Memorize these and you could recognize 35.5% of all British History clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver Cromwell | 6 | His son Richard was Lord Protector of England for less than a year, starting in 1658 |
| 2 | the Magna Carta | 4 | The great charter of English liberty |
| 3 | Margaret Thatcher | 4 | In 1979, this person replaced James Callaghan as prime minister |
| 4 | Winston Churchill | 3 | In 1940 this prime minister said, "You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory" |
| 5 | India | 3 | Country in which the Sepoys, native members of the British Army, revolted over grease used on bullets |
| 6 | Henry VIII | 3 | He married a pregnant Anne Boleyn while still legally married to Catherine of Aragon |
| 7 | Eton | 3 | Wellington supposedly said the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of this school |
| 8 | Canterbury | 3 | The cathedral in this city, which was accidentally burned in 1067, was rebuilt by Archbishop Lanfranc |
| 9 | the Falkland Islands | 3 | The QEII carried British troops to fight here in 1982 |
| 10 | Disraeli | 3 | Between 1868-1885 William Gladstone & this man alternated as prime minister |
| 11 | Windsor | 2 | In 1917 the British Royal Family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to this |
| 12 | William & Mary | 2 | They became joint sovereigns of England in 1689 |
| 13 | the Suez | 2 | In 1875 the U.K. obtained a controlling interest in this canal company by buying Ismail Pasha's holdings |
| 14 | the Spanish Armada | 2 | In 1588 Lord Howard of Effingham directed the defeat of this fleet from the Ark Royal |
| 15 | the Restoration | 2 | Term used to describe the re-establishment of the monarchy in 1660 |
| 16 | the Pope | 2 | As early as the 8th century, the English were required to pay Peter's Pence, a tax in support of this person |
| 17 | the House of Lords | 2 | In 1958 the first women were admitted to this upper house of Parliament |
| 18 | the Gunpowder Plot | 2 | In 1606 Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in this "plot" to blow up the Houses of Parliament |
| 19 | the Domesday Book | 2 | Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom |
| 20 | Stuart | 2 | The last name of Lord Darnley, whose son became King of England in 1603 |
| 21 | Queen Victoria | 2 | Her 63-year reign over England was the longest of any British monarch |
| 22 | Jack the Ripper | 2 | Some believed this slasher who terrorized London in 1888 belonged to the royal family |
| 23 | Henry VII | 2 | The 1st Tudor monarch of England, he was grandfather of the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I |
| 24 | Charles I | 2 | The "rump" parliament wanted him to be the last king England would ever name |
| 25 | Britannia | 2 | In 43 AD, Emperor Claudius conquered what is now England & made it this Roman province |
| 26 | Alfred the Great | 2 | Egbert's grandson, he was the only English king to be acclaimed "the Great" |
| 27 | King William the Conqueror | 2 | The last man to invade England successfully, he defeated Harold II in 1066 |
| 28 | Thomas à Becket | 2 | Henry II referred to him as a "turbulent priest" |
| 29 | the corn laws | 2 | Partly due to the Irish Potato Famine, these laws regulating the supply of grains were repealed in 1846 |
| 30 | Queen Elizabeth I | 2 | The Tudor dynasty ended in 1603 with the death of this queen |
| 31 | Pepys | 2 | Government official & diarist who gave us 1st-hand account of London's Great Fire |
| 32 | Admiral Nelson | 2 | English admiral whose fleet flattened Napoleon's in the Nile |
| 33 | Bloody Mary | 2 | This daughter was the firstborn of Henry VIII's legitimate children |
| 34 | Balfour | 2 | He was PM from 1902 to 1905; later, a declaration supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine was named for him |