Mary Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 in which castle in Northamptonshire?
The Bishop of Rochester executed in 1535 for refusing to swear to Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy was John ______
The woman who became president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1890 was Millicent _______
The 19th-century prison reformer known as the 'Angel of Prisons' was Elizabeth ___
The Catholic revolutionary executed in 1606 for his participation in the Gunpowder Plot against King James I was Guy _____
King Edward I defeated William Wallace at which battle fought during the First Scottish War of Independence in 1298?
The soldiers and officers who took part in the first dangerous assault of an enemy position, such as a besieged fort or city, were known as what?
The Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, was founded in the 1650s by George ____
The TV host and journalist who presented the 1960s show 'That Was the Week That Was' and conducted the 'Nixon Interviews' in 1977 was David _____
The Earls of Mercia and Northumberland were defeated by the invading King Harald Hardrada of Norway at which battle fought near York in 1066?
The 18th-century magistrate and author of 'Tom Jones' who founded the 'Bow Street Runners' in 1749 was Henry ______
The Scottish biologist and pharmacologist who discovered penicillin in 1928 was Alexander _______
The 20th-century author of 'A Passage to India' and 'A Room with a View' was Edward (E.M.) _______
The Royal Navy officer and explorer who disappeared along with his ship and crew while charting a section of the Northwest Passage in 1847 was John ________
King Henry VIII's illegitimate son by his mistress Elizabeth Blount was named Henry ______
The Elizabethan admiral who made three voyages in search of the Northwest Passage in the 1570s and fought against the Spanish Armada was Martin ________
Scots King James IV invaded England in an attempt to depose Henry VIII and was killed in which battle of 1513?
The leader of the baronial opposition against King John during the 1st Barons War, 1215-17, and a signer of the Magna Carta 1215 was Robert _________
The UK fought a war in 1982 after Argentinian forces invaded and occupied which archipelago and British Overseas Territory?
The English suffered a major defeat and the loss of Normandy at which 1450 battle fought in France during the Hundred Years' War?
The writer of tales of naval warfare such as the 12-book 'Horatio Hornblower' series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars was Cecil (C.S.) ________
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