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Q12 History 50 0 Which king was said to be "thewisest fool in Christendom"? James I George I Charles I Henry VI Who was assassinated on the Ides of March? Julius Caesar Nero Claudius Caligula Who defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314? Scots Irish French Danes The Wars of the Roses began in1455. Which battle ended them30 years later? Bosworth Field Towton Edgehill Marston Moor In 1692 which Highland clansmen were murdered in the "Massacre of Glencoe"? MacDonalds Campbells Stuarts McTavishes What was the name of the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in 1620 to found the first colony in the New World? Mayflower Santa Maria Golden Hind Mary Rose Which is the oldest civilisation in the world? Chinese Egyptian Minoan Babylonian By what name did the Romans call Colchester? Camulodunum Calleva Verulamium Eboracum What is the name of the international peace organisation set up after World War I? League of Nations United Nations NATO Commonwealth of Nations At the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington commanded the British troops. Who commanded the Prussian troops? Blucher Napoleon Palafox Soult Who was invited by the Whigs in 1714 to become king of England? Elector of Hanover William of Orange James VI of Scotland George of Denmark Who was England's first Prime Minister? Sir Robert Walpole George Grenville William Pitt Henry Pelham Who defeated the French in India in 1760 and became Governor-General of Bengal? Robert Clive James Wolfe General Cornwallis General Howe When did Britain recognise American independence? 1783 1795 1808 1763 The French Revolution began in1789. Who was on the throne and subsequently beheaded? Louis XVI Louis XIV Charles VII Charles X In which year was slavery abolished throughout the British Empire? 1833 1805 1879 1760 Of what trade were the Luddites who tried to destroy the new machinery in 1811? Hand-loom weavers Mine-workers Tenant farmers Iron workers In 1869 the Suez Canal was opened. Who financed it? Britain and France Egypt and France Italy and France Britain and Italy In which war were the battles of Balaclava and Inkermann fought? Crimean Napoleonic Boer American War of Independence Who was the first Labour PrimeMinister? Ramsey MacDonald Clement Attlee Keir Hardie Herbert Asquith Who were the opposing forces in the Battle of Tsushima in 1905? Japan and Russia Germany and Russia China and Japan Austria and Japan Which king of England was killed as he hunted in the New Forest? William II Richard I John Henry IV Who was the fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943? Mussolini Franco Stalin Hitler Where did King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215? Runnymede Hastings Conisbrough Castle Beaumaris Castle Where is William the Conquerorburied? Caen, Normandy Worcester Cathedral Westminster Abbey Hanover, Germany When did the first Viking invasions occur? 800 AD 600 AD 400 BC 200 AD In which castle was Mary Tudorstaying when she was proclaimed Queen? Framlingham Rothesay Bodiam Dudley Which was the last battle fought in England? Sedgemoor Naseby Marston Moor Hastings Who was defeated at Flodden Field in 1513 by the Earl of Surrey? James IV of Scotland Henry VIII James II of Scotland Tyrconnell of Ireland What treaty of mutual defence and military aid was signed on14 May, 1955 by eight countries? Warsaw Pact Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Breda Treaty of Dover In "the scramble for Africa" in the 1880's only two nationsremained under native rule: Liberia and which other? Ethiopia Kenya Angola Egypt In whose reign were Warbeck and Simnel pretenders to the English throne? Henry VII Richard II Edward I Charles I What is the year 1665 noted for? Great Plague Great Fire End of 30 yrs war Death of Cromwell Who was said to have "singed the King of Spain's beard" in 1587? Francis Drake Howard of Effingham Frobisher John Hawkins Which country presented the Statue of Liberty to the USA? France Britain Spain Prussia William III defeated a French and Irish army in 1690 at the Battle of the .....? Boyne Shannon Marne Seine Founded in 1249 which is the oldest British university? Oxford Cambridge St Andrews Glasgow Which monarch is given credit for founding the British navy? Henry VIII William the Conqueror Elizabeth I Edward I Who was the first Lord Protector of England? Oliver Cromwell Robert Walpole Francis Drake Henry Pelham Henry VII founded which royal line? Tudors Plantagenets Hanover Stuarts The European Economic Community was formed by the signing of which Treaty? Rome Paris Brussels Strasbourg Which Archbishop was murdered in Canterbury cathedral? Thomas Beckett Thomas Cranmer William Laud Stephen Langton Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 601? St Augustine St Dunstan St Columba St Patrick Which English Prime Minister repealed the Corn Laws and re-organised the police force? Sir Robert Peel Lord Grenville William Pitt Viscount Palmerston In the 13th century Edward I built castles on an unprecedented scale. One he built is ....? Conway Dover Warwick Bamburgh In which year was the General Strike? 1926 1932 1921 1936 Who was the last Tzar of Russia, overthrown by the Revolution in 1917? Nicholas II Peter I Alexander II Ivan the Terrible The first atomic bomb was dropped on which Japanese cityin 1945? Hiroshima Tokyo Nagasaki Osaka Which king of France was knownas the "Sun King"? Louis XIV Louis-Phillippe Francis II Louis IX Where would you find "TraitorsGate"? Tower of London Tyburn The Old Bailey Windsor Castle