British Heroines
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Great Scots
100
This woman was King Arthur's faithful queen until she met the dashing Sir Lancelot.
Who is Guinevere?
100
The magical object that sent the Pevensie siblings to the land of Narnia.
What is a wardrobe?
100
Infamous English king discovered under a car park.
Who is Richard III?
100
The national anthem of the United Kingdom.
What is "God Save the Queen (King)?"
100
This incarnation of Doctor Who played by Peter Capaldi once exclaimed, "I'm Scottish! I can get angry about things. I can get really angry about things."
Who is The Twelfth Doctor?
200
Agatha Christie's brilliant geriatric female sleuth
Who is Miss Jane Marple?
200
J. R R. Tolkein's wily wizard who recruits Bilbo Baggins for his skills as a "thief."
Who is Gandalf the Grey?
200
Shakespeare and his Lord Chamberlain's Men started construction on it at Southwark in 1599.
What is the Globe Theater?
200
The Beatle at the center of a conspiracy theory alleging that he had secretly died and been replaced by a double.
Who is Paul McCartney?
200
Scottish author who wrote The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Who is Robert Louis Stevenson?
300
Sarah Jane Smith spent several years with this eccentric British hero.
Who is Doctor Who (4 and 10)?
300
Harry Potter's faithful owl
Who is Hedwig?
300
She was one of the earliest people to receive anesthesia during childbirth and declared it to be a "most marvelous substance."
Who is Queen Victoria?
300
This British band sang that "fake British Beatlemania" was a lie.
Who is The Clash?
300
Scotland's national poet whose birthday is celebrated every year with haggis.
Who is Robert Burns?
400
This author and daughter of a feminist icon wrote the novel Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
400
The retired British civil servant whose influence started a branch of modern Wicca.
Who is Gerald Gardner?
400
The "bobbies" of the Metropolitan Police in London were named after him.
Who is Sir Robert Peel?
400
This British pop star sang a new version of his song "Candle in the Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.
Who is Elton John?
400
The Scottish pond that allegedly plays host to a prehistoric creature.
What is Loch Ness?
500
The quick-witted and sharp-tongued protagonist of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice
Who is Elizabeth Bennet?
500
The Half-Blood Prince
Who is Severus Snape?
500
The Gunpowder Plot was scheduled for this fateful day in 1605.
What is November 5?
500
The legendary British band behind this logo:
Who are The Rolling Stones?
500
Arthur Conan Doyle's professor at the University of Edinburgh who inspired his creation of Sherlock Holmes.
Who is Dr. Joseph Bell?