1. Who defeated the French at the battle of Agincourt in 1415?

2. Which British Prime Minister nationalised major industries including coal and steel?

3. Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

4. Which British explorer mapped the coast of Australia?

5. What were the main occupations of the people during the Iron Age?

6. What was the name of Sir Francis Drake’s ship and which was one of the first to sail around the world?

7. Why did Henry VIII marry Anne of Cleves?

8. How many American colonies declared their independence in 1776, stating that people had a right to establish their own governments?

9. Where was Catherine of Aragon (the first wife of Henry VIII) from?

10. When did the post-war economic boom come to an end?

11. During her government, Margaret Thatcher made structural changes to the economy through the privatisation of nationalised industries and imposed legal controls on trade union powers:

12. Who sat at the House of Commons during the Middle Ages?

13. Which of the following words come from the Anglo-Saxon language?

14. How old was the Queen of Scotland, Mary Stuart, when she became queen?

15. Which British playwright had a great influence on the English language and invented many words that are still common today?

16. What proportion of the population died as a result of the Black Death in England?

17. Who wrote a famous series of poems in English about a group of people going to Canterbury on a pilgrimage and known as ‘The Canterbury Tales’?

18. Which of the following is NOT a British invention of the 20th century?

19. Which British Prime Minister was famous for the speech ‘I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat’?

20. Which of the following countries did NOT belong to the Allies during World War II?

21. Which famous architect designed St Paul’s Cathedral after it was destroyed by a fire in 1666?

22. Who proposed that enemy aircrafts could be detected by radio waves and is responsible for the development of the radar?

23. Who sat at the House of Lords during the Middle Ages?

24. Which of the following countries was NOT part of the Central Powers during the First World War?