places
people
language
dates and figures
100
It is a spectacular example of the prehistoric period and appears in numerous novels including Tess of the D´Urbervilles
Stonehenge
100
... and the Knights of the Round Table
King Arthur
100
This word comes from the French word which means 'to speak' and was first used in England in the thirteenth century to describe an assembly of nobles called together by the king.
parliament
100
1066 is remembered as the last time that England was successfully invaded by the ...
Normans
200
Sherwood Forest is believed to be the place of residence for this legendary folk hero.
Robin Hood
200
Managed to get a divorce, establish his own church and become its head
Henry VIII
200
Under the Norman rule, the peasants were the ...-speaking Saxons and the lords and the barons were the ...-speaking Normans.
English; French
200
The Angles and the Saxons invaded the British Isles in the ... century.
V
300
What did the Romans build Hadrian's wall for?
In order to protect the northern border of their province from the attacks by the Scots.
300
He is known as the person who converted Ireland to christianity (shamrock and green color are also associated with him as well as the corresponding national holiday)
St Patrick
300
Why did the Welsh language remain strong throughout the medieval period?
Despite English rule, northern and central Wales was never settled in great numbers by Saxons or Normans.
300
... was the year when the king signed the document according to which he agrees to follow certain rules of government. The name of the document is ... (Latin meaning 'Great Charter')
1215; Magna Carta
400
In Ulster, in the north of the country, large numbers of fiercely anti-Catholic Scottish Presbyterians settled (in possession of all the land).
Which country does this short passage talk about and why are these people called Orangemen?
Northern Ireland; after their patron William of Orange
400
In 1563, she told an imperial envoy: "If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married". Who and why did she say it?
Elizabeth I
400
Place names like Chester, Lancaster, Gloucester are lasting reminders of the ... presence on the territories of modern Britain.
Roman
(Latin word castra - a military camp)
400
It lasted 32 years, 3 weeks and 4 days and ended in 1485 with the victory of House of ....
The Wars of the Roses; Tudor
500
When St Augustine arrived in Britain, he established his headquarters at ... . Geoffrey Chaucer created a collection of stories ´The ... Tales´ that recounts the story of a fictional group of pilgrims.
Canterbury
500
The Statue of this woman is placed outside the Houses of Parliament. What's her name and what is her role in the history of the UK?
Queen Boudicca led a bloody revolt against the Roman occupation which was eventually supressed but her memory is kept alive this way.
500
The emergence of two distinct branches of the Celtic group of languages can be explained by...
the division of the Celts into those who experienced the Roman rule (England, Wales) and those who did not (Scotland, Ireland).
500
This was the year when two crowns were united. Which crowns and what is the year?
The crowns of Scotland and England; 1603