Statistics for British History by Letter - E

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  • This quiz has been taken 532 times
    (391 since last reset)
  • The average score is 9 of 18

Answer Stats

HintAnswer% Correct
King who abdicated in 1936 over his proposal to marry an American divorceeEdward VIII
97%
Queen who led England into her 'Golden Age', saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and the end of the Tudor dynastyElizabeth I
95%
Legendary sword of King Arthur, known as Caledfwlch in WelshExcalibur
83%
Secret code used by the German navy during WWII that was cracked by Alan Turing and his team of codebreakers at Bletchley ParkEnigma
82%
Essex
72%
Title given to Queen Victoria upon the founding of the British RajEmpress of India
69%
Co-author of the Communist Manifesto alongside Karl Marx, first published in 1848Friedrich Engels
66%
Powerful trading company that governed large parts of the Indian sub-continent with a private military larger than most countries had at the timeEast India Company
60%
Central bank of the United Kingdom founded in 1694Bank of England
41%
Collection of marble sculptures originally part of the Parthenon in Athens, currently housed in the British MuseumElgin Marbles
41%
Two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of EnglandEast Anglia
38%
Precursor to the European Union, joined by the United Kingdom alongside Ireland and Denmark in 1973European Economic Community
34%
Roman name for the northern city of YorkEboracum
29%
Subsequent executions of the leaders of this armed insurrection widely contributed to increased support for Irish IndependenceEaster Rising
24%
Agreement signed between the UK and Scottish governments, paving the way for a future referendum on independenceEdinburgh Agreement
20%
First major battle of the English civil warEdgehill
18%
Royal Navy ship captained by James Cook on his voyage to Australia and New ZealandHMS Endeavour
13%
First Anglo-Saxon king to turn his back on paganism and convert to ChristianityÆthelberht
11%

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