British History Quiz #1 | 40 Pub Trivia Questions with answers. Are you good enough?

[@hereward4158]

I think Caratacus is an equally good answer to question 35.

[@AV-fo5de]

So is Calgacus.

[@ScatewaveEliot]

I think the court of king Caratacus may have passed them by

[@tonypetts6663]

Was going to say that.

[@jerry2357]

Strictly speaking, Richard I's nickname was "Coeur de Lion", because the nobles spoke Norman French at that time. ("Coeur de Lion" means "Lionheart"). Polish mathematicians had already broken an early version of the Enigma code before the war. Turing helped break later versions of the code, but it wasn't a solo effort.

[@gregmichael8473]

But he did come up with the idea of using a machine to assist breaking the cipher, known as the Bombe, not to be confused with Colossus which was developed by a separate team to crack the Lorenz cipher system.

[@kathrynhoward9738]

It wasnt until 1928 women got the same rights of men regarding voting. In 1918 you had to be over 30 and had to have the right " qualifications " to vote ,apart from that great quiz x

[@oldschool1993]

Florence Nightinggale was a nurse, Mary Secole provided "services" to officers.

[@janrogers8352]

But they were both associated with the Crimean War and that was the point. Mary didn't just provide 'services' as you put it, she set up the British Hotel and also went out to tend wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

[@oldschool1993]

@@janrogers8352 Secole never set foot on the battlefield. Her "hotel" was strictly reserved for the entertainment of the officers- enlisted men ( especially non-white) were off limits.

[@karlpollard9201]

@@oldschool1993 👍

[@michaelthwaite3282]

The myth surrounding Mary Seacole is still being taught in schools etc. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, her supposed "nursing" prowess is even dedicated by a statue in the grounds of St Thomas' hospital, London at a cost of £240,000 and donated from LIBOR fines (Banking). The statue shows her as: "She carries her bag of medications and poultices towards the scene of battle." Utter tosh!

[@jaynorris3722]

Excellent questions. A great mix. Thank you.

[@WillCamx]

Ireland didn't leave the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland did. Northern Ireland is still part of the UK. Loved the quiz.

[@1952jodianne]

Unfortunately.

[@DonaldoJTrumpet]

@@1952jodianne Unfortunately? Depends who you ask. I'm British, I agree with you.

[@1952jodianne]

@@DonaldoJTrumpet It's unfortunate that the Emerald Isle & its people are divided, but it's up to them, all of them, whether there will ever be a united Ireland, either within or without the Commonwealth.

[@toni4729]

As I've been in Australia for 58 years and left Bethnal Green when I was 13 I was surprised just how much I still remembered, but horrified at what I'd forgotten. More please...😂😂

[@stephenhosmer9444]

I got 37 correct, but then I studied history and geography in college. And I've been all over the U.K. even though I'm an American--even went back to the two villages in Sussex and Kent, whence my ancestors came and then left in 1635 for America (Boston) after Elizabeth Tudor and Shakespeare had died, but before the Civil Wars and Cromwell. And we also studied a lot of this history in high school. I had forgotten that Constantine the Great was actually in York in 303 A.D. It was fun to freshen up my facts from way back--I'm 73 now. Thanks.

[@denniscain7218]

As an American, I found this a very interesting quiz. Did well on the "big picture" items, but got lost on more detailed happenings such as the dates on your suffragettes.

[@PaulWilliams-xr6rl]

What was the name of the one peasant who revolted in 1381? (Or maybe you meant Peasants' Revolt?)

[@richardsinger01]

The lesser known Pedant's revolt of 2022. 😉

[@rjjcms1]

The name of the peasants' leader,who was killed,was Wat Tyler.

[@johngreen3543]

Paul you must have taught English in school or took the letter writing class in Business school. In both cases there was a text on punctuation and grammar as part of the class. So the common must go AFTER the s.

[@1952jodianne]

Walter "Wat" Tyler

[@drivingiron]

"The Peasant's Revolt". Just one peasant?

[@eddisstreet]

He was revolting

[@racheldrum1982]

Thank you. I enjoyed this.

[@AndyClayton-f5x]

33/ 40. Weakest on Roman questions. Couple of answers were very close misses dates etc.

[@paulstephen2201]

Great quiz

[@tonypetts6663]

32/40, not bad, got ones I should have known wrong and pulled a few out the bag I didn't realise I did know. Good fun quiz.

[@catherinecrew1739]

WOW

[@ianrogerburton1670]

Great fun, good mix. I had lots of near hits, such as 1924 instead of 1922 for Irish Home Rule and 1916 instead of 1918 for women´s suffrage. The answering space is also a bit tight, with Robert the Bruce hanging on the tip of my tongue whilst I´m glad you allowed William and Mary instead of having to figure out their numbers as well: William III and Mary II.

[@hispanicyoutubeperson6100]

The Prince of Orange was also William II of Scotland, though he is usually known by his English regnal name, which is William III of England.

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

35/40 thanks I enjoyed that.

[@ranman6896]

Good quiz never the less.

[@cristinabumbac151]

It seems I know some history: I missed no 21 and 29. But many questions are related to Europe's history... Do you know we have in Romania a town called Deva? Well, as a Romanian I couldn't miss any of the questions related to the Romans! Lol

[@gijgij4541]

% deaths in the Black Death can only be estimated, but academics generally believe it to have been in the 30-40% range, although some do say higher.

[@fatbelly27]

30-40% would have ben a better answer than 'a third'. I said 30% and wasn't sure whether to mark that one right or wrong

[@mikeorgan1993]

@@fatbelly27 You would be as right as anyone like me who said 1/3. Its just not possible to know how many died. The one thing we can be reasonably sure of is that this Island was not as badly affected as the continent where almost 1/2 were victims. An interesting fact is that the building of the Underground in London has uncovered a lot of evidence for the Black Death and that tradition goes on with Cross Rail. Digging a hole in London is like looking for treasure but its not shinny just historical.

[@peterwest5525]

Good tough quiz.

[@heliotropezzz333]

31/40 correct. Mainly wobbly on some dates.

[@timmelay7929]

Brilliant quiz, must have missed it earlier. I believe I scored 35/36 ish as lost count. Great set of questions, I just love history 👍

[@flybyairplane3528]

Missed4 good quizzes 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@derekadams8977]

Great fun, got 25 right and very near misses on probably 5 or 6, I thought I was better than that!!!

[@jennyhunter-beckinsall6411]

Excellent quiz. I am not as smart as I thought I was 🙂😄

[@tubecyborg]

The UK never went to war with Argentina over the Falklands. The Government decided instead on the stance of exercising its right of self-defence under the UN Charter. There was no declaration of war.

[@RadioJonophone]

It was always referred to as the Falklands Conflict.

[@janrogers8352]

But it was often referred to as the Falklands War, even though it wasn't on a technicality. It doesn't alter the fact that people died on both sides of the conflict.

[@aspenrebel]

" Battle tested in the South Atlantic". The most ridiculous thing I had ever seen occur. A short while ago I looked up with statistics on the Falkland island war. 3 civilians got killed but they didn't say how many sheep.

[@fatbelly27]

It technically wasn't a war just as the Cod War wasn't war with Iceland.

[@aspenrebel]

@@fatbelly27 But both were very cold

[@russellslaney7098]

Good quiz I got 23/40. Anymore quizzes I enjoy that 🙂

[@thomastirado9137]

Got about 10 right . But I'm a US citizen . Did'nt study much English history in school.

[@UltimateQuizzes]

Good try. See how you do on the US presidents quiz.

[@AV-fo5de]

This covers more than just English history.

[@MrTonyHeath]

@@AV-fo5de it said British history

[@mikeb2377]

Prior to 1776 it is also your history.

[@johnmanning5568]

*didn’t.

[@kennithprice6807]

25/40 great quiz thanks very much.

[@MrXyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

#25 Margaret Thatcher had a lot of nicknames! One which is polite enough to post here is "Margaret Thatcher, milk snatcher".

[@bigdisme100]

Very good and difficult quiz-managed 27/40 so thanks a lot much appreciated.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

#4: None of Henry VIII's wives reigned. They were Queen consorts. Otherwise, a great quiz. Missed three - the percentage deaths in Black Death, Bannockburn leader, and date of Aussie independence.

[@UltimateQuizzes]

Well played

[@makeshift112000]

Thats juts the wording of the question. They mean reign as his wife.

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

@@makeshift112000 Yes, you are probably correct, but the fact remains that only one person may reign at a time. Hence, the distinction between regnant and consort. The only exception in British history has been the joint reign of Mary II and William III.

[@aspenrebel]

Yeah that threw me off Queens reign.

[@aspenrebel]

@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 I was just about to say that, William and Mary.

[@abdulqayumkhan3992]

V.good

[@johngreen3543]

A very good quiz. These questions were not obscure, but date (year it occurs) questions I consider a little unfair. I missed most of them by 1 or 2 years and I should get partial credit.

[@tomasofaolain3117]

John you know or don't know sorry I got 5 right not complaining

[@aspenrebel]

U get 1/1000th partial pt.

[@derekwhyle1884]

If your married try getting a partial credit if you get within a year or so of your wedding day when your wife asks you !

[@rjjcms1]

I got a few of the date ones,mostly from the 20th Century,a handful of years out but was a bit wide of the mark with the date of Aussie independence. Outside of that,I got 4 questions wrong,3 of which I'm kicking myself for not getting right.

[@QPRTokyo]

Dates are the easiest.

[@LesleyDouglas-li8sz]

Was good history

[@davidwhite4874]

21/40......bah!

[@grapeman63]

Good quiz. I got 31/40.

[@jeffreyfunke8866]

13 out of 40. As an American, I probably did better than most!

[@therockcasserole3563]

im from columbus ohio i got 36

[@jeffreyfunke8866]

@@therockcasserole3563 I'm ashamed! I'm 80 percent Anglo Saxon, I'm studying right now! 36 out of 40, much respect!

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

38/40. I'm a lifelong Anglophile though, and have been studying UK history since I was a wee lass.

[@jeffreyfunke8866]

@@parkerbrown-nesbit1747 Much respect, I would do far better now!

[@1952jodianne]

@@therockcasserole3563 I'm from Franklin Furnace, OH. Correctly answered over 40, & missed 3 others by one year. My degree was in History, but not primarily British.

[@tonyhenderson223]

34/40 .

[@willieckaslike]

Excellent quiz, but poor result 30/40 "Could do better" ! lol

[@mn4169]

most of the right.

[@Bandit_Pete]

We got them all, proper clever we are.

[@wadeoden8464]

14/40 (T-T) and I'm really interested in History. There's a difference between being interested and studying, obviously. For a United States-ian it was pretty tricky. And I only got a couple because of my Ancient Rome knowledge.

[@ceciliarauth6113]

3 and a half correct. I called Margaret Thatcher the Iron Maiden. 🇺🇸

[@UltimateQuizzes]

she was called a lot worse in the UK

[@dropperknot]

Cecilia Rauth. Both methods of torture.

[@howardbattersby5672]

I called her "the milk snatcher"

[@Brix96]

She was aqlso known as the kids milk snatcherafter she cancelled the free milk for children at school..

[@aspenrebel]

I'm sure a lot of people called her something else

[@etiennelabeille]

It’s “Magna Carta” not “the Magna Carta”. Pedantic? Moi?

[@davidreeves-turner6572]

Err, none of the wife’s of Henry VIII ’reigned’…

[@Gary-my9ko]

Only 21/40 and I thought I would be ok

[@taekwanlew]

Britain has only had one Queen Elizabeth, she died last week. The first was Queen of England only, not Britain

[@Alan-gh8X]

You are incorrect the great Queen Elizabeth was gueen of England Ireland and France.

[@ranman6896]

You know, it wasn't Richard III who was the last king of the Plantagenet Dynasty but rather Richard II. Richard III was the last king of the York Dynasty, being replaced by the first Tutor king Henry VII.

[@joanoverfield1174]

34 right, 6 wrong... not bad for an American!

[@ralphoperaphile]

Good quiz; I was pretty happy with 35/40 - but some issues here with possessive apostrophes: should be "the king's horse" (not "the Kings", Q 8); "peasants' revolt" (not "peasant's"); "Scottish army's victory " (not "armys", Q 10), "England's" (not "Engalnds", Q 34).

[@santinoalfredo390]

anyone think question 25 was milk snatcher lol

[@bregawn]

Chester in the North?😂😂😂

[@cdeford]

A mere 27. I was a year out on three of them.

[@paulcollyer801]

60%, but was torn on a number of answers, with my 2nd choice right. Ugh

[@MrBigdrew55]

This was English History Quiz

[@djmull63]

Should be English quiz not many questions other than about English history British would include Scotland and Wales.

[@naecustard5316]

I got 21. It was mainly English history though

[@MrTonyHeath]

See above.

[@janetgray8638]

Very good quiz, sadly it showed how poor my English history is and I’m English!

[@janrogers8352]

Good quiz, missed a couple of the dates by a year or two. If you can answer the questions all well and good, maybe learn something along the way. But I do find the nit picking comments irritating, if all you can do is pick holes in the wording of a question, you really must have very little else to occupy your time.

[@AV-fo5de]

Or need to expand your knowledge!

[@labla8940]

American here 32/40

[@johnmoore9862]

29 correct, just how many wars have Britain been involved in?

[@aspenrebel]

LOTS!!

[@AV-fo5de]

@@aspenrebel Countless.

[@aspenrebel]

@@AV-fo5de Depends upon when you start counting and what you call a war.

[@MrTonyHeath]

And only lost to USA. But they cheated.

[@aspenrebel]

@@MrTonyHeath again depends on when you start counting. The "Brits" (Saxons mainly) lost to William the Conquerer in 1066 AD.

[@julieblackstock8650]

23/40

[@TeresaE116]

As an American 🇺🇸 who loves British History, I’m pretty bad at dates for a lot of things other than the “big ones” like 1066 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@vaughanbyrne3309]

24

[@robertfindley9000]

Australia was united when all six colonies under one nation but we didn't get full control until 1931

[@Kelt1900]

18.

[@jakenewitt]

36/40

[@UltimateQuizzes]

Well done

[@flotiggy]

Good degree of difficulty. I knew the answers but it took longer than 10 seconds for most of them

[@therockcasserole3563]

i got 36

[@joycelaws5276]

It was not until 1928 that all women obtained the right to vote. My grand mother benefited from this.

[@christopherflux6254]

24/40

[@lytnin88]

Great quiz, although your English punctuation was pretty bad in some of the questions.

[@novallasuter5265]

35

[@ScatewaveEliot]

32/40 - it would have been 33/40 had I remembered Alan Turing. Question 35 could have more than one answer rather than just the most well-known tribal leader. Whether [spoiler removed] was the first Prime Minister is debatable. He and many 'Firsts Lords of the Treasury' after him would have treated the title as a derogatory slur. Being really pedantic, the position didn't officially exist until 1905 and wasn't even used in documents before this until Disraeli was in charge.

[@ianrogerburton1670]

Absolutely, since there was no official first prime minister, whilst one could also argue that there were Presidents of the USA before George Washingtom under the old system of "Articles of Confederation" before the US Consititution was devised.

[@f0urstr1ng]

28

[@thomasjones9394]

I thought I was a fart smeller till I did this quiz.

[@jameswaterfield]

#14 Officially it still exists

[@Wee_Langside]

The Glorious Revolution wasn't bloodless in Ireland and Scotland. Battle of the Boyne 1690, Battle of Killiecrankie 1689. Both involved supporters of the deposed James VII. So only bloodless in England not Britain

[@aspenrebel]

Well I sucked on that quuz. I'm an American but of English decent. A little off on some years

[@heliotropezzz333]

*descent, though I'm sure you are also decent.

[@eggy4152]

10,🙏🙏🙏🙏TO EVERYONE in the HC IAN AT THE MOMENT, OR WHO MIGHT BE IN DAYS TO COME, THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕❤️🇦🇺

[@spacedebris566]

what is the music?

[@RightTurnClyde]

I got 37. Bit disappointed

[@stephenswistchew7720]

I’m ashamed of myself I’m a Brit and I go less than seven and no more than six I’m gutted I actually thought I was good at history

[@richardsinger01]

I thought I was better too. I got 18 wrong!

[@stephenlee5929]

I went with milk snatcher rather than iron lady

[@janach1305]

I am ashamed to say I got only about half of them right. I expected to do better.

[@billmago7991]

Q23 engalnds 😂😂😂

[@tarakeels1631]

Fact checking would be good.

[@rogerosterberger4627]

I need to study more.

[@idaornstein1305]

The plural of army is armies.

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

It's Magna Carta. Saying The Magna Carta is saying The The Great Charter.

[@116AuroraDrive]

How well did he do with British? History?

[@116AuroraDrive]

ewwwwww

[@MrTonyHeath]

peasants' revolt not peasant's revolt. there was more than one peasant.

[@scotty503]

Bit of a stretch to argue the Magna Carta was the origin of parliament.

[@johnmanning5568]

Agreed. And also to say that “women got the vote in 1918” is certainly not correct. SOME women got the vote! That is to say rich ones who were aged 30 or over. Women per se got the vote in 1928 on an equal footing as the men ie over 21.

[@mezbrookscarter8289]

The answer to Question 1 is incorrect or the question is imprecise. Elizabeth II is the longest reigning British Monarch but the second longest reigning monarch world wide Louis XIV reigned for 72 years 110 days , Elizabeth II only 70 years and 214 days. Therefore the third longest reiging monarch worldwide would be Victoria. If you meant only British monarchs than the question should have said this.

[@susanellis8067]

Mary Seacole was not a nurse

[@alpearson9158]

31 0f 40 not good for a Canadian

[@dorothywillis1]

Next time run a spellcheck.

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

About two questions that didn't relate wholly to England. Just call it English history and be done.