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100
'The Rocket' traveled at this speed.
What is 29 miles per hour?
100
When this metal alloy proved to be too expensive for making mass quantities of cannons, England switch to using this metal. Name both metals.
What is bronze and cast iron?
100
The age at which Queen Victoria died.
What is 82?
100
The British war ship, the Mary Rose, sank in this year.
What is 1545?
100
Thousands of Londoners died from this disease, which was contracted by drinking filthy water (polluted from human waste) from the River Thames.
What is cholera?
200
Recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records, Big Ben weighs this much.
What is 13.5 tons or 27,000 pounds?
200
England defeated the combined forces of Spain and France, once and for all ridding themselves of Napoleon Bonaparte, at this naval battle in 1824.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?
200
When the Pope would not approve the divorce of Henry VIII, the brash monarch came up with this solution.
What is break from the Catholic Church and create the Church of England?
200
Henry the Conqueror was born in this year.
What is 1027 (or 1028)?
200
A type of technology brought back from the Romans.
What is advanced Roman engineering?
300
The name of the man who perfected the steam engine.
Who was James Watt?
300
This technology allowed the British to rule the oceans.
What is the creation of a way to mass produce cast iron cannons?
300
Queen Victoria married and had 9 children with this man, who was what relation to her? Name the man and the familial relationship.
Who was Prince Albert and what was her cousin?
300
The year of Henry the VIII's death.
What is 1547?
300
This architectural masterpiece brought back the grandeur of Roman Engineering by building off of Rome's ideas of scale and power.
What is the Tower of London?
400
This father and son combo invented the locomotive named 'The Rocket'.
Who were George and Scott Stephenson?
400
The Saxons and the Normans fought over England for year. William the Conqueror was which one?
What is a Norman?
400
Henry VIII's first wife.
Who was Catherine of Aragon?
400
This battle in which William the Conqueror finally gained control over Britain. Name the battle and the year.
What is The Battle of Hastings in 1066 C.E.?
400
This historic novel, set in 12th Century England, is credited with increasing interest in romance and medievalist history.
What is Ivanhoe?
500
The first person to be hit by a train. Name the person's office, the the year and the name of the train.
Who was a member of parliament, 1830, and 'The Rocket'?
500
The century in which the Romans left England. Name it both ways.
What is 400s and the 5th Century?
500
At its height, the British Empire ruled over this percentage of the planet, both in terms of population and area.
What is 25%?
500
The Mary Rose was pulled up in this year.
What is 1982?
500
This is the size of Henry VIII's palace complex, Whitehall.
What is 18 acres (or up to 23 acres)?
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