Date: May 23rd
Category: History Unfolded | Quiz Answers | Rebel Lore
You marched. You mused. You muttered “I should’ve known that” more than once. But now, it’s time to mark your answers and find out if you’re a Guild-grade rebel, or if you’re still brewing revolution in the teacup.
Whether you aced it or guessed wildly, you’re in good company — this was no ordinary pub quiz. This was a protest playground, a historical battlefield, and a Bank Holiday brain-gym.
So without further ado, here’s how you did…
🧩 Round 1: Know Your Rebels
1. Who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain around 60 AD, famously burning Londinium to the ground?
✅ b) Boudica
Queen of the Iceni. Avenger of injustices. Torchbearer of rebellion. When the Romans wronged her people, Boudica raised an army and left Londinium in ashes.
📖 Source: Tacitus, Annals XIV
2. The phrase “Deeds not words” was the rallying cry of which movement?
✅ c) The WSPU (Suffragettes)
Founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, the Women’s Social and Political Union took a more militant approach to suffrage. Their motto made it very clear — polite petitions were no longer enough.
📖 Source: BBC History, British Library
3. What colour combination symbolised the women’s suffrage movement in Edwardian Britain?
✅ c) Purple, white, green
Symbolising dignity, purity, and hope respectively. These colours were worn as sashes, pins, and even themed cakes.
📖 Source: Museum of London, Votes for Women Collection
4. Which 20th-century resistance heroine worked as a wireless operator in occupied France under the codename “Madeleine”?
✅ b) Noor Inayat Khan
A Sufi pacifist turned spy, she was one of the first female radio operators sent into France by the SOE. Captured and executed at Dachau, her final word was “Liberté.”
📖 Source: Imperial War Museum, SOE Files
📖 Round 2: Pamphlets, Posters, & Propaganda
5. Which of these slogans was famously used by Thomas Paine in Common Sense?
✅ c) “These are the times that try men’s souls”
A rallying cry for American independence in 1776, these words stirred hearts and steeled spines.
📖 Source: Paine, “The American Crisis”, 1776
6. What was the name of the 20th-century travel guide used by Black American travellers to avoid segregated establishments?
✅ c) The Green Book
Officially titled The Negro Motorist Green Book, it was a vital tool during the Jim Crow era for safe travel.
📖 Source: Smithsonian Institution, NY Public Library archives
7. Which symbol is associated with the Luddites?
✅ b) A hammer
The hammer, used to smash textile machinery, came to symbolise their stand against industrial exploitation and job loss.
📖 Source: E.P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class*
8. The radical artist and nun Sister Corita Kent is best known for which form of protest art?
✅ c) Screen-printed posters
Her vibrant, joyful, rebellious works were often bold, pop-art inspired prints full of spiritual and social commentary.
📖 Source: Harvard Art Museums, Corita Art Center
🎭 Round 3: Rebellious Culture
9. Which 1966 film about Algerian independence was praised for its realistic portrayal of colonial resistance?
✅ a) The Battle of Algiers
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, this revolutionary classic was even used by the Pentagon as a case study in urban resistance.
📖 Source: Criterion Collection, The Guardian
10. “We Shall Overcome” became the anthem of which global movement?
✅ c) The American Civil Rights Movement
This spiritual turned protest song echoed through marches, sit-ins, and hearts — from Selma to Washington.
📖 Source: Library of Congress, Smithsonian Folkways
11. The 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs were punished for organising what kind of resistance group?
✅ c) A trade union
For daring to form a friendly society (a union in all but name), six Dorset farm workers were sentenced to transportation.
📖 Source: TUC History, The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
12. Which protest poster artist created iconic imagery for the Black Panther Party?
✅ b) Emory Douglas
As Minister of Culture, Douglas’s powerful, striking artwork gave the Black Panthers a voice as bold as their demands.
📖 Source: MOCA, “Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas”
🧮 The Results Are In…
10–12 correct → 🏆 Time Travelled and Triumphant
You’re a pamphlet-printing, slogan-shouting, zine-distributing hero of the cause. Want to take over this page next month?
7–9 correct → 📜 Historically Handy
Solidarity fist raised! Your rebel reading pays off — now go forth and misquote less.
4–6 correct → 🧭 Rebel-in-Training
You’ve got promise. Next time, bring snacks and a radical reading list.
0–3 correct → 📚 You’re here, and that’s what matters.
Every Boudica began as a curious onlooker. Keep learning. Revolutions need researchers too.
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We’ll shout out our cleverest comrades and send mystery prizes to our favourite rebel photos.
