A long and illustrious history — Test 05

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1. 1 After St Paul’s Cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1666, which famous architect designed its replacement?
2. 2 Which of the following words are derived from the Anglo-Saxon language?
3. 3 Which British Prime Minister nationalised major industries such as coal and steel?
4. 4 During the Middle Ages, who sat in the House of Lords?
5. 5 Who wrote ‘The Canterbury Tales’, a famous series of English poems about a group of people going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury?
6. 6 Who is responsible for developing radar, having proposed that enemy aircraft could be detected by radio waves?

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