Brentwood School
The winning house in 2024!
Merrymeade
Name of King defeated at Battle of Bosworth
Richard III
The reason Australia Day is celebrated
To mark the day the British arrived in Australia
Where many of the Benin Bronzes are kept in England
The British Museum
Labour and Conservative
Subject Mr Bond taught before he became Headmaster
History!
Number of Tudor monarchs
5
The reason the British decided to colonise Australia
To send prisoners there
The longest reigning British monarch
Elizabeth II
Name of a 'minor' party in the UK (not the main two)
Liberal Democrats, Green, Reform, Scottish National Party
Number of history teachers at Brentwood School
11
The last Tudor monarch
Queen Elizabeth I
1788
The _____ empire conquered Britain in 43AD (1000 years before William the Conquerer arrived)
Roman
The name of the place where MPs debate and pass laws
House of Commons
Monarch when Brentwood School was opened
Queen Mary I
A reason for the reformation (not Henry VIII wanting a divorce)
More power/control over the country, money/land from the Catholics
The European country that arrived in Australia before the English but decided not to colonise it
The Dutch
The years WW2 was fought
1939-45
A style of decision making in UK politics where a question is posed directly to the public (not an election). An example was Brexit.
A referendum
Other subject that Dr Lowe and Mr Fisher teach at Brentwood School
Politics!
Age Edward VI became King
The number of years the Aboriginals had been in Australia before the English arrived
40000-60000 years
Architect who designed the London sewer system in the 1860s
Joseph Bazelgette
Number of MPs in Parliament
650