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Exploring Britain: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about the history, geography, and culture of Britain with this engaging quiz!

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1 ________, Britain from the Tudor period, from 1485 to 1707

2 ________ or Britannia, a Roman province covering most of modern England and Wales and some of southern Scotland from 43 to 410 AD

3 ________, a sovereign state from 1801 to 1927

4 ________, a group of islands that includes Great Britain, Ireland, and other islands

5 ________, Britain prior to 43 AD

6 ________, Marvel Comics superhero

7 ________, discusses the sometimes ambiguous or contentious names for parts of the island group

8 ________, pre-Roman inhabitant of Great Britain

9 ________, Britain from 410 AD to 597

10 ________, an island to the northwest of Continental Europe

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in their final mission of World War II, No. 453 Squadron RAAF escorted the aircraft that returned Queen Wilhelmina to the Netherlands after she spent three years in exile in Britain.
  • the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery, constructed in Somerset in 1864 and now designated as an historic site, was the first brewery in Britain to produce lager.
  • in 1759, François Thurot's ship set out to create a diversion from an invasion of Britain only to learn, after months of storms and starvation, that the invasion fleet had been defeated before it even left France.
  • in 1686 Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, a Jesuit convert from Nanking, arrived at the court of James II and became the first recorded Chinese person to visit Britain.
  • detonating nuclear weapons is specifically forbidden in Britain under the Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Act 1998.
  • the Bruce Tunnel is the only tunnel on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the second longest navigable tunnel on Britain's canals.
  • the Fair Play Men, a group of squatters in colonial Pennsylvania, made their own Declaration of Independence from Britain on July 4, 1776 on the banks of Pine Creek.
  • the upcoming film Sherlock Holmes revolves around Holmes and Watson, played by Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law, stopping a conspiracy to destroy Britain.
  • the shrine at Saint Melangell's Church, Pennant Melangell is reputedly the oldest Romanesque shrine in Britain, dating from the early 1100s.
  • the offices of the Labour Leader, the newspaper of the British Independent Labour Party, were raided in 1915, and editor Fenner Brockway was charged with publishing seditious material.
  • the Old Ford Motor Factory, Ford's first assembly plant in Southeast Asia and built in 1941, was the site of the historic surrender of the British to the Japanese in World War II, later described by Winston Churchill as the "largest capitulation in British history".
  • a gymslip is a sleeveless tunic commonly associated with British schoolgirls and sportswomen of the early 20th century.
  • a word square found in Mamucium (pictured), a Roman fort in Manchester, may be one of the earliest examples of Christianity in Britain.
  • Elizabeth Godfrey was the most outstanding female goldsmith of her generation in 18th century Britain.
  • Garston Lock is the last remaining turf sided lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal and one of only two remaining in Britain.
  • The Clash's song "English Civil War," warning against the rise of far right groups in Britain, was adapted from a popular American Civil War song.
  • German-born Guenther Podola was the last man to be hanged in Britain for killing a police officer.
  • Britain's regulations on bread sales, as originated from the Assize of Bread and Ale (1266), were enforced for six centuries.
  • Julian Howard Ashton, a prominent figure of media and art in Britain and Australia in the 19th and 20th century, won the Sydney sesquicentenary prize for landscape drawings for his art work.
  • Dr Nigel Cox is the only doctor ever to have been convicted in Britain for attempted euthanasia.
  • Count Vladimir Lambsdorff managed to talk Nicholas II of Russia out of the projected Russian-German alliance against Britain.
  • William Gore Ouseley (pictured), a diplomat noted for representing British interests in Nicaragua and Honduras, found one of the earliest sources for the pantomime story of Dick Whittington's cat.
  • Trawsgoed Crosswood Estate, owned by the Vaughn family since the year 1200, was home to the second largest lead mine in Britain.
  • Sir James Lithgow played a prominent role in restructuring the British shipbuilding industry in the 1930s.
  • Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist Neil Brooks retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of beer on a flight from Britain back to Australia.
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