A round devoted to British history. Nelson at the Nile, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia, and the nickname Mary I earned through persecution.
Captain Cook, Wellington and an eighteenth-century tax act complete a round that rewards a decent grasp of the empire period.
- Which Admiral led the British Royal Navy during the Battle of the Nile in 1798?
- Who was the first female to fly solo from Great Britain to Australia?
- What nickname did Mary I of England receive after she ordered the persecution of hundreds of protestants?
- Which famous explorer landed on Possession Island and claimed it as British territory?
- What is the name of the United Kingdom's most senior palace located in the City of Westminster?
- Which famous military leader defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
- What act was passed on April 5, 1764 by the Parliament of Great Britain to raise revenue from the American colonists?
- Who was the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain?
- Which former British coin has a fixed value of 21 shillings?
- During World War I, suffragettes handed a white feather to men wearing a what?
- Which British Royal Navy ship became trapped on the Yangtze River during the Chinese Civil War?
- During which battle did Admiral Lord Nelson receive the bullet wound that would lead to his death?
- Who established the Church of England?
- The Airco DH-2 was a British fighter aircraft first used during WWI?
- Which British King, whose body was later discovered under a car park in Leicester, is said to have ordered the death of his nephews, Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, the Duke of York?