Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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The largest Neolithic monument in Western Europe | Stonehenge | 92%
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Practice abolished in 1833 throughout most of the British Empire | Slavery | 86%
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An attempt to regain control of this canal would lead to international humiliation for both Britain and France | Suez Canal | 85%
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Edward Jenner develops a vaccine for this disease, responsible for 10% of all deaths at the time | Smallpox | 83%
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Birthplace of famous playwright, William Shakespeare | Stratford-upon-Avon | 80%
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Emmeline Pankhurst marches in the first public protests in this 'Votes for Women' movement. | Suffrage | 80%
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Only wife of Henry VIII to receive a Queen's funeral | Jane Seymour | 70%
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Royal house that would unite the crowns of England and Scotland | Stuart | 69%
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First British Asian Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | Rishi Sunak | 68%
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Aircraft that gained superiority over the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain | Spitfire | 67%
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Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England | Sussex | 65%
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Crowned king after Empress Matilda, his cousin and daughter of Henry I is deemed as a woman, 'unfit to rule' | Stephen I | 62%
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The capture of this city by the Japanese in WWII was described at the time as the worst disaster in British History | Singapore | 56%
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According to legend, Robert the Bruce is determined to persevere with his fight against the English after watching this creature struggle and eventually overcome | Spider | 39%
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Taken by Edward I as 'spoils of war' after invading Scotland, it would not be returned to Edinburgh for another 700 years | Stone of Scone | 36%
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British-Jamaican nurse who practiced behind the lines during the Crimean War | Mary Seacole | 34%
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William Wallace defeats the English at this battle on the River Forth | Stirling Bridge | 34%
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Battle traditionally seen to symbolise the end of the Viking age in Britain | Stamford Bridge | 33%
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