The first Horrible Histories book for adults! Set yourself your own (entirely unofficial) citizenship test in a whistle-stop tour of Britain from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Ideal for anyone who has grown up with Horrible Histories and developed a love of the bizarre, the sinister, the hilarious and the downright gruesome aspects of our past. The Horrible Histories British Citizen?s Quiz Book will allow you truly to test your mettle against some of the most horrible questions in history. True or false? By May 1919, Spanish flu had killed almost as many people in one year than the First World War had done in four. William Shakespeare celebrated his fiftieth birthday in 1616 by doing what? A Throwing a party attended by the great and the good of Stuart England B Having a stand-up fight with his great rival, Ben Jonson C Attending the premiere of his final play, The Tempest D Dying With 250 horribly challenging quiz questions on Britain?s long, illustrious (and Horrible) history, are you up to the task of testing your citizenship credentials? The Horrible Histories British Citizen?s Quiz Book ? find out if you really have what it takes to make your mark in Britain.