Statistics for History Of Britain Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which British monarch was first given the title ‘Empress of India’?	Victoria	82%
Which PM is best known for leading Britain in the French Revolutionary Wars and against Napoleon?	William Pitt the Younger	71%
The Acts of Union 1800 joined which country with GB and created the UK?	Ireland	67%
Who was the first Hanoverian king of Great Britain?	George I	66%
What name is given to the two wars Britain fought with China?	Opium Wars	63%
Which king of England was shot in the eye?	Harold Godwinson	58%
England was named after a Germanic tribe called the___	Angles	53%
Which company came to rule large areas of India with its own private army, and administrative functions?	East India Company	49%
Who were the first people in Britain?	Anglo-Saxons	47%
England's first queen regnant	Mary I	47%
The name Britain derives from the Roman word _____	Britannia	36%
Which English engineer is famous for designing the Great Western Railway?	Isambard Kingdom Brunel	31%
Last Norman King of England	Stephen	22%
During which war were the French driven out of India and British North America?	Seven Years War	19%
Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?	Robert Walpole	18%
Which war with Spain came about partly because of the severed ear of a ship captain?	War of Jenkins' Ear	10%
First King of England	Egbert	4%
Who is the only Prime Minister of Britain or the UK to be assassinated?	Spencer Perceval	4%
Greek Explorer who Discovered Britain	Pytheas	0%