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  • Who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor?
    King Lear
    Richard , Heart of Lion
    Robin Hood
    King Arthur
  • Which royal family reigned from 1603 to 1714?
    The Stuarts
    The Windsors
    The House of Lancaster
    The Tudors
  • which of the following queens lived the longest?
    Queen Victoria
    Queen Mary of Scotland
    Queen Elizabeth I
  • What anniversary do people celebrate on November 5th every year?
    The defeat of the Spanish Armada
    The attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament
    The Battle of Trafalgar
    The birth of the United Kingdom
  • What's the name of the most famous prehistoric monument in Britain?
    Celticstone
    Stonehenge
    Druids monument
    Beowulf
  • Who were the people who invaded Britain in 43 A.D. and built villas and roads?
    The Vikings
    The Anglo-Saxons
    The Romans
    The Celts
  • The set of rules for the monarchy to follow, written in 1215 is called
    the Kings' Carta
    the Kings' Rules
    the Magna Carta
    the Constitution
  • What was the British name for the war at the beginning of the 20th century?
    The Big War
    The Great War
    The Large War
    The British War
  • what was the most famous king of England, who he had six wives, called?
    Henry VII
    Henry IV
    Henry VIII
    Henry III
  • What happened in 1066?
    The Saxons invaded England
    The Roman conquest of England
    The Norman conquest of England
    The Vikings invaded England
  • How were the ancient priests who worshipped at Stonehenge called?
    Druids
    Celts
    Saxons
    Smurfs
  • The dispute which ended with the execution of Charles I was
    the Seven Years War
    the battle of Trafalgar
    the Civil War
    the War of the Spanish Succession
  • Who had a Round Table?
    King Arthur
    King Lear
    Robin Hood
    King John
  • How long were the Romans in England?
    200 years
    300 years
    400 years
    500 years
  • The states formed by Britain and its colonies at the beginning of the 20th c. was called
    the UK Empire
    the British colonies
    the British Empire
    the English Empire
  • Who defeated Napoleon’s fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar?
    Admiral Nelson
    King Arthur
    Oliver Cromwell
    James Cook
  • One of the European invaders who turned into the English were the...
    Celts
    Normands
    Romans
    Anglo-Saxons
  • What happened in 1666?
    Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world
    The Great Fire of London
    The Civil War began
    Charles I was executed
  • The people who originally inhabited Britain were the
    Saxons
    Angles
    Celts
    Vikings
  • What killed a third of the population of Britain?
    the Big fire of London
    the Black Death
    the flu
    the cholera