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1 Which revolutionary secret weapon of WWII was code-named “Upkeep”?
A The Bouncing Bomb. Barnes Wallis developed the “Upkeep” bouncing bomb, and the RAF’s 617 Squadron used it to breach German dams during Operation Chastise.
2 Which wife of Henry VIII died and is buried at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire?
A Katherine Parr. She was the only wife of Henry VIII to survive him.
3 In what year was the Great Train Robbery?
A 1963. The robbers, a group of 15 men, stole approximately £2.6 million (equivalent to about £40 million today) from a Royal Mail train near Bridego Bridge, north of London.
4 In 1890, William Kemmler became the first person to be executed by which method?
A The Electric Chair. New York built the first electric chair in 1888 and used it to execute Kemmler. State officials intended the method to provide a more humane alternative to hanging.
5 Which English monarch entered Westminster Abbey as its first royal burial?
A Edward the Confessor in 1066. He commissioned the Abbey’s reconstruction as a royal church; today, his shrine occupies the space behind the High Altar.
6 What name did people give the network of secret routes and safe houses that helped enslaved people reach freedom in the 19th-century USA?
A Underground Railroad.
7 Between 1932 and the 1960s, if you dialled Whitehall 1212, where would you be calling?
A Scotland Yard, now 071 230 1212, Whitehall 1212, introduced in 1932 (having previously been Victoria 7000)
8 How many years did the Hundred Years’ War between England and France actually last?
A 116 (from 1337 to 1453)
9 In which month of 1805 did the naval engagement Battle of Trafalgar take place?
A 21st October. Between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
10 Which military unit comprised one-tenth of a legion in the Roman army?
A Cohort. A cohort was a subdivision of a legion, comprising 480-800 men. Ten cohorts formed a legion.