Statistics for British History by Letter - X Y Z

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
City known as Eboracum by the Romans that later became the Viking capital of England	York	94%
British colony formerly known as Southern Rhodesia that gained independence in 1980	Zimbabwe	90%
Crimean city that hosted a conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to discuss the post-war reorganisation of Europe	Yalta	70%
Chemical element discovered by Scottish chemist, William Ramsey	Xenon	62%
The shortest war in history, fought between the United Kingdom and this former Sultanate and lasting a mere 38 minutes	Zanzibar	34%
Series of colonial wars that became the longest running military action by the British Empire on the African continent	Xhosa Wars	24%