Know your British history? Quiz..

[Fnaar]

5/10

 

[marinyork]

Bit wishy-washy really, I knew the year ones down to the day and at what time.

Revisionism too. Bosworth field indeed.

History has known many great liars. Copernicus, Goebbels, St Ralph the Liar, but there have been none quite so vile as the Tudor king, Henry VII. It was he who rewrote history to portray his predecessor Richard III as a deformed maniac who killed his nephews in the Tower. But the real truth is that Richard was a kind and thoughtful man who cherished his young wards. In particular, Richard, Duke of York, who grew into a big, strong boy. Henry also claimed he won the Battle of Bosworth Field and killed Richard III. Again, the truth is very different; for it was Richard, Duke of York, who became king after Bosworth Field, and reigned for thirteen glorious years. As for who really killed Richard III and how the defeated Henry Tudor escaped with his life, all is revealed in this; the first chapter of a history never before told: the history of The Black Adder!

 

[thom]

5/10 - I'm not very good with specific numbers...

 

[Dayvo]

5/10 - I'm not very good with specific numbers...

Well, you're half as good as you think. Or perhaps even twice as good.

 

[cd365]

8/10, I was happy with that

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

9/10

I made a really thick error and said that the Battle Of Trafalgar was in 1815 instead of 1805. I obviously was thinking of Waterloo, dur!!

 

[Bromptonaut]

9/10. Few elements of guesswork but Bosworth Field had me beaten,

 

[Monsieur Remings]

9/10.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

9/10. Few elements of guesswork but Bosworth Field had me beaten,

Every Blackadder fan knows that, as it was the first (I think) episode.

'Blackadder, 1485 to 1917'.

 

[Headgardener]

8 out of 10 for me so not bad. Just got the date of the union and the peasants revolt wrong.

 

[CharlieB]

8/10

 

[Rob500]

8/10 for me.

 

[thnurg]

7 out of 10, but I have to ask what is the point of memorising dates? I really enjoyed History, but mainly because it offered an insight into how things used to be, how we've progressed, what mistakes have been made.
All of these things are useful in modern life. Knowing the the exact year something happened is useless except in quizzes.