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Why does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?
Anglo-Saxon
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Why is the leek associated with Wales?
Georgian
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Who was the Grand Old Duke of York?
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Victorian
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What was floriography?
Georgian
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Why do we say ‘your name is mud’ – and what does it have to do with Abraham Lincoln?
Georgian
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Did Rococo wigs really have mice?
Victorian
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Did Charles Darwin coin the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’?
Stuart
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Did pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?
Stuart
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Did most English pirates really talk with a West Country accent?
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Victorian
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What is the origin and meaning of the pirate expression ‘shiver me timbers’?
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Did all pirates fly the Jolly Roger?
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Was walking the plank a real pirate punishment?
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X marks the spot: did pirates bury their treasure?
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Did any real pirates wear eyepatches or have peg legs?
General Early Modern
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Why do we say ‘raining cats and dogs’?
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