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1 In which year were the British Navy victorious at The Battle of Trafalgar?
A 1805, specifically on October 21st, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain, during the Napoleonic Wars.
2 Which calculating tool, invented over 3,000 years ago, is possibly the first “computer”?
A Abacus. The primitive device was a flat board or slab on which pebbles or counters which people moved within columns to perform basic arithmetic operations like addition and subtraction.
3 Which area of London did Jack the Ripper commit grotesque murders?
A East End of London, primarily in the areas of Whitechapel and Spitalfields
4 Who ordered the construction of the Tower of London?
A William the Conqueror, shortly after he won the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
5 Who marched his army and war elephants through the Alps in 218 BCE?
A Hannibal Barca of Carthage, into Italy during the Second Punic War.
6 Which English king wed his brother’s widow?
A Henry VIII, who married Catherine of Aragon in 1509.
7 What is the name of the hydrogen gas-filled airship that famously crashed in 1937?
A Hindenburg. The disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, in Manchester Township, New Jersey, near the end of its first transatlantic flight of the year, killing 36 people
8 What did the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha change its name to in 1917?
A Windsor, when King George V adopted the new, Anglicised name due to strong anti-German sentiment during World War I.
9 Which King was the intended target of the Gunpowder plot of 1605?
A King James I of England (also known as James VI of Scotland).
10 What language did the ancient Romans speak?
A Latin, used for administration, law, and the military, but educated Romans also spoke Greek, especially in the East, where it was a prestigious language for culture and commerce.