British history quiz

[wellinghall]

What happened in ...

1. 55 BC
2. 54 BC
3. 43 AD
4. 410
5. 449
6. 597
7. 991
8. 1066 (September)
9. 1066 (October)
10. 1346
11. 1348
12. 1356
13. 1415
14. 1485
15. 1497

Chocolate for the winner (across Facebook and LiveJournal together) (but no googling!)

Comments

[hilarityallen.livejournal.com]

1. Julius Caesar invades Britain
2. Death of Boudicca?
3. Claudius invades Britain?
4. withdrawal of Roman troops from the British Isles
5.
6. Gregory the Great's Mission to the English
7. Battle of Maldon
8. Norwegian invasion of England
9. Battle of Hastings
10.
11. Peasant's Revolt?
12.
13.
14. Battle of Bosworth Field
15.
And I should know 1415, but can't recall it. For an ex-historian, I have a crap memory for dates.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

1 yes
3 yes
4 yes
6 yes
7 yes
8 yes
9 yes
14 yes

16 points

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

2. Caesar II - the Imperator strikes back
10. Crecy
11. Black Death
12. Poictiers
13. Azincourt

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yep yep yep yep yep - 10 points, plus two for humour.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

But minus 5 for pedantic spelling? ;-)

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Calling me "pedantic" means you're acknowledging I'm right :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Although getting perilously close to crossing the line to "smart aleck" ...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Plus two for that, I think!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Answers here: http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/963801.html