Quiz on British History
Question 1 of 10
Whom did Camilla Shand meet for the first time on a wet afternoon in 1972 at a polo field on Windsor Great Park?
Question 2 of 10
What city's plague epidemic was cleared up quite nicely after a fire started on Pudding Lane, which burned pretty much the whole city down?
Question 3 of 10
In February 1952, who went up Kenya's Treetops Hotel a princess, but came down a queen?
Question 4 of 10
Which of these is a British possession on the European continental mainland?
Question 5 of 10
When he was 13, what Jewish-born future PM and Earl of Beaconsfield was baptised into the Church of England instead of getting a bar mitzvah?
Question 6 of 10
Which of the following was never prime minister of England (but did play a wicked set of drums)?
Question 7 of 10
After he died, his head was dug up and staked on a pole for the next 20 years and wasn't reunited with the rest of his body until 1960. Who was he?
Question 8 of 10
When told that saying, "Half the Cabinet are asses" was unparliamentary, what UK politician recanted and instead said, "Half the Cabinet are not asses"?
Question 9 of 10
As Britain's prime minister in 1971, I not only steered British yachts to the Admiral's Cup, I also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra. Who am I?
Question 10 of 10
The first Hanover king of Britain spoke no English, so he conversed with Robert Walpole in Latin and had Walpole enact his decisions. Who was the king?
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History Quiz
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Quiz on Science
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