If you lived here, you will know a—we don’t answer opinion polls seriously b—we DO know Waterloo is a famous battle.
Methinks the poll was what do you first think of when you hear the word Waterloo. And given that the UK has been ABBA mad (inc me) for 40 yrs, the answer makes sense.
A survey of Britons published Friday in the build-up to the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo found three-quarters knew little or nothing about it -- while many thought France won.
The poll of 2,070 people for the National Army Museum found 73 percent either knew nothing or next to nothing about the battle, one of the most important in the nation's history.
When asked what came to mind when Waterloo was mentioned, 54 percent of people aged 18 to 24 said the London railway station named after the battle, while 46 percent cited the Eurovision-winning song by Swedish pop group ABBA.