UK history
This King had six wives
Henry VIII
UK Prime Minister for majority of war
Winston Churchill
Barack Obama
First person to step on the moon
Neil Armstrong
Conflict that lasted from 1914-1918
World War I
Which colony was referred to as the jewel in the crown of the British empire
1st Japanese city hit with nuke
Hiroshima
Main leader of civil rights movement
Martin Luther King
First woman who won a noble prize
Scientist famous for the theory of evolution
Charles Darwin
2nd longest English reigning monarch
Queen Victoria
Leader of Italy during WW2
Mussolini
What is prohibition
Law - alcohol was banned nationwide
First city to hold Olympic Games three times
London
What year did England win the Fifa World Cup
1966
When was the NHS opened
1948
Which port did the Allies escape from in 1940
Dunkirk
Last state to join the US
Hawaii
First female PM of the UK
Margaret Thatcher
When was the start of the Great Depression
1929
1805 Naval victory name?
Battle of Trafalgar
Name of the code-breaking centre used to intercept German war messages
Bletchley Park
What event started the American War of Independence
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First country to abolish slavery
Haiti
Name of pandemic that killed millions in Europe in the medieval period
Black Death