Statistics for Embarrassing Chapters in British History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
This king marries six times and has two of his wives beheaded	King Henry VIII	95%
This person dies after her car was chased by paparazzi	Princess Diana	95%
During the Boer War, the British invent this type of "camp", later used by the Nazis	{Concentration} Camp	93%
In the 1840s, one million people die from famine on this island. Meanwhile, food from that island is exported to England.	Ireland	88%
Britain forces China to accept imports of this addictive drug	Opium	88%
In Victorian times, small boys are forced to work at this dangerous profession	Chimney {Sweep}	87%
This holiday is banned under the Puritanical rule of Oliver Cromwell	Christmas	81%
At the behest of the United States, this Prime Minister leads Britain into the Iraq War	Tony Blair	78%
Between 1803 and 1905 the aboriginal population of this Australian island is completely killed off due to disease and murder	Tasmania	73%
This Prime Minister appeases the Nazis, blessing their annexation of parts of Czechoslovakia	Neville Chamberlain	62%
A famine, partially caused by British policies, kills 2 million people in this country in 1943	India	57%
In 1290, these people are expelled from England and their assets are seized	Jews	56%
This king rules Britain for 60 years, but is insane for many of them	King George III	54%
England loses to this tiny nation in the 2016 UEFA European Championship	Iceland	52%
80,000 British soldiers are captured when this city falls to the Japanese in WWII	Singapore	47%
40,000 troops are slaughtered trying to capture this tiny Turkish peninsula during WWI	Gallipoli	46%
British troops torture people during the Mau Mau uprising in this country	Kenya	43%
This English king spends only six months of his reign in England, preferring his estates in southwest France	Richard the Lionheart	34%
Nearly 100 people die in this city's St. Scholastica Day Riot after students complain about the quality of their beverages	Oxford	27%
This royal office, responsible for helping the King use the toilet, is considered one of the most desirable positions in the Tudor court	Groom of the {Stool}	21%