The History of the UK Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• stonehenge : it is a circle of large stones in wiltshire that you can still visit today.
• boudicca : a famous queen of a tribe in east england who fought the romans in 60 ad.
• athelstan : he was the first to be king of the area we now call england (925 ad).
• hastings : in 1066, william, duke of normandy, beat king harold ii at the battle of (?).william was known as ‘william the conqueror’.
• domesday : in 1086 king william i created this book with a very detailed record of everyone who owned land or animals so that he could tax them.
• william wallace : the scottish hero who fought against edward for its independence (1296). (two words)
• windsor : the (?) family is the current reigning dynasty of the british royal family. their seat is (?) castle and buckingham palace.
• hadrian : this wall is one of the most famous landmarks that the romans built during their empire in britain.
• oxford : it is one of the oldest (about the fourth) universities in the world the oldest in britain. it is known to have been founded in 1096.
• magna carta : it is the charter of english liberties granted by king john on june 15, 1215, under threat of civil war. (two words)
• lancaster : in the war of the roses the house of york (which had a white rose logo) fought against the house of (?) (red rose logo).
• armada : a group of ships from spain that tried to invade england in 1588.
• round heads : in 1642 when the civil war started people who supported the king were called cavaliers and people who supported parliament were called (?).
• jacobites : catholics who wanted james ii of england back on the throne (called ?) fought protestants who supported the new king george i.
• dunkirk : this evacuation, codenamed operation dynamo, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 allied soldiers during the second world war from the beaches and harbour of ?
• blitz : bombing raids on british cities, 1940-41.