Reading The Great British History Quiz! Click below to say which is the correct answer: 1. When was the Battle of Hastings?     1492     1066     1812     Last Tuesday 2. How many wives did King Henry VIII have?     4     5     6     none - he was too shy to ever ask for a date 3. Who came to the throne after Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603?     King Charles I     King Ethelbert the Unready     King James I     King Ethelred the Unsteady 4. The Romans ruled Britain for...     367 years     467 years     567 years     the fun of it 5. According to the saying, King Canute could not...     read     sew     be blamed for his fear of bears     knit 6. Captain James Cook was a great...     musician     political leader     navigator and explorer     badminton player 7. Queen Victoria was married to a nobleman called Cuthbert     True     False 8. Samuel Pepys is famous for his...     speeches against slavery     speeches against capitalism     speeches against capital punishment     entertaining diaries describing everyday life in London in the 1660's 9. During World War II, Dame Vera Lynn sang: 'There'll be bluebirds over/the white cliffs of...'     Dover     Guernsey     Great Yarmouth     Birmingham 10. In what year did Margaret Thatcher resign as Prime Minister?     1988     1989     1990     You mean she's not still Prime Minister?   < Advanced Quizzes  |  Try Again  |  Quizzes Home  |  Next Quiz >