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What color wedding dress did Queen Victoria make fashionable?
Answer: White
Why: Royal brides before her usually wore silver, as Princess Charlotte did at her wedding in 1816.
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What covered Richard III's lost grave when it was found in 2012?
Answer: A car park
Why: The car park sat on the lost Greyfriars church, where he was buried after dying at Bosworth in 1485.
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Which country's press first called Thatcher the Iron Lady?
Answer: Soviet Union
Why: Red Star, the Soviet army newspaper, coined it in 1976, three years before she became prime minister.
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What language did England's court speak for centuries after 1066?
Answer: French
Why: Latin filled the official records, but French was what the king and his court actually spoke.
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How many pennies made one pound before 1971?
Answer: 240
Why: Twelve pence made a shilling and 20 shillings a pound, until Decimal Day in February 1971 brought 100 pence.
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What title did the Pope give Henry VIII in 1521?
Answer: Defender of the Faith
Why: British coins still carry the letters F D, short for Fidei Defensor, the title's Latin form.
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