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1. Everyone knows of the British heroine Boudiccea, but who was the Roman
who defeated her?

Suetonius Paulinus

2. In the Battle of Maldon Svein Forkbeard defeated who?

Ealdorman Brihtnoth

3. Who was Alfred the Great's biographer? And in what country was he born?

Asser, Wales 850 - 909

4. Ethelflaed Daughter of Alfred, won a decisive victory over the Danes,
where?

Tettenhall in 911

5. Prince Edward (Son of Henry III) and later Edward I was captured in 1264
and held hostage at Hereford. He escaped the following year. How?

He persuaded his captors to permit him to ride in a horse race. He won and
just kept on riding, calling out "Have now, good day"

6. William Wallace's title as head of the Scottish government was?

Guardian

7. What was Francis Drake's first question as he entered Plymouth sound
after an absence of nearly three years?

"Is the Queen alive and well?"

8.  The Battle of Powick Bridge was the first significant action of the
Civil War. Lasting only fifteen minutes and only around a thousand men on
each side, the battle was won by a brave charge ordered and led by ..?

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1619-1682, The King's nephew.

9. Cromwell's battles in the Civil war are well known, but where and when
did he beat the Spanish?

The Battle of the Dunes (Dunkirk) 1658

10. When Flora McDonald took Bonnie Prince Charlie to Skye, what alias did
he have?
Betty Burke

Bonus Question:
Flora's husband fought in another war and was captured, which one?
American War of Independence.