question
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Answer
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how long did Lady Jane grey have the throne for?
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9 days
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how old was Elizabeth I was she came to the tudor throne?
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25
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how many legitimate children did Henry VIII have?
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3
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which king ruled during the American revolution?
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George III
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how was Prince Albert related to Queen Victoria?
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cousin
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when was the battle of Waterloo?
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1815
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which swedish band sang about Waterloo?
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Abba
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who was the prime minister during the majority of ww2?
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Winston Churchill
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what year did Queen Elizabeth II come to the throne?
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1952
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how long, as of 2021, has she been monarch of Great Britain?
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69 years
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which movie starring Colin firth as a stuttering king? ( Queen Elizabeth II's dad)
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The King's Speech
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who was the queen who caused trouble for Elizabeth Tudor?
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Mary queen of Scots
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how long did her elder sister Mary rule for?
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5 years
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who was Mary married to until her death, who then tried to attack Britain in 1589?
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Philip II of Spain
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what year did the battle of Bosworth Field take place in the 1400s?
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1485
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who got married to the York King Edward IV? who was a commoner queen
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Elizabeth woodville
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Who was Henry VII married to?
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Elizabeth of York
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true or false: Henry VIII was always meant to be king?
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false
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how long was he married to Catherine of Aragon?
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24 Years
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who caused the split with the catholic church in the 16th century?
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Anne boleyn
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who was Henry VIII's cardinal, who disappointed him with regards to marriage to Anne?
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Wolsey
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who was Henry VII's mother?
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Margaret Beaufort
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which of the Earl of Warwick's daughters was Richard III married to? Anne or Isabel?
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Anne
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what century did William Wallace the rebel live in?
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14th
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in what year did the Gun Powder plot fail?
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1605
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who were they trying to kill?
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James I
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how was he related to Mary queen of Scots?
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Son
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what was the name of the protestant minister who caused problems for both Mary and Elizabeth? JK
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John Knox
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what was the main charge against Anne Boleyn? other than Witchcraft and Treason
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adultery
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how long did the Wars of the Roses last for?
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30 years
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what did people of the time know the Wars of the Roses as?
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the Cousins war
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what Battle in 1066 won William the Conqueror England?
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Hastings
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what is the Tapestry called on which this battle is portrayed on?
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Bayeaux
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Henry VIII's sunken warship was called? MR
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Mary Rose
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which port did the Titanic depart from first?
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Southampton
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where was the Titanic Built? city
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Belfast
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what month in 1939 did Britain declare war on Germany?
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September
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how long had Edward VIII been king until he abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson?
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8 months
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who plays George IV, the mad king george in Lin- Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton?
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Jonathon Groff
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who won the final battle of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745, the Scots or the British?
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Brits
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how long did Victoria reign for? years
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63 years
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when did the industrial revolution begin in the UK?
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1750
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what ship was Admiral Nelson shot during the battle of Trafalgar called?
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The Victory
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the English tribal queen who dared to take on the Romans, but ultimately failed and supposedly drank poison?
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Boudicca
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who campaigned to end the slave trade in the British empire, and achieved it in 1837? WW
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William Wilberforce
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Actually, we could do with another one now, unless anyone can think of a better way of getting rid of BoJo.
i have now corrected the kings speech answer etc.