Statistics for Random English History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was Elizabeth II's father?	George VI	79%
Which Admiral fought against Napoleon in the Battle of Trafalgar?	Nelson	58%
In what year was the Great Fire of London?	1666	46%
Who was crowned at Christmas 1066?	William the Conqueror	35%
What tapestry portrayed the Battle of Hastings?	Bayeux	34%
Which army had just 600 soldiers?	Light Brigade	32%
Who was defeated in said battle?	Harold Godwinson	20%
Who banned Christmas years later?	Oliver Cromwell	20%
Who was the Prussian leader at the Battle of Waterloo?	Blucher	13%
What animal was the last survivor of the Crimean War?	Tortoise	13%
And who wrote a famous poem about this charge?	Alfred Lord Tennyson	10%
Who was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot? (It's not what it seems!)	Robert Catesby	7%
On which hill did the Battle of Hastings start?	Senlac Hill	4%
What was Shakespeare's first play?	Henry VI Part I	1%
Whose amputated leg became a tourist attraction?	Lord Uxbridge	1%