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 Find a student A and ask him/ her the following questions:

  1. What happened when William of Orange raised taxes on French wines and spirits?
  2. When and why did gin and tonic become popular?
  3. Are fish 'n' chips really a British invention?
  4. Which one dish is indisputably British?
  5. What was the Rocket and who made it?
  6. What did John Harrison invent and why was it important?
  7. When did the legend of queuing as a national trait begin?
  8. What was the Blitz spirit?
  9. What were the consequences of the Gunpowder Plot?
  10. What was the Good Friday Agreement?

 

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