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1 Where in 1170 was Thomas Becket murdered?
A Canterbury Cathedral
2 Which Roman emperor had a wall of stone built in the north of England?
A Emperor Hadrian
3 Which religion penetrated Britain during Roman times?
A Christianity
4 What national disaster befell England in the year before the Great Fire of London?
A Great Plague
5 Which monarch was the target of The Gunpowder Plotters?
A James I
6 Which two factions fought the Wars of the Roses in the 15th century?
A Lancaster and York (a series of dynastic wars fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet for the throne of England)
7 Who was the longest reigning of all the Tudor monarchs?
A Elizabeth
8 Who was the last Saxon king of England?
A Harold (II) (he was the one defeated at Hastings in 1066 by the first Norman king, William)
9 In which city did the “Peterloo Massacre” of 1819 take place?
A Manchester (at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, there was a clash between workers demanding the reform of parliamentary representation and the cavalry)
10 Which King reigned between 1760 and 1820?
A George III (George I reigned between 1714-27, George II 1727-1760, George IV 1820-30)