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The Answers - Englishness Quiz

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Filling out the Today quizEnglish history 101 ... just what does make England unique?
So how did you do? Check your answers below, and thanks for taking the Today St George's Day Englishness test.

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How well do you know England? Check your answers here.
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 THE ANSWERS:

1: Henry V. "Cry God for Harry England and St. George".

2: The United Kingdom was formed in 1801 when Great Britain and Ireland united.(Great Britain came into existence in 1707 with the unification of Scotland and England).


3: Daniel Defoe.

4: Alfred Lord Tennyson, when poet Laureate.

5: 1215.

6: Colonel Rainborough (we can accept "one of Cromwell's, or even Parliament's men").

7: A: Greensleeves.
7: B: Henry VIII.
7: C: Vaughan Williams.

8: Hobby horses.

9: 1829.

10: Henry Tudor (Henry VII) and Lloyd George.

We hope you scored well ... thanks for taking part, and our special thanks to Sir Bernard Crick.


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