About this book
How much do you remember of Magna Carta, the Armada and the Gunpowder Plot? Find out with 500 friendly British history questions.
The Sunday Afternoon Quiz Book, Vol. 3 takes you through British history one friendly round at a time, from the Romans and the Vikings to Queen Victoria and the royals of the twentieth century. The questions are fair and clearly worded, so everyone round the table gets a go.
There are 20 themed rounds, each with 25 questions: 10 easy, 10 medium and 5 hard, with the answers straight after every round.
Play a round after Sunday lunch, run a history night for friends, or work through it on your own with a cup of tea.
New to the series? Vol. 1 is general knowledge across the centuries, and Vol. 2 is Britain in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
What's inside
- Romans, Celts and Britons; 1066 and the Norman Conquest; the Wars of the Roses; the Tudors; Elizabeth I and the Armada
- The Stuarts and the Gunpowder Plot; Civil War, Cromwell and the Restoration; Scotland's Kings and Queens; Wales and the Princes of Wales
- Castles and Palaces; Crowns, Coronations and the Crown Jewels; Nelson, Wellington and the Napoleonic Wars; Women Who Changed Britain
- A bonus fact to read out with most answers
- Every answer checked against two published sources
- Tap a question number to jump to its answer, and tap again to go back
- A linked contents page, so the quizmaster can go straight to any round
- Text you can make as large as you like on a Kindle, phone or tablet
Book details
- Author
- Iris Wakefield
- Formats
- Kindle eBook
- Series
- The Sunday Afternoon Quiz Book, book 3
- Publisher
- Sunday Afternoon Press