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- Jon Bauckham
Published: August 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Which London lane saw the start of the Great Fire of 1666?
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Who were Mary Beaton, Mary Seton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston?
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What links William de Tracy, Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville and Richard le Breton?
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In which modern-day country would you find the ancient city of Troy?
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What was the codename of the bunker complex that held up the British 3rd Division for much of the afternoon and night of D-Day?
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How old was Richard III when he died?
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For what was Florence Green renowned?
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Daily quiz28 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
The defence of Hougoumont at Waterloo has been described as a ‘battle within a battle’, but where on the battlefield was it?
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Daily quiz27 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
What was the name of the deception plan carried out by 617 Squadron on 6 June 1944?
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The Spanish word bicoca is supposed to have originated with which event in Italy in 1522?
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Who was the last custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots?
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Elizabeth I nearly died in October 1562. From which illness did she suffer?
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Daily quiz23 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
The Hindustan Ambassador was modelled on which British car?
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Daily quiz22 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Roger Fenton (1819-69) is sometimes called the “first war photographer” on account of his pictures taken during which conflict?
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What sort of service takes place in Holy Trinity Church, Dalston every February?
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Daily quiz20 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Where did Major Pierson die on 6 January 1781?
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Daily quiz19 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Which well-known children’s author worked for many years as secretary to the Bank of England in Threadneedle Street?
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Daily quiz18 September. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Which of the following conditions did the skeletal remains of King Richard III, discovered in 2012, reveal?
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How many 20th-century British home secretaries later became prime minister?
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Which British leftwing historian wrote a booklet titled Protest and Survive?
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The scandal in which all three of the French king’s daughters-in-law were accused of adultery is usually known by what name?
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Which Allied commander at Waterloo did Napoleon deride as the “sepoy general”?
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When was the first Gutenberg Bible printed?
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Who gave Queen Elizabeth I the soubriquet ‘Gloriana’?
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Jon BauckhamDigital commissioning editor
Jon Bauckham is the digital commissioning editor at HistoryExtra
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