100 Greatest Britons - Part 7

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1. Which English monarch took part in the meeting with Francis I of France, known as "The Field of the Cloth of Gold"? Henry VII Henry VIII Edward V Edward VI

2. What did John Harrison (1693-1760) invent? The battery The Spinning Jenny The marine chronometer The typewriter

3. Who wrote the books "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience"? William Blake Thomas Gray Alexander Pope John Keats

4. This "Man For All Seasons" was Lord Chancellor of England from 1529-1532 and was beheaded on the orders of King Henry VIII in July 1535. Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cromwell Thomas Wolsey Thomas More

5. Sir Steve Redgrave won a gold medal at five consecutive Olympic games. For which sport were these awarded? Shooting Sailing Cycling Rowing

6. Boudica, leader of the Iceni tribe, is famous for her revolt against the Roman occupation. Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of her revolt in AD 60/61? Commodus Caesar Nero Caligula

7. Who emigrated to America in 1734, where he produced the pamphlet "Common Sense", supporting American independence from Britain? Benjamin Franklin Thomas Paine Titus Oates William Cobbet

8. Who became the first English football player to score a goal in three different World Cup tournaments when he scored against Ecuador in 2006? Wayne Rooney Steve Gerrard David Beckham Michael Owen

9. Five comedians were honoured by having their caricatures printed on postage stamps in 1998. They were Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Joyce Grenfell, Peter Cook and who else? Ernie Wise Eric Sykes Dudley Moore Eric Morecambe

10. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire's name lives on in The Leonard Cheshire Foundation, which cares for disabled and terminally ill people. However, during World War II he was present at which historic event? Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp Liberation of Aomori POW camp Bombing of Pearl Harbour Nuclear bombing of Nagasaki