Written by Alan, Quiz Master with 35+ years of live pub quiz experience.
100% AI-Free: Questions written by a Human for Humans.
History 140826 is a selection of 10 questions. History 140826 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Against whom did the English fight the Battle of Agincourt?
A France (Henry V against Charles VI of France)
2 What is the correct historical term for the Dark Ages?
A The Middle Ages
3 What is the collective name for the series of conflicts that took place between 1793 and 1815?
A The Napoleonic Wars
4 What is the common name for the trade laws of 1815 introduced to protect UK grain producers from cheap imports?
A Corn Laws
5 Who was the last Saxon king of England?
A Harold (II), he who lost the Battle of Hastings in 1066
6 Who was the longest reigning of all the Tudor monarchs?
A Elizabeth (I)
7 Name either of the two British Prime Ministers of the First World War.
A [Herbert] Asquith and then [David] Lloyd George
8 Which Nazi commanded the Luftwaffe during World War II?
A Herman Göring
9 Who is the best-known member of The Committee of Public Safety during the ‘Terror’ period of the French Revolution?
A Robespierre (Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, he himself was guillotined on 24th March 1794)
10 What was the official residence of the British monarch before Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham palace in 1837?
A St James Palace (between 1702 and 1837)