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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published in which year?
1643
1743
1943
1843
This iconic transportation system started in 1863.
Black cabs
The London Underground
The Pony Express
Trolley cars
This long-reigning queen was crowned in 1838.
Victoria
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth I
Anne
Which fictional literary character first appeared in 1892?
Harry Potter
Sherlock Holmes
Jane Eyre
Elizabeth Bennett
On January 22, 1927, the BBC broadcasted live commentary for this sport for the first time.
Cricket
Basketball
Football
Baseball
The Battle of Britain took place in this year.
1740
1940
1640
1840
This comedy troupe's television show premiered in 1969.
Kids in the Hall
National Lampoon
Monty Python
The Groundlings
The Suez Crisis took place in this year.
1956
1946
1966
1936
This English rock band formed in 1962
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
The Who
The Beatles
This long-running and popular British soap opera first aired in BBC One in 1985.
Eldorado
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Crossroads
The Battle of Agincourt took place on this named day.
St. Patrick's Day
St. Peter's Day
St. Albus' Day
St. Crispin's Day
This famous monarch took the throne in 1558.
Elizabeth II
Mary
Elizabeth I
Victoria
"The Communist Manifesto" was published in this year.
1848
1948
1808
1888
The Falklands War took place in which year?
1962
1982
1992
1972
"London Calling" is an iconic album released in 1979 by which band?
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Sex Pistols
The Ramones
The Clash
This supersonic jet first launched in 1969.
Concorde
Falcon
Raven
Eagle
Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in which year?
1940
1950
1945
1930
In 1768, this famous publication first came to market.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia of Knowledge
World Atlas
World Book
The Battle of Culloden marked the end of the Jacobite rising in which year?
1776
1806
1746
1706
Historians believe this playwright was born around April 23, 1564.
Christopher Marlowe
John Webster
Ben Johnson
William Shakespeare
James Watson and Francis Crick published a scientific discovery in 1953 related to...
RNA
Neurons
DNA
Electrons
This colony gained independence from Britain in 1947.
India
Taiwan
Sri Lanka
Hong Kong
Britain established its first North American colony at Jamestown in which year?
1607
1615
1620
1621
The Battle of Waterloo took place June 18th, 1815 in which country?
Belgium
France
England
Germany
Henry VIII married his second wife in 1533. Who was she?
Catherine of Aragon
Anne Boleyn
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Geoffrey Chaucer published his most famous work in 1387. What is it?
Tartuffe
Canterbury Tales
The Winter's Tale
Doctor Faustus
The Battle of Bosworth took place on August 22nd, 1485 and marked the end of which war?
Thirty Years War
War of the Roses
Hundred Years' War
English Civil War
Signaling the end of World War I, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in which year?
1914
1922
1919
1923
In which year was the Magna Carta issued?
1215
1415
"Brave New World" was first published in 1932. Who authored it?
George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
Douglas Adams
Ray Bradbury
Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech on March 5th of this year.
1939
1950
1946
1944
J.R.R. Tolkien published this literary classic in 1937.
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
The Lord of the Flies
In which year was Margaret Thatcher elected Prime Minister?
1975
1979
1980
1984
This classic punk rock album by the Sex Pistols was released in 1977.
Inflammable Material
London Calling
Never Mind the Bollocks
God Save the Queen
Britain transferred control of this territory to China in 1997.
India
Ceylon
Taiwan
Hong Kong
In which year did women receive the right to vote in Britain?
1918
1928
The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th of which year?
1902
1914
1908
1912
Which classic British sci-fi television series first aired in 1963?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Outer Limits
Doctor Who
The Twilight Zone
When was the first "Harry Potter" book published?
2001
1997
1990
2000
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