People mentioned in the Wikipedia page of the United Kingdom

Can you guess the people mentioned in the Wikipedia page of the United Kingdom as of October 2023?

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Context	Person
In 1603, the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland were united in a personal union when ... inherited the crowns of England and Ireland	James VI and I
In the mid-17th century, all three kingdoms were involved in a series of connected wars which led to the temporary overthrow of the monarchy, with the execution of ...	Charles I
In the 18th century, cabinet government developed under ... in practice the first prime minister	Robert Walpole
Following the Indian Rebellion in 1857, the British government led by ... assumed direct rule over India	Lord Palmerston
The 1884 Reform Act championed by ... granted suffrage to a majority of males for the first time	William Gladstone
By the late 19th century, the Conservatives under ... initiated a period of imperial expansion in Africa	Benjamin Disraeli
By the late 19th century, the Conservatives under ... initiated a period of imperial expansion in Africa	Lord Salisbury
Under the leadership of ... the British Empire reached its greatest extent	David Lloyd George
Strikes in the mid-1920s culminated in the General Strike of 1926, which ended in a victory for the government led by ...	Stanley Baldwin
... became prime minister and head of a coalition government in 1940	Winston Churchill
In the immediate post-war years, the Labour government under ... initiated a radical programme of reforms	Clement Attlee
The Conservative government of the 1980s led by ... initiated a radical policy of monetarism, deregulation, the sale of state-owned companies	Margaret Thatcher
Britain's military deployment in Iraq saw the largest protest in British history demonstrating in opposition to the government led by ...	Tony Blair
On 8 September 2022 ... the longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch, died at the age of 96	Elizabeth II
Upon the Queen's death, her eldest child ... acceded to the British throne	Charles III
The current Prime Minister, as of October 2022, is ... leader of the Conservative Party	Rishi Sunak
The current Scottish Government is a Scottish National Party and Scottish Greens coalition, led by First Minister ... leader of the Scottish National Party	Humza Yousaf
The current Welsh Government is Labour, led by First Minister ... who has been the First Minister since 2018	Mark Drakeford
Major theorists from the 17th and 18th centuries include ... whose laws of motion and illumination of gravity have been seen as a keystone of modern science	Isaac Newton
From the 19th century ... whose theory of evolution by natural selection was fundamental to the development of modern biology	Charles Darwin
From the 19th century ... who formulated classical electromagnetic theory	James Clerk Maxwell
More recently ... who advanced major theories in the fields of cosmology, quantum gravity and the investigation of black holes	Stephen Hawking
The English playwright and poet ... is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist of all time	William Shakespeare
The 20th-century English crime writer ... is the best-selling novelist of all time	Agatha Christie
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	George Eliot
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Virginia Woolf
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Charlotte Brontë
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Emily Brontë
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Mary Shelley
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Jane Austen
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Doris Lessing
Twelve of the top 25 of 100 novels by British writers chosen by a BBC poll of global critics were written by women; these included works by ...	Zadie Smith
Scotland's contributions include ...	Arthur Conan Doyle
Scotland's contributions include ...	Sir Walter Scott
Scotland's contributions include ...	J. M. Barrie
Scotland's contributions include ...	Robert Louis Stevenson
Scotland's contributions include ...	Robert Burns
More recently ... contributed to the Scottish Renaissance	Hugh MacDiarmid
More recently ... contributed to the Scottish Renaissance	Neil M. Gunn
With grimmer works from ...	Ian Rankin
With grimmer works from ...	Iain Banks
Welsh literature includes Britain's oldest known poem, Y Gododdin, which contains the earliest known reference to ...	King Arthur
The Arthurian legend was further developed by ...	Geoffrey of Monmouth
Poet ... is regarded as one of the greatest European poets of his age	Dafydd ap Gwilym
... is credited as the first Welsh-language novelist, publishing Rhys Lewis in 1885	Daniel Owen
The best-known of the Anglo-Welsh poets are ...	Dylan Thomas
The best-known of the Anglo-Welsh poets are ...	R. S. Thomas
Leading Welsh novelists of the twentieth century include ...	Richard Llewellyn
Leading Welsh novelists of the twentieth century include ...	Kate Roberts
Irish writers, living at a time when all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, include ...	Oscar Wilde
Irish writers, living at a time when all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, include ...	Bram Stoker
Irish writers, living at a time when all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, include ...	George Bernard Shaw
There have been many authors whose origins were from outside the United Kingdom but who moved to the UK, including ...	Joseph Conrad
There have been many authors whose origins were from outside the United Kingdom but who moved to the UK, including ...	T. S. Eliot
There have been many authors whose origins were from outside the United Kingdom but who moved to the UK, including ...	Kazuo Ishiguro
There have been many authors whose origins were from outside the United Kingdom but who moved to the UK, including ...	Salman Rushdie
There have been many authors whose origins were from outside the United Kingdom but who moved to the UK, including ...	Ezra Pound
The most famous philosophers of British Empiricism are ...	John Locke
The most famous philosophers of British Empiricism are ...	George Berkeley
The most famous philosophers of British Empiricism are ...	David Hume
... were major exponents of the Scottish "common sense" school	Dugald Stewart
... were major exponents of the Scottish "common sense" school	Thomas Reid
... were major exponents of the Scottish "common sense" school	William Hamilton
Two Britons are also notable for the ethical theory of utilitarianism, a moral philosophy first used by ...	Jeremy Bentham
Two Britons are also notable for the ethical theory of utilitarianism, a moral philosophy later used by ... in his short work Utilitarianism	John Stuart Mill
Historically, there has been exceptional Renaissance music from the Tudor period, with masses, madrigals and lute music by ...	Thomas Tallis
Historically, there has been exceptional Renaissance music from the Tudor period, with masses, madrigals and lute music by ...	John Taverner
Historically, there has been exceptional Renaissance music from the Tudor period, with masses, madrigals and lute music by ...	William Byrd
Historically, there has been exceptional Renaissance music from the Tudor period, with masses, madrigals and lute music by ...	Orlando Gibbons
Historically, there has been exceptional Renaissance music from the Tudor period, with masses, madrigals and lute music by ...	John Dowland
After the Stuart Restoration, an English tradition of dramatic masques, anthems and airs became established, led by ...	Henry Purcell
After the Stuart Restoration, an English tradition of dramatic masques, anthems and airs became established, followed by ...	Thomas Arne
The German-born composer ... became a naturalised British citizen in 1727	George Frideric Handel
When he composed the anthem Zadok the Priest for the coronation of ...	George II
In the second half of the 19th century, as ... wrote their popular Savoy operas	Arthur Sullivan
In the second half of the 19th century, as ... wrote their popular Savoy operas	W. S. Gilbert
... wide range of music rivalled that of his contemporaries on the continent	Edward Elgar
Increasingly, however, composers became inspired by the English countryside and its folk music, notably ...	Gustav Holst
Increasingly, however, composers became inspired by the English countryside and its folk music, notably ...	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Increasingly, however, composers became inspired by the English countryside and its folk music, notably ...	Benjamin Britten
Among the many post-war composers, some of the most notable have made their own personal choice of musical identity: ...	Peter Maxwell Davies
Among the many post-war composers, some of the most notable have made their own personal choice of musical identity: ...	Harrison Birtwistle
Among the many post-war composers, some of the most notable have made their own personal choice of musical identity: ...	John Tavener
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Stormzy
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Kano
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Yxng Bane
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Ramz
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Little Simz
The modern UK is known to produce some of the most prominent English-speaking rappers along with the United States, including ...	Skepta
Other prominent British contributors to have influenced popular music over the last 50 years include ...	Elton John
Some of the British recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Music award include ...	David Bowie
Some of the British recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Music award include ...	Eric Clapton
Some of the British recipients of the Outstanding Contribution to Music award include ...	Rod Stewart
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	George Michael
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Robbie Williams
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Amy Winehouse
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Susan Boyle
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Adele
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Ed Sheeran
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Lewis Capaldi
More recent UK music acts that have had international success include ...	Harry Styles
Influential UK dance acts include ...	Sub Focus
Influential UK dance acts include ...	Calvin Harris
Major British artists include: the Romantics ...	William Blake
Major British artists include: the Romantics ...	John Constable
Major British artists include: the Romantics ...	Samuel Palmer
Major British artists include: the Romantics ...	J. M. W. Turner
The portrait painters ...	Joshua Reynolds
The portrait painters ...	Lucian Freud
The landscape artists ...	Thomas Gainsborough
The landscape artists ...	L. S. Lowry
The pioneer of the Arts and Crafts Movement ...	William Morris
The figurative painter ...	Francis Bacon
The Pop artists ...	Peter Blake
The Pop artists ...	Richard Hamilton
The Pop artists ...	David Hockney
The collaborative duo ...	Gilbert Prousch
The collaborative duo ...	George Passmore
The abstract artist ...	Howard Hodgkin
The sculptors ...	Antony Gormley
The sculptors ...	Anish Kapoor
The sculptors ...	Henry Moore
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Damien Hirst
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Chris Ofili
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Rachel Whiteread
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Tracey Emin
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Mark Wallinger
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Steve McQueen
During the late 1980s and 1990s the Saatchi Gallery in London helped to bring to public attention a group of multi-genre artists who would become known as the "Young British Artists": ...	Sam Taylor-Johnson
The British director ..., whose film Vertigo is considered by some critics as the best film of all time	Alfred Hitchcock
The British director ... is among the most critically acclaimed of all time	David Lean
The Football Association is the oldest of its kind, with the rules of football first drafted in 1863 by ...	Ebenezer Cobb Morley
The flag of the United Kingdom was created in 1606 by the superimposition of the flag of England, representing ...	Saint George
The flag of Scotland, representing ...	Saint Andrew

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Level 68

Nov 25, 2023

Interesting quiz, but a bit more time would be nice.

Level 75

Nov 25, 2023

Sorry forgot about the time. I've increased it to 20 mins

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