Statistics for British History by Letter - H

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Fortification that stood at the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire	Hadrian's Wall	95%
Battle that began the Norman conquest of England and the last successful invasion of Britain	Battle of Hastings	86%
The transfer of sovereignty of this city to China in 1997 is considered by many to mark the end of the British Empire	Hong Kong	83%
Series of wars in Western Europe fought primarily between the French and English royal houses lasting over a century	Hundred Years War	78%
English King who defeated the French at the battle of Agincourt	Henry V	76%
Royal house that ended with the death of Queen Victoria	Hanover	64%
Wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on the grounds of adultery	Catherine Howard	57%
Scots word for New Year celebrations, its origins derived from Norse and Gaelic customs	Hogmanay	49%
Archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922	Howard Carter	40%
Stately residence given to Henry VIII by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey	Hampton Court Palace	32%
Campaign waged by William the Conqueror to subjugate northern England, deemed by modern scholars as a genocide	Harrying of the North	24%
King of Norway defeated by Harold Godwinson at the battle of Stamford Bridge	Harald Hardrada	22%
Belfast shipyard that built the RMS Titanic	Harland & Wolff	14%
Coalition of Scandinavian warriors that sought to invade and conquer the Kingdoms of England	Great Heathen Army	11%