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Seventies night: Round 1 History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the Roman numerals for 70AD?

a)

XXXC

b)

MLXX

c)

LXX

d)

CXX

2.

What i

was famously finished in the 1070s?

a)

Building of Hadrian’s Wall

b)

The first English translation of the Bible

c)

Construction of the Tower of London

d)

The Bayeux Tapestry

3.

The construction of what famous landmark began in the 1170s?

a)

Eiffel Tower

b)

The Colosseum

c)

Leaning Tower of Pisa

d)

Sphinx

4.

The Royal Mint moved into what building

in the 1270s?

a)

The Tower of London

b)

Buckingham Palace

c)

Windsor Castle

d)

St James’ Palace

5.

In the 1370s there is the first documented playing of what game?

a)

Snakes and ladders

b)

Backgammon

c)

Playing cards

d)

Kerplunk

6.

William Caxton printed the first copy of what book in the 1470s?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Canterbury Tales

c)

Aesop’s Fables

d)

The Complete Works of Shakespeare

7.

Which famous criminal was born in the 1570s?

a)

Jack the Ripper

b)

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

Guy Fawkes

d)

Ned Kelly

8.

Which British town was almost completely destroyed by fire in the 1670s?

a)

Northampton

b)

Leicester

c)

Chelmsford

d)

Ipswich

9.

What was the name of James Cook’s ship that sailed to Australia in the 1770s?

a)

HMS Morse

b)

HMS Endeavour

c)

HMS Lewis

d)

HMS Taggart

10.

The first what was invented in the 1870s?

a)

Light bulb

b)

Xray machine

c)

Computer

d)

Biro