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No matter where you walk in the UK, chances are the area has a long and rich history behind it.
While you may not study history religiously, you might be surprised at how much you already know about the people and events that came before us.
This history quiz has a mix of easy and hard questions.
Only the brainiest can get all 30 questions right.
Alternatively, you may wish to print out the questions and answers and pose them to your friends at a get-together.
Good luck!
1. In which month of 1914 did the First World War begin?
2. Who became Prime Minister of Britain in 1916?
3. The German attack on which country caused Britain to enter the Second World War?
4. Which member of the British royal family was murdered by the IRA in 1979?
5. Name the Roman gladiator and rebel who led a revolt against the Roman Empire between 73 and 71 BC.?
6. At the Siege of Mafeking who led the British forces?
7. Who was the world’s first woman Prime Minister?
8. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
9. Who sighted Cuba, which he thought was China, before landing on Hispaniola, which he thought was Japan?
10. Which symbol of triumph did Julius Caesar establish in Rome as a means to obscure his baldness?
11. Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain for most of the Second World War?
12. Yuan, Qing and Ming were Imperial Dynasties in the history of which country?
13. The sinking of which passenger ship in 1915 is often said to have brought about the USA’s declaration of war on Germany, though in fact this did not happen for a further two years?
14. The Little Rock Nine were prevented from doing what on September 4th 1957?
15. Which empire was ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty from 305 BC until 30 BC?
16. In what year was the Russian Revolution?
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