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Years Apart Quiz

How many years apart were the following events? We just consider the year of each event, not the months. A fun but difficult history timeline quiz.


Years Apart - 20 Questions

  1. England winning the FIFA World Cup - Man landing on the moon
  2. The Millennium Dome opens - The deaths of both Princess Margaret and The Queen Mother
  3. William the Conqueror is crowned king of England - A census begins which becomes the Domesday Book
  4. The Boer War ends - Start of World War One
  5. Berlin Wall comes down - Britain hands back Hong Kong




  6. Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister - David Cameron becomes Prime Minister
  7. The UK votes to leave the European Union - Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
  8. Death of Sir Winston Churchill - The United Kingdom introduces a decimalized currency
  9. Wedding of Prince William and Catherine - London hosts the Olympic Games
  10. Queen Victoria dies - The RMS Titanic sinks
  11. End of World War II - Suez Crisis
  12. Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister - The Falklands War
  13. Death of Queen Elizabeth I - The Gunpowder plot
  14. Concorde makes its maiden flight - End of the Vietnam War
  15. Battle of Bannockburn - Peasants' Revolt
  16. Facebook is formed - Twitter is launched
  17. Battle of Waterloo - The start of the Victoria Period
  18. Death of Michael Jackson - Death of Margaret Thatcher
  19. The first NHS hospital opened in Manchester - Investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales
  20. The Penny Black first issued - Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol first published

Answers - Years Apart

  1. 3-years (1966 - 1969) - England wins World Cup
  2. 3-years (1999 - 2002) - Millennium Dome opens
  3. 20-years (1066 - 1086) - Battle of Hastings
  4. 12-years (1902 - 1914) - Boer War ends
  5. (1989 - 1997) - Berlin Wall falls
  6. 3-years (2007 - 2010) - Gordon Brown becomes PM
  7. 2 -years (2016 - 2018) - UK votes to leave the EU
  8. 6-years (1965 - 1971) - Death of Winston Churchill
  9. 1-year (2011 -2012) - Wedding of Prince William
  10. 11- years(1901 - 1912) - Queen Victoria dies
  11. (1945 - 1956) - End of World War II
  12. (1979 - 1982) - Margaret Thatcher
  13. (1603 - 1605) - Death of Elizabeth I
  14. 6-years (1969 - 1975) - Concorde maiden flight
  15. 67-years (1314 - 1381) - Battle of Bannockburn
  16. 2-years (2004 - 2006) - Facebook is formed
  17. 22-years (1815 - 1837) - Battle of Waterloo
  18. 4-years (2009 - 2013) - Death of Michael Jackson
  19. 21-years(1948 - 1969) - The first NHS hospital
  20. 3-years (1840 - 1843) - The Penny Black first issued