At which battle did Alfred the Great defeat the Great Heathen Army of the Vikings?
Hastings
Edington
Fulford
Who became the first Danish King of England in 1013?
Guthrum
Sweyn Forkbeard
Cnut
How did Ethelred the Unready prevent Viking invasions before 1002?
Payment of money
Regular attacks on Denmark
An alliance with the Vikings in Normandy
What was Edward the Confessor's close connection to Normandy?
He conquered Normandy for England in 1050
His mother was Norman and he spent a long time there
His father was Norman
Which two foreign invaders attacked England in 1066?
Germans and Irish
Irish and Scots
Normans and Norwegians
What was the outcome of the American War of Independence in 1783?
Britain secured control of its American colonies
Britain lost the 13 colonies but kept control of Canada
Britain was driven away from North America for good
Which organisation set up the colony of Sierra Leone in 1787?
The Geographical Society
The Africa Society
Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor
Which of these wars ended with the migration of a number of loyal black men coming to Britain?
The Hundred Years' War
The War of American Independence
The Boer War
Which of these acts gave Commonwealth citizens the right of entry into the UK?
1905 Aliens Act
1948 Nationality Act
1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act
What was the name of the boat that brought migrants from Jamaica to England in 1948?
Empire Express
Empire Windrush
Kingston Queen