Statistics for History of England

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What prehistoric monument in Wiltshire was constructed somewhere between 3000 BC to 2000 BC?	Stonehenge	92%
What event almost completely destroyed London in 1666?	Great Fire of London	90%
What Lord Protector made England a republic?	Oliver Cromwell	90%
What war did England fight with France between 1337–1453?	Hundred Years' War	88%
Who was the first Norman king of England?	William the Conqueror	88%
What nickname was given to to the Richard I of England?	Lionheart	87%
Which royal house won the War of the Roses?	House of {York}	84%
Name either the father or the mother of Elizabeth I.	Henry VIII \| Anne Boleyn	82%
For what disease did Edward Jenner invent a vaccine?	Smallpox	81%
Which Scottish king became king of England and Ireland in 1603 - thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms?	James VI	79%
What English city was called "Aquae Sulis" by the Romans?	Bath	78%
What novel was written by Jane Austen in 1813?	Pride and Prejudice	77%
What Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe led an uprising against the Romans?	Boudica	76%
Who was the first English captain to circumnavigate the Earth?	Francis Drake	69%
The oldest surviving copy of what epic Old English poem was written in 1010?	Beowulf	64%
By what nickname was William Shakespeare sometimes known as?	The Bard	64%
What city's team won the 2016 Premier League despite 5000-1 odds?	Leicester	59%
What was invented by computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989?	World Wide Web	56%
On what sport did the Queensberry rules become generally accepted?	Boxing	49%
During what 1688 "revolution" was England invaded by the Dutch?	{Glorious} Revolution	40%
What English colony became known as the "Lost Colony" - due to the unexplained disappearance of its population in 1590?	Roanoke	36%
What was the name of the civil war that took place in England between 1135–1153? (hint: word for a stateless country)	The Anarchy	21%