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British Monarchs: Multiple Choice
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| # | Question | % correct |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Which king led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066? | 96% |
| 02 | Which Tudor king is famous for having six wives? | 25% |
| 03 | Which queen reigned during an English golden age and saw off the Spanish Armada in 1588? | 79% |
| 04 | Which queen presided over the British Empire's height during a 63-year reign in the 19th century? | 13% |
| 05 | Which monarch, the longest-reigning in British history, died in 2022? | 25% |
| 06 | Which king was forced to seal Magna Carta in 1215? | 25% |
| 07 | Which king was tried and executed in 1649 after the English Civil War? | 21% |
| 08 | Which king succeeded Elizabeth II upon her death in 2022? | 71% |
| 09 | Which medieval king, nicknamed "the Lionheart," spent much of his reign on the Third Crusade? | 71% |
| 10 | Which king already ruled Scotland as James VI when he inherited the English throne in 1603? | 25% |
| 11 | Which king led the English to victory over France at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415? | 4% |
| 12 | Which queen, nicknamed "Bloody Mary," tried to restore Catholicism to England? | 4% |
| 13 | Which king founded the Tudor dynasty by defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth? | 8% |
| 14 | Which Catholic king was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688? | 8% |
| 15 | Which Dutch prince was invited to rule England jointly with his wife Mary after 1688? | 8% |
| 16 | During which king's reign did Britain lose its thirteen American colonies? | 8% |
| 17 | Which king, the last of the House of York, was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485? | 4% |
| 18 | Which young woman was proclaimed queen for just nine days in 1553? | 13% |
| 19 | Which king abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry the divorcée Wallis Simpson? | 4% |
| 20 | During which queen's reign were England and Scotland formally united into Great Britain in 1707? | 8% |
| 21 | Which Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex, the only English monarch called "the Great," resisted the Vikings? | 0% |
| 22 | Which king died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, ending Anglo-Saxon rule? | 4% |
| 23 | Which king was deposed in 1399 by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke? | 0% |
| 24 | Which king's reign witnessed the Great Fire of London in 1666? | 8% |
| 25 | Which Saxon king is often regarded as the first king of a united England, crowned in 927? | 0% |
| 26 | Which king, son of the Conqueror, died from an arrow in the New Forest in 1100? | 0% |
| 27 | Which king was reputedly murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327 after a disastrous reign? | 0% |
| 28 | Which Danish king ruled England, Denmark, and Norway as a North Sea empire in the early 11th century? | 4% |
| 29 | Which king was the first of the House of Hanover, who spoke little English when he took the throne in 1714? | 0% |
| 30 | Whose death in January 1066 triggered the succession crisis that led to the Norman Conquest? | 0% |
| 31 | Who was king of the United Kingdom during World War II and the father of Queen Elizabeth II? | 21% |
| 32 | The Wars of the Roses were fought for the English throne between which two rival houses? | 17% |
| 33 | Which king's conflict with Thomas Becket ended with the archbishop's murder in Canterbury Cathedral? | 58% |
| 34 | Which son of Queen Victoria reigned over the brief Edwardian era preceding World War I? | 8% |
| 35 | The period of civil war between Stephen and Matilda in the 12th century is known by what name? | 13% |
| 36 | Which medieval king was known as the "Hammer of the Scots" for his campaigns against Scotland? | 54% |
| 37 | During World War I, King George V changed the royal family's German surname to what? | 13% |
| 38 | William III was invited to rule England jointly with which queen, his wife? | 8% |
| 39 | Who was the young Protestant son of Henry VIII who ruled for only six years? | 8% |
| 40 | Who was the much-loved Prince Consort and husband of Queen Victoria? | 50% |
| 41 | Which king, formerly Henry Bolingbroke, seized the throne from his cousin Richard II in 1399? | 4% |
| 42 | Who was the last British monarch to personally lead his troops into battle, at Dettingen in 1743? | 8% |
| 43 | The Restoration of 1660 marked the return to the throne of which monarch after the Commonwealth period? | 4% |
| 44 | Which 12-year-old king was deposed in 1483 and famously disappeared, becoming one of the "Princes in the Tower"? | 8% |
| 45 | Which daughter of Henry I fought a long civil war against her cousin Stephen for the English throne? | 8% |
| 46 | Which king's long reign was marked by a major baronial rebellion led by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort? | 8% |
| 47 | Elizabeth I ordered the execution of which rival claimant to the English throne in 1587? | 8% |
| 48 | Who was the first king from the House of York, interrupting the Lancastrian rule of Henry VI? | 0% |
| 49 | Which king, known as the "Sailor King," reigned between his brother George IV and his niece Victoria? | 4% |
| 50 | The Peasants' Revolt of 1381, led by Wat Tyler, occurred during the reign of which young king? | 4% |
| 51 | King John's loss of which continental duchy in 1204 marked the collapse of the Angevin Empire? | 0% |
| 52 | Which king founded the Order of the Garter, England's highest order of chivalry, in about 1348? | 4% |
| 53 | Which Tudor king's reign was challenged by pretenders, including Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck? | 4% |
| 54 | Which Norman king issued the Charter of Liberties in 1100, seen as a forerunner to Magna Carta? | 0% |
| 55 | During the First Barons' War, which French prince was proclaimed King of England in London in 1216? | 0% |
| 56 | The Treaty of Utrecht, which concluded the War of the Spanish Succession, was signed during the reign of which monarch? | 0% |
| 57 | Edward IV's secret marriage to which commoner caused a major rift with his key supporter, the Earl of Warwick? | 0% |
| 58 | The coronation of which 10th-century Anglo-Saxon king at Bath formed the basis for the modern coronation ceremony? | 0% |
| 59 | A group of powerful aristocrats known as the Lords Appellant sought to restrain the power of which king in the late 14th century? | 0% |
| 60 | Which son and successor of Alfred the Great reconquered the southern Danelaw from the Vikings? | 0% |
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