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Henry vii born where

Pembroke castle
Undertook Boston tea party
Sons of liberty
The youngest son of William Ewart Gladstone, he was Home Secretary from 1905 to 1910 and Governor–General of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1914.
Herbert
was a UK Government white paper written in 1969.[1] It was a proposed act to use the law to reduce the power of trade unions in the United Kingdom, but was never passed into law.[1]
In place of strife
Created nhs
Aneurin bevan
Queen street station where
Glasgow
Easterly point of n Ireland
Burr point
Highest point of Northern Ireland, what range
Slieve donard, mourne mountains
on the English Channel coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, stretching from the Lizard Point to Gwennap Head on the eastern side of the Land's End peninsula
Mounts bay
Dorking county
Surrey
Biggest uk zoo
Whipsnade
Blu and jevel film
Rio
Course dettori 7
Ascot
Beatles and Dylan met where, organised by
Delmonico, Alan aronowitz
Uk royal motto
Dieu et mon droit
Largest Hertfordshire town
Watford
Wigan rugby league nickname
Warriors
Kielder forest wgere
Northumberland
Largest town without city status in uk
Reading
Often described as England's smallest city,[2][3] it is second only to the City of London in area and population, though not part of a larger metropolitan conurbation like Greater London.
Wells
Liverpool hull motorway
M62
Oak leaf county
Derry
Caledonian cabal ends, constructed by
Inverness fort William, Thomas Telford
Derby river
Derwent
a headland on the east coast of England. It is on the coast of Essex just north of Blackwater and projects into the North Sea. This area is south of the double estuary of the River Stour and River Orwell at Harwich
The naze
Biggin hill borough
Bromley
has two architectural features that are unique among England's medieval cathedrals—a free–standing medieval bell tower (or campanile) and double aisles.
Chichester cathedral
Exact ends of channel tunnel
Cheriton, Folkestone and coquelles, pas de Calais
series of glens in Scotland running for 62 miles (100 km) from Inverness on the edge of Moray Firth, to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe.
Great glen
Designed Houses of Parliament
Charles Barry, helped by Augustus pugin
Edinburgh airport
Turnhouse
1 lime street
Lloyds of London
highest inn in the British Isles at 1,732 feet (528 m) above sea level
Tan hill
The second highest pub in the UK
Cat and fiddle, Peak District
a bay located two miles north of Newquay on the B3276 Newquay to Padstow road near the village of Tregurrian in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It faces the Atlantic Ocean. The two mile long, sandy beach and exposed north westerly location is a popular location for water sports, kite flying, and sand art. In May, 2007, it played host to the English Nationals Surfing Championships
Watergate bay
Ulster symbol
Red hand
prominent coastal headland on the north–west tip of the island of Anglesey.
Carmel head
What collective name is given to the legendary triplets who fought duels with the Curiatii to settle a war with Ancient Rome’s neighbour, Alba?
Horatii
Who wrote what is known as 'Les Fleurs du Mal' (The Flowers of Evil), a compendium of poems on Satanism, lesbianism, sex, death and revolt that led to a prosecution for blasphemy after its 1857 publication?
Baudelaire
Which volcano in the Philippines erupted in 1991 injecting vast amounts of sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere?
Pinatubo
Carolina NFL
Panthers
Florence church
Basilica di santo Croce
Lampedusa was in the international news recently as it is often the target European landing spot for desperate African refugees. The island is part of the Sicilian province of Agrigento but of which island group is it the largest island
Pelagie
What is the name of the islands, part of the Venetian Lagoon, that are internationally recognized for the manufacture of glass objects? The industry has flourished since the Venetian Republic ordered its relocation from Venice itself in 1291 as a result of a fear of Venice being destroyed by fire spreading through its wooden buildings.
Murano
The Verona Arena, completed in 30AD, is the venue for a series of musical concerts each summer. In which square in Verona can the Arena be found?
Piazza bra
First Verdi opera
Correct answer:
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio
Last Italian royal family
Savoy
Which heavyweight boxer, nicknamed ‘the Ambling Alp’, was born in Sequals in October 1906 and died there in June 1967? He was World Champion briefly from June 1933 to June 1934.
Primo carnera
Mary ii relation to James ii
Daughter
1723–1792) was a British woman who disguised herself as a man and became a soldier fought in indus
Hannah snell
1300–1359), nicknamed the "Lioness of Brittany", was a privateer who plied the English Channel sinking French ships from 1343 to 1356.
Jeanne de clisson
Father of the house 1987–92
Bernard Braine
Gandhi born where
Porgandar
Victoria cross made from
Crimean war gun metal
was the part of Ireland that was directly under the control of the English government in the late Middle Ages. It had been reduced by the late 15th century to an area along the east coast stretching from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk
The pale
Duke of Kent
Prince Edward
Bisexual son of George v
George duke of Kent
They lived in the tropical lowlands of south–central Mexico, in the present–day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Olmec
Madrid gate
Alcala
Roosevelt four freedoms, which artist
Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
Norman Rockwell
£5 notes in order
Wellington, George Stephenson, Elizabeth fry, Churchill
£10
Nightingale, dickens, Darwin, Austen
£20
Shakespeare, faraday, Elgar, smith
£50
Wren, houblon, Boulton/watt
Old £1 note
Isaac Newton
Tesco headquarter
Cheshunt
the town is known for "Wade's Bridge", built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of the more famous Robert Adam. General Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishment
Aberfeldy
1692 Scottish massacre
Glencoe
Viking protection money
Danegeld
Winter of discontent years
78–79
34–35 survey about war in uk
Peace ballot
Moved observatory to Greenwich
Charles ii
Samoan transgender
Fa'afafine
King of Swaziland
Mswati
Mysterious road messages
Toynbee tiles
By election Tory Ukip
Douglas carswell, clacton
Album prism
Katy perry
Journalist beheaded by isis
James Foley
Us defence secretary
Chuck hagel
Daily record based wheee
Glasgow
Wildly optimistic Voltaire character
Pangloss
Naples mafia
Camorra
Latest Icelandic Volcano
Bardarbunga
France pm
Manuel valls
Erdogan party
Akp
American teenager shot caused riot August
Michael brown
Building Lennon killed outside
Dakota building
Misrata where
Libya
Old Thai pm
Yingluck shinawatra
New Thai pm
Prayuth chan ocha
Former Ireland pm died
Albert Reynolds
Magaluf where
Mallorca
an island located south of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, known for being an affluent summer colony. It includes the smaller Chappaquiddick Island, which until 2007 was part of the same land mass before becoming detached by a storm.
Martha's Vineyard
Brit male 50m breast stroke world record
Adam peaty
Tiger woods former coach
Sean foley
New Howard Jacobson novel
J
Annie Oakley frank butler characters in, and who by
Annie get your gun by Irving Berlin
Guys and dolls by
Frank loesser
Luc besson Scarlett johansson film
Lucy
Radcliffe played Ginsberg in
Kill your darlings
Daniel Radcliffe new film , costar
What if. Zoe Kazan
A little learning by
Evelyn Waugh
Worlds biggest advertising group
Wpp
Purged and New France economy minister
Arnaud montebourg, Emmanuel macron
Uber founder
Travis kalanick
Rationing ended what year
1954
18 pregnancies one son queen of England
Anne
the threatened attack in September 1922 by Turkish troops on British and French troops to guard the Dardanelles neutral zone. The handling of the crisis by the British cabinet was a major contributor to the downfall of British Prime Minister David Lloyd George. In addition, it was the occasion of the Canadian government's first assertion of diplomatic independence from the United Kingdom. The crisis was a major factor in the creation of the Statute of Westminster 1931, which determined that the Dominions of the British Commonwealth would have independence in foreign policy.
Chanak crisis
Minister for women
Nicky Morgan
Eu used to be called
European economic community
Britain joined eu date
1973
–worth means
Enclosure
Big river in essex
Crouch
Essex Island military base
Foulness
Bhopal gas
Methyl isocyanate
Largest town on sheppey
Sheerness
Eurostar stops where in kent
Ashford
Supposedly dating from about 1386, it is claimed to be the oldest working clock in the world,[1] although a similar claim is made of the clock in the cathedral of Beauvais in France (said to date from 1305)
Salisbury cathedral clock
was the largest non carbonado and largest gem–quality diamond ever found, at 3106.75 carat (621.35 g, 1.37 lb) rough weight
Cullinan
achieved some spectacular successes, notably the sinking of one and damaging two battleships of the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy) in the Battle of Taranto and the famous crippling of the Bismarck. Nicknamed stringbag
Fairey swordfish
Europes longest medieval church
Winchester
King in 1000
Ethelred the unready
was a British police officer fatally shot during a protest outside the Libyan embassy at St. James's Square, London, in 1984
Yvonne fletcher
Omar sharif born where
Iran
Joanna Lumley born
Srinagar India
Ursula andress born
Switzerland
Beat tostig then lost to hardrada at fulford
Edwin and morcar
a popular tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams–Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust.
Portmeirion
is a rotating boat lift in Scotland, connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal
Falkirk wheel
Us steptoe
Sanford and son
Warhol New York studio
Factory
James Herriot real name
James wight
Tom cruise first wife
Mimi rogers
Eva peron maiden name

Duarte