Are you a little confused about the distant past?
Many parents struggle with their children’s history homework – and a quiz of ten-year-olds based on Year 6 lessons found that many adults have no idea.
One in four did not know when the Battle of Hastings took place and three percent thought the winner was, er, Robin Hood.
The results, analyzed by Trainline, revealed that 23 per cent don’t know which animal carried the Black Death and 40 per cent have no idea who built Hadrian’s Wall.
Samantha Yule asks readers some story questions to find out if they are smarter than a ten-year-old.
1. What year was the Battle of Hastings?
A) 1066
B) 1666
B) 1966
2. What was Queen Victoria’s husband’s name?
A) Carlos
B) Boris
C) Alberto
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3. When is Stonehenge thought to have been built?
A) 30 BC
B) 300 BC
C) 3,000 BC
4. Which animal carried the Black Death?
A) Badgers
B) Rats
C) Dogs
5. Who built Hadrian’s Wall?
A) Romans
B) Vikings
C) Normans
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6. When did the First World War occur?
A) 1939 to 1945
B) 1914 to 1918
C) 2003 to 2011
7. When did the Great Fire of London break out?
A) 1066
B) 1666
B) 1806
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8. Who was caught trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605?
A) King Charles II
B) Oliver Cromwell
C) Guy Fawkes
9. Who did Boudicca fight against when they came to take her land?
A) Victorians
B) Normans
C) Romans
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10. Who won the Battle of Hastings?
A)Robin Hood
B) William I
C) King Harold
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11. Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the start of the Second World War?
A)Winston Churchill
B)Margaret Thatcher
C) Neville Chamberlain
12. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
A) 6
B) 7
B) 8
13. What is Romeo’s last name in Romeo and Juliet?
A)Beckham
B) Capulet
C) Montague
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14. Who was the Lady with the Lamp?
A)Florence Nightingale
B) Mother Teresa
C) Maria Seacole
15. In what year in Victorian times was a law passed to force all children to attend school?
A) 1850
B) 1870
B) 1899
16. Which of these is a term for an archaeological object?
A subject
B) Histogram
C) Artifact
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17. Where did Neil Armstrong go in 1969?
A) The Moon
B) Mars
C) Venus
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18. Who was the queen for most of William Shakespeare’s life?
A) Elizabeth I
B) Elizabeth II
C) Maria I
19. When did the Romans invade Britain?
A) 43 AD
B) 410 AD
C) 252 AD
20. In what period did Florence Nightingale live?
A) Edwardian
B) Victorian
C) Tudor
ANSWERS:
1) A
2) C
3) C
4)B
5) A
6)B
7)B
8)C
9)C
10)B
11)C
12) A
13)C
14) A
15)B
16)C
17) ONE
18) ONE
19) A
20)B
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