Know your British history? Quiz..

[Hover Fly]

10, but there's more to history than the doings of kings and generals.

 

[ACW]

4 honest, i did geography at school

 

[LarryDuff]

9 out 10.

How is this a quiz about British history? Where is the Scottish, Welsh or Irish content?

 

[RaRa]

6 out of 10 - bottom of the class

I can't remember ever being specifically taught dates in history - was all about primary and secondary evidence nonsense.

 

[guitarpete247]

My History lessons were CSE Social and Economic History. Agricultural and Industrial revolutions no real dates to remember at all. All the dates I know have been picked up over the years and have stood me in good stead in pub quizzes.

 

[Hover Fly]

9 out 10.

How is this a quiz about British history? Where is the Scottish, Welsh or Irish content?

Only questions 1 and 7 solely concern England.

 

[LarryDuff]

Only questions 1 and 7 solely concern England.

Q1 magna carta - England
Q2 when di spanish armada attack England
Q3 Richard III Bosworth Field - England
Q4 Charles I executed by English parliament
Q5 Union between England and Scotland - token Scottish presence
Q7 Battle of Hastings - England
Q10 Peasants Revolt - England

So thats 6 questions exclusively English and 3 British and the Versailles one is really world/european history.

 

[Canrider]

in the scheme of things how useful is this knowledge? I can see that getting approximately the correct century might matter. I can also see that knowing an overview of the events themselves could be of use. But the specific year, nah, that's just an additional memory trick.

There are a quite a few things that I learnt by rote that have only been of use in quizzes since.

Er, the first four questions in the quiz amounted to precisely 'what century did this take place in?'..

As to 'approximately the correct century', this isn't U-Th dating..

 

[Keith Oates]

5/10 - not the sort of info that I find interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Noodley]

3/3, 100%

I did not bother answering any of the questions which were just English history...which are not British history at all.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

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

 

[Dayvo]

3/3, 100%

I did not bother answering any of the questions which were just English history...which are not British history at all.

It'll be like Team GB at the Olympics this year. No-one will remember the name of the Scottish players in the team BECAUSE THERE WON'T HAVE BEEN ANY!

 

[betty swollocks]

Gah! 9 right: Treaty of Versailles, one year out.

 

[mistral]

You scored 10 out of a possible 10
Excellent

I am smug ... and somewhat surprised

 

[Hover Fly]

Q1 magna carta - England
Q2 when di spanish armada attack England
Q3 Richard III Bosworth Field - England
Q4 Charles I executed by English parliament
Q5 Union between England and Scotland - token Scottish presence
Q7 Battle of Hastings - England
Q10 Peasants Revolt - England

So thats 6 questions exclusively English and 3 British and the Versailles one is really world/european history.

England and wales were combined in 1283, so anything after that date concerned both England and Wales.