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Which Welsh poet 1914–53 was the author of 'Do not go gentle into that good night', 'And death shall have no dominion' and 'Under Milk Wood'?
Who was Elizabeth I's nortorious priest-hunter, investigator, torturer and executioner 1531-1604?
Who was the main leader of the 'Peasants' Revolt' of 1381?
Who was the military commander and Earl of Shrewsbury killed at the last battle of the 100 Years War, Castillon 1453?
Which poet 1809-92 wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade', 'Idylls of the King' and 'Crossing the Bar'?
Who was the agriculturalist who invented a horse-drawn seed drill in 1700?
Which civil engineer built the Caledonian Canal, over a thousand bridges and 920 miles of new roads in the Scottish Highlands during 1801-21?
Who enraged Elizabeth I by secretly married Sir Walter Raleigh in 1591?
Which Victorian artist painted 'The Fighting Temeraire' and 'Rail, Steam and Speed'?
Which Cornishman 1771-1833 built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive in 1801?
Who fired the arrow that killed William II in the New Forest 1100?
Which highwayman executed 1739 is known for his fictional 200-mile overnight ride from London to York?
Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK 1979-1990?
Who was the actress who played the title role in the 1963 film 'Cleopatra' and twice married Richard Burton?
Who was the nortorious 18th century pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of America nicknamed 'Blackbeard'?
Among which 19th century novelist works are six novels known collectively as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'?
Who was the mathematician 1912-54 instrumental in breaking the German code machine 'Enigma' in WWII?
Who was the Yorkist Earl of Worcester called the 'Butcher of England' because of his cruel executions of Lancastrian prisoners, executed 1470?
Who was the priest and scholar ca1494-1536, first to print the bible in English beginning 1525?
Who was Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister 1855-58 and 1859-65?
