20 BRITISH WILLIAMS

Do you know about these famous British men who all have or had the first name William?  Try the quiz!  The answers can be found at the bottom of the post:

1.  The Prince who is getting married on 29th April 2011 is Prince William of
 - - - - -  .

2.  William - - - - - - - - - - -  [1564 - 1616], dramatist and poet.

3.  The current British Foreign Secretary is William - - - - - .

4.  William - - - - the Elder and his son William  - - - - the Younger were both Prime Ministers of Great Britain.

5.  William  - - - - -  is the schoolboy hero of a series of books by Richmal Crompton.

6.  Mel Gibson plays Sir William - - - - - - -  in the film Braveheart.

7.  William - - - - - - - - - -  [1770 - 1850] was one of the Lake Poets and helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.

8.  William the - - - - - - - - - invaded England in 1066.

9.  The last king of  Great Britain called William was William - - [ordinal number].

10. William - - - - - - - , author of Lord of the Flies.

11. William - - - - - - - - - [1809 - 1898] was Prime Minister four times.

12.  Will - - - - - , singer who won the first Pop Idol contest in 2002.

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13.  World Cup  - - - - - - ,  mascot of the 1966 World Cup.

14.  William Makepeace - - - - - - - - - , author of Vanity Fair.

15. William - - - - - - , [1834 - 1896], textile designer and artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

16. William - - - - - - - - - - [1825 - 1902] is generally regarded as the worst British poet ever!

17. Billy Bones or Captain William Bones is a character in the novel Treasure
- - - - - - .

18. William - - - - - - - - - - -  [1759 - 1833] was a leader of the movement against slavery.

19. King William 111 was also known as William of - - - - - - .

20.  William - - - - - [1757 - 1827], poet, painter and printmaker who helped develop the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.

Highlight the space below to see the answers:
1. Wales  2. Shakespeare  3. Hague  4. Pitt  5. Brown  6. Wallace  7. Wordsworth  8. Conqueror  9. 1V  10. Golding  11. Gladstone  12. Young  13. Willie  14. Thackeray  15. Morris  16. McGonagall  17. Island  18. Wilberforce  19. Orange  20. Blake