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1 Which Earl tossed a coin with Sir Charles Bunbury to decide which of their names would be used for a horse race they’d started?
A Earl of Derby
2 What was started by the British attack on Rommel’s line on 23rd October, 1942?
A The Battle of El Alamein
3 Which English king, a son of Ethelred II, devoted himself to religion and was canonised in 1161?
A Edward the Confessor (he is known as ‘the Confessor’ because of his life was characterised by piety and religious belief)
4 Which English king ordered the survey of England recorded in The Domesday Book?
A William I (William the Conqueror)
5 In which century was the Gunpowder Plot?
A (1605) 17th
6 What were Gold, Juno, Omaha, Sword and Utah?
A The names of the five D-Day beaches?
7 What was the name of the Argentine cruiser sunk in the Falklands War?
A General Belgrano.
8 Which British Prime Minister spoke of “Peace for our time”?
A Neville Chamberlain.
9 What was the name of the personal assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury held hostage in Beirut?
A Terry Waite
10 Name one of the three English kings who are reputed to have been shot by arrows.
A Harold arrow in the eye at Hastings 1066, William II (Rufus) “hunting accident” in 1100, Richard I (the Lionheart) struck in the shoulder by a crossbow arrow