Which Victorian author wrote the novels 'Oliver Twist', 'A Tale of Two Cities' and 'David Copperfield'?
Who was the Earl of Leicester, favourite and probable true love of Elizabeth I?
Who built the world's first iron bridge that crossed the river Severn in 1781?
Which favourite and Earl of Essex was executed in 1601 for rebelling against Elizabeth I?
Who was the mariner who circumnavigated the globe 1577-80 and was naval second in command during the Spanish Armada of 1588?
Who was the suffragette who died after throwing herself under the king's horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913?
Who was the Victorian heroine who helped rescue survivors from the shipwrecked 'Forfarshire' in 1838?
Who was the Scots author who created Sherlock Holmes?
Which Scot was Air Chief Marshall Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940?
Who was the Scottish chemist and physicist who invented the vacuum flask in 1892?
Which naturalist wrote 'On the Origin of Species' published 1859?
Which Scottish Admiral defeated the Dutch off Camperdown in 1797 and captured eleven of their ships of the line in a significant victory during the French Revolutionary Wars?
Who was the poet and literary critic who dominated the literary life of Restoration England and was made was made Poet Laureate in 1668?
Which Scottish inventor developed the first practical pneumatic or inflatable tyre patented in 1888?
Who was the alchemist, diviner, astrologer, leading expert in navigation and adviser to Elizabeth I?
Which author 1660-1731 notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel wrote 'Robinson Crusoe'?
Which two times Prime Minister bought a controlling share of the Suez Canal in 1875 and made Queen Victoria Empress of India in 1876?
Which much hated favourite of Edward II was captured and hanged, drawn and quartered in Hereford 1326?
Which chemist 1778–1829 was President of the Royal Society and discovered sodium, potassium and calcium and invented a safety lamp for coalminers?
Which English mariner 1651–1715 was the first man to explore parts Australia in 1699 and the first to circumnavigate the world three times?
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