Quiz Questions
Most of the answers to this quiz are in the app, but not all, so this is designed for people who perhaps have a fair bit of knowledge regarding the history of Britain’s monarchs but also can provide a quick history lesson for those wishing to learn a bit more.
1. Which King initiated the construction of Carlisle Castle?
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2. Which King’s son died on the sailing ship ‘The White Ship’?
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3. Which King’s reign was dominated by the civil war ‘The Anarchy’?
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4.Which King introduced the Constitutions of Clarendon ?
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5. Who was the first English King to go to Ireland with an army – landing at Waterford?
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6. Which English King sold Cyprus to the Knights Templar?
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7. Which King signed the Magna Carta – 15th June 1215?
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8. Which King conquered Wales and defeated Llewellyn (last ruler of Wales) in 1282?
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9.The film ‘Braveheart’ is based upon the reign of which King?
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10. Which English King was the first prince to be crowned the ‘Prince of Wales’
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11. Which King won the Battle of Crecy and conquered almost a quarter of France?
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12. Which King founded the Order of the Garter?
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13. During the reign of which King did Richard Whittington become the Lord Mayor of London?
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14. Which King is alleged to have surrendered the Crown at Flint Castle?
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15. Which English King made his claim to the throne under King Edward III’s entailment of 1376?
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16. Which King is connected to the ‘Battle of Shrewsbury’?
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17. Which King reburied King Richard II in Westminster Abbey?
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18, Which King’s widow married Owen Tudor?
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19, Which English monarch gave Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, to Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester?
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20. During the reign of which English King did St Joan of Arc lead the French to victory?
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21. Who was the only English King to be crowned King of France?
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22. Which English monarch was known as the ‘Earl of March’?
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23. The use of gunpowder occurred during the reign of which English monarch?
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24. Who was the last English King to die in battle?
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25. Who is the only Welsh born King to rule England?
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26. Who was the first monarch not to be raised as a Roman Catholic?
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27. Who was the first English Queen to rule by her birth right – that is not through marriage to a King?
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28. Which English monarch lost Calais (France)?
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29. Which English monarch famously said they had “no desire to make windows into men’s souls?”
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30. Who was the first monarch to be called King of Great Britain?
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31. ‘The Somerset House Conference Peace Treaty’ concluded a 19-year old Anglo-Spanish war – it took place during the reign of which monarch?
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32. The wife of which King refused to attend his coronation at Westminster Abbey because it was a Protestant Service?
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33. Which King commissioned Sir Peter Rubens (Flemish Catholic) to paint the ceiling of Banqueting House?
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34.Whitehall Palace (Banqueting Hall is all that remains of it) was originally known as York Palace – as it was the London home of the Archbishop of York – which monarch renamed it to Whitehall Palace?
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35. The Great Fire of London took place during the reign of which monarch?
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36. Which two crowned Kings (of England) faced each other at the Battle of Boyne (County Louth, Ireland)?
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37. Who was the last Roman Catholic King of England?
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38. The Act of Settlement of 1701, meant no Roman Catholic could be crowned King or Queen – this Act passed during the reign of which monarch?
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39. Who was the last Stuart monarch to rule England?
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40. Which King imprisoned his wife for over 30 years?
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41. Handel wrote ‘Zadok the Priest’ for the coronation of which monarch?
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42. Who was the last British monarch to be born outside of Great Britain?
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43. ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ – Charles Edward Stuart, tried to take the throne from which British monarch?
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44. Which British monarch bought Buckingham Palace?
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45. Who was the first Hanoverian King to be born in England and use English as his first language?
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46. Which monarch commissioned the ‘Gold State Coach’?
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47. Which English King secretly married a commoner, twice widowed and a Roman Catholic, which was contrary to the Act of Settlement?
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48. Who holds the record, so far, for being the oldest person to inherit the throne?
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49. Which monarch served under Horatio Nelson?
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50. Which monarch bought Balmoral Castle?
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51. Which monarch founded the ‘Order of Merit’ this recognizes outstanding service to an individual.
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52. Who was the first monarch to visit Russia?
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53. Which monarch’s horse has won the Grand National Horse Race?
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54. Which monarch renamed the Royal Family’s name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the ‘House of Windsor?’
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55. Which monarch introduced the annual Christmas broadcast to the nation?
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56. Which English King played a part in the development of Wembley Stadium?
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57. Which English King’s coronation broke with tradition by having his mother in attendance?
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58. Under the reign of which English monarch was the British Empire formally dissolved and replaced with the commonwealth?
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59. Which English King tried to have King Alfred the Great canonized – but whose request was refused by the Pope?
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60. Which monarch created the Duchy of Cornwall?
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