How much you know about British History?
Quizz "History" - 20 questions
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Question 1
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Who defeated Boudica, leader of the rebellion of 61 AF against the Roman invaders?
Gaius Iulius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Augustus)
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Flavius Aetius
Lars Porsena
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Question 2
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Which fortifications sign the maximum extention of the Roman conquest in Britannia and Caledonia?
Aurelian Walls
Column of Phocas
Hadrian's Wall
Trajan's Column
Column of Arcadius
Antonine Wall
Gask ridge
The Porta Praetoria
Question 3
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Before being defeated by William the Conqueror, who king Harold fought at Stamford Bridge?
King Aethelred
King Knut
Harald Haldrada, king of Norway
William Wallace (FREEDOM!!!)
Swein, king of Sweden
Edward "Aetheling"
Leofric of Mercia
His brother Gyrth
Question 4
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In what year William the Conqueror makes a military campaign against the Scots?
1066
1346
1415
1357
1306
1176
1296
1069
Question 5
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Marrying a noblewoman, Henry II got in dowry a big part of France. Who is she?
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Isabella, Countess of Gloucester
Alix of France
Isabella of Angoulême
Marie of France, Countess of Champagne
Matilda of Flanders
Empress Matilda
Adela of Champagne
Question 6
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Which country was allied with the Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War against England?
Scotland
Republic of Venice
Holy Roman Empire
Walles
Byzantine Empire
Luxembourg
Portugal
Switzerland
Question 7
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How did the Battle of Otterburn end?
The Scots defeat the English soldiers
The English Army was able to defeat Scottish Army
It was an inconclusive fight
France succeeded in defeating English Army
The English managed to push back a landing attempt of the French Army
The English gained a pyrrhic victory
The Scottish Army was able to push back a Norwegian Invasion
Irish Army was defeated by English Army
Question 8
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In what year Robert III of Scotland was crowned?
1388
1337
1406
1371
1390
1347
1363
1399
Question 9
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Why Mary I Tudor was called "Bloody Mary"?
She committed massacres against Scottish people to pacify the rebellion
She killed her mother to take the throne
Under her reign, many English soldiers were killed in battle
She committed massacres among the Spanish Prisoners
She committed massacres against Catholics
She committed massacres against Protestants and Anglicans
She committed massacres against Irish people who refused English domination
Taxation in his kingdom was very high and people starved
Question 10
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Thomas More...
invented a new kind of military formation
invented the New Model Army
invented The modern English political system
invented the word "utopia"
invented a new weapon to use against the Spanish troops
wrote the "Scarborough Fair" ballad
invented the Longbow
wrote "God Save the Queen"
Question 11
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"A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" is a quote of the Shakespare's...
Amleto
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
The Merchant of Venice
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Macbeth
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
King Lear
Question 12
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What happened after the English Civil War?
There was an agreement between the two parts, to reach a peace
England lost great part of its colonies, conquered again some years later
For the first time, a woman became queen of England
England was divided in two reigns
King Charles I was forced to abdicate in favour of his son
King Charles I defeated the Parliamentarians
The king of Scotland also became king of England, unifying the two kingdoms
For the first and last time in History, England became a republic
Question 13
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What happened in 1707?
Malta became a part of United Kingdom
The Act of Union was proclaimed: Walles and Ireland became a part of United Kingdom
The Act of Union was proclaimed: England and Scotland togheter form the United Kingdom
Gibraltar became a part of United Kingdom
William the Silent became the new king of England
A new Civil War between England and Scotland
An incredible revolt in Ireland menances the hegemony of England in this land
American War Indipendence: United Kingdom lost the country
Question 14
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Who was the commander in the Battle of Trafalgar, in which napoleonic France was defeated?
Horatio Nelson
Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington
Cuthbert Collingwood, first Baron Collingwood
Sir William Parker
Patrick Brontë
William IV of the United Kingdom
John Jervis
Charles Thompson
Question 15
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Which was the faction during the Crimean War?
Russia, France and U.K. against the Kingdom of Sardinia
Russia and U.K. against France
France and U.K. against Ottoman Empire
France and U.K. against Russia
U.K. against Russia, France and Kingdom of Sardinia
U.K., Russia, France, Kingdom of Sardinia against Ottoman Empire
U.K., France, Ottoman Empire and Kingdom of Sardinia against Russia
Russia, U.K. and Ottoman Empire against France
Question 16
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When United Kingdom went in war, during the WWI?
After the invasion of Belgium by Germany
Immediately after Sarajevo
In 1917
Together with France and Russia
Together with Italy in 1915
After Germany advance in French territories
After several German naval attacks to British supply vessels
Never
Question 17
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What was the secret weapon developed by U.K. during WWI?
The nerve agents
The machinegun
The Tanks
The airplane
The communication via telegraph
The Radar
The flamethrower
The helicopter
Question 18
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What happened to U.K. after the WWI
Ireland obtained the indipendence from U.K.
U.K. lost great part of its colonial empire
U.K. obtained a part of German territory
U.K. obtained Malta
Scotland became an indipendet state for some years
U.K. obtained Canada
Walles became an indipendent state for some years
U.K. pushed back an attempt of invasion of Republic of Ireland against noth Ireland
Question 19
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Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during WWII?
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Clement Attlee
Hugh Gaitskell
George Lansbury
Stanley Baldwin
Bonar Law
Diana Spencer
Question 20
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The War of Falkland, 1982, was a conflict between U.K. and...?
Brazil
Russia
U.S.A.
Argentina
Cuba
Mexico
Spain
France
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