Which Scottish Jacobite folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century is known as 'Rob Roy'?
Who was the RAF aeronautical engineer who designed the 'Spitfire' fighter aeroplane, instrumental in winning the Battle of Britain 1940?
Which author 1882–1956 is best known for his children's books about the bear 'Winnie-the-Pooh'?
Which former Chancellor and lawyer was executed 1535 for refusing to swear to Henry VIII's Act of Supremacy?
Which chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics is mostly associated with the raincoat?
Which Elizabethan poet was killed in a tavern brawl in 1593?
Which poet was the author of 'Paradise Lost' (1664) and 'Paradise Regained' (1671)?
Who was the mountaineer last seen with Andrew Irvine close to the summit of Mount Everest in 1924?
Who was Prime Minister of the UK 1957-63?
Who was the Earl of March and lover of queen consort Isabella of France who deposed and murdered Edward II in 1327?
Which Scottish mathematical physicist published 'A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field' in 1865 called the 'second great unification in physics' after the first one realised by Isaac Newton?
Who was the last Viceroy of India (1947) assassinated by the IRA in Ireland 1979?
Who was the Earl of Pembroke 1147–1219 who served four kings and was instrumental in 9 year old Henry III becoming king in 1216?
Which nortorious Welsh privateer, pirate and Admiral 1635-88 became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica in 1673?
Which Scottish engineer and road-builder 1756–1836 invented a process for building roads with a smooth hard surface making them more durable?
Who was the Earl of Leicester, famous for his Parliaments, who rebelled against Henry III and became de facto ruler of England for fifteen months1264-65?
Which sculptor 1898-1986 is best known for his abstract bronze sculptures located around the world as public works of art?
Which General led his army from Scotland to London and allowed the return of banned MP's into Parliament in 1659 paving the way for the Restoration of Charles II?
The longest river in Canada is named after which Scottish explorer who crossed Canada 1789-93?
Which WWII General defeated German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at the Battle of Alam el Halfa and the Second Battle of El Alamein, both in Egypt 1942?
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