Statistics for British History by Letter - N

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
English physicist and mathematician who first attempted to define the law of universal gravitation	Isaac Newton	97%
Group of people from Northern France that successfully conquered England	Norman	97%
Founder of modern professional nursing, nicknamed 'The Lady with the Lamp'	Florence Nightingale	95%
British Naval officer fatally shot shortly before his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar	Admiral Horatio Nelson	94%
State institution founded in 1948 by then Minister for Health, Aneurin Bevan	National Health Service	79%
Anglo-Saxon kingdom of England	Northumbria	45%
Standing army formed during the English Civil War that would later support Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector	New Model Army	33%
Sir Thomas Fairfax led the parliamentarians to victory during this crucial battle of the English Civil War	Battle of Naseby	26%