  • William Shakespeare
  • Oscar Wilde

• 120. In which UK country did the modern game of golf originate?

  • England
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland