Quiz: Horrible Histories
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Get ready to go back in time, as we’re back with another quiz and it’s all about the fantastic TV show Horrible Histories…with some real life history questions in there too! How much do you know? Answers below…
QUESTIONS
1) Who wrote the books that inspired the Horrible Histories TV series?
a) Nick Arnold
b) Jaqueline Wilson
c) Terry Deary
d) Anne Fine
2) What’s the name of the rat puppet who hosts Horrible Histories?
a) Ratty McGee
b) Rattus Rattus
c) Nibbles
d) Ol’ Black Rat
3) Who was the famous Celtic Queen who fearlessly revolted against the Romans?
a) Avalon
b) Boudicca
c) Caitlin
d) Doireann
4) Finish the lyric: Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, ______
a) Survived
b) Lied
c) Tried
d) Alive
5) Which of Henry VIII’s wives gave him a son but sadly died of natural causes?
a) Anne Boleyn
b) Catherine Howard
c) Anne of Cleves
d) Jane Seymour
6) What was the Anglo Saxon reporter called on Horrible Histories?
a) Bob Hale
b) The Shouty Man
c) Mike Peabody
d) Cliff Whiteley
7) The average British soldier in WW1 had twenty lice on their body but what was the record?
a) 450
b) 7324
c) 23000
d) 10428
8) Who illustrated the Horrible Histories books?
a) Tony De Saulles
b) Martin Brown
c) Judith Kerr
d) Vanessa Brantley-Newton
9) Finish the lyric: Everyone needs their 1, 2, 3, It's as simple as ______
a) A, B, C
b) Oh me oh my oh me
c) Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye
d) Skies and pies
10) What was unusual about the pirate Black Bart?
a) He didn’t have black hair, it was red
b) He refused to fight on sundays
c) He didn’t like being a pirate
d) He had a hook for a hand
ANSWERS
1) The answer is c) Terry Deary!
Terry has 335 fiction and non-fiction books published in the past 45 years, selling over 36 million copies in 45 languages! Horrible Histories were first published in 1993, and there have been more than 60 of them.
2) The answer is b) Rattus Rattus!
Did you know Rattus Rattus is the Latin name for a black rat? Rattus is the host of Horrible Histories and takes part in lots of sketches where he dresses up in costumes!
3) The answer is b) Boudicca!
Boudicca is one lady you don’t want to mess with! Boudicca was married to Prasutagus, ruler of the Iceni people of East Anglia. When Prasutagus died, Boudicca's warriors successfully defeated the Roman Ninth Legion and destroyed the capital of Roman Britain, then at Colchester.
4) The answer is a) Survived!
Henry VIII famously had eight wives, and well, wasn’t exactly nice to them. Two marriages were declared annulled, two of his wives were beheaded and another of them died after giving birth to his only son. But his final wife, Catherine Parr, outlived him and their marriage.
5) The answer is d) Jane Seymour!
Jane was Queen of England and Henry’s third wife. She unfortunately died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, the future King Edward VI.
6) The answer is a) Bob Hale!
Bob reports on historical events using a green screen much like a weather report…and he’s allergic to a type of feta cheese!
7) The answer is d) 10428!
Talk about itchy! History really can be so horrible…
8) The answer is b) Martin Brown!
From grooving with the Greeks to facing the terrifying Tudors Martin is a cartoonist and illustrator behind every single one of the Horrible Histories books!
9) The answer is c) Eye, eye, eye, eye, eye, eye!
Obviously! This song came from the episode of Horrible Histories about the Awful Egyptians, and it’s called Learn Your Hieroglyphics!
10) The answer is b) He refused to fight on sundays!
Formerly known as Bartholemew Roberts, Black Bart, was a Welsh pirate who operated in the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean from 1719 to 1722. He regularly observed the Sabbath and even had a chaplain on board to perform Sunday services
