Statistics for Wars of the Roses

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The average score is 21 of 92

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Feuding Houses	York	99%
Feuding Houses	Lancaster	97%
Emblem of both Houses, albeit different colours	Rose	92%
Brother of Edward who declared Edward's children illegitimate and seized the throne	Richard III	80%
Who took the throne after his death in 1413	Henry V	72%
Who did the Earl of Warwick place back on the throne	Henry VI	63%
Who took over from him	Henry VI	63%
New Royal Family name	Tudor	58%
Royal Family's name	Plantagenet	57%
Their respective ages	10	54%
How old was he [Edward III's grandson] at the time	10	54%
Who did the throne then pass to	Richard II	52%
Monarch who believed that he was the heir of the French throne	Edward III	49%
Who truly had the power	Margaret	49%
What title did he obtain	Edward IV	48%
Which war was started by Edward as a result	Hundred Years War	46%
What was Henry crowned as	Henry VII	45%
Whose reign sprang from the stability caused by Henry	Henry VIII	45%
What title did Henry obtain	Henry IV	43%
Names of Edward's children that were killed	Edward V	41%
Their respective ages	8	39%
Starting and ending years of the Wars of the Roses	1455	35%
	1485	35%
Who did he marry to reconcile the Houses	Elizabeth of York	34%
Famous battle that Henry won in 1415	Battle of Agincourt	29%
Who paid Margaret's ransom	Louis XI	28%
When did Edward suddenly die	1483	27%
Who did Henry marry in 1445	Margaret of Anjou	26%
Who returned from exile to confront Richard, descended from Edward	Henry Tudor	25%
When did he die of dysentery	1422	24%
In which year was this invasion successful	1471	24%
He was a ... (faction)	Lancastrian	24%
For which conspiracy was he [most likely] responsible	The Princes in the Tower	23%
When did the Earl of Warwick invade England	1460	21%
Year of their invasion	1470	21%
When was Richard imprisoned until he swore loyalty	1453	19%
When did Richard and the Earl of Warwick flee the country	1459	18%
Who did Richard raise an army with	Earl of Warwick	18%
Edward's four sons	Edward the Black Prince	18%
What role was Richard proclaimed in his abscence	Lord Protector	18%
Which year did this begin	1337	17%
Where was Richard sent to	Ireland	17%
She then allied with the king of which nation	Scotland	17%
Which year was this	1376	16%
Which year did Richard die in prison in	1400	16%
When did his father die	1377	15%
Battle where Richard was defeated and killed during the battle	Battle of Bosworth Field	15%
Who did the Earl of Warwick then ally with (as well as Margaret), Edward's second brother	George, Duke of Clarence	14%
How old was he at the time	9 months	13%
What happened to the Duke of Somerset during the battle	Died	13%
What did the Black Prince die of	Dysentery	12%
One of the nobles that governed him, great-grandson of Edward III	Richard, Duke of York	12%
Year of the coalition led against him by Thomas	1388	11%
Which year was this	1397	11%
Which state did the Earl consider attacking	Burgundy	11%
Who did Edward flee with, youngest brother	Richard, Duke of Gloucester	11%
Battle where he pursued Margaret	Battle of Towton	10%
Edward's four sons	John, Duke of Lancaster	10%
Battle where the Earl was killed	Battle of Barnet	9%
Battle where Margaret confronted Edward, her son was killed	Battle of Tewkesbury	9%
Battle where Richard and his second eldest son, Edmund, died	Battle of Wakefield	9%
Edward's four sons	Edmund, Duke of York	9%
Through whom did he cite his ancestral claim	His mother	9%
Towns claimed by the invaders	London	9%
Who did Margaret want to be king, her son	Edward, Prince of Wales	8%
What was the Battle called	First Battle of St. Albans	8%
Who was proclaimed the King after Margaret went to Scotland	Edward, Duke of York	7%
Monarch of France	Philip IV	6%
Names of Edward's children that were killed	Richard of Shrewsbury	6%
Battle where the Earl of Warwick was defeated and Henry was reclaimed	Second Battle of St. Albans	6%
Edward's four sons	Thomas, Duke of Gloucester	6%
What did Henry have after this	A mental breakdown	5%
Who had he secretly married	A widow	4%
Who did Margaret want Richard replaced with, Lancastrian	Duke of Somerset	4%
What happened in the war in this year	Lost	4%
What did Henry do to Richard's reforms after he came back to power	Reversed them	4%
On what date did fighting begin	22 May 1455	3%
Battle where the Lancastrians captured Henry	Battle of Northampton	3%
Who then supported Edward's reclamation of the throne	Charles of Burgundy	3%
Towns claimed by the invaders	Kent	3%
What happened to Henry after the battle	Another mental breakdown	2%
What did Richard II then do to both of them	Banish them	2%
What did Henry do to the murderer	Challenge him to a duel	2%
What did Richard withhold from Henry in 1399 after John's death	His inheritance	2%
Who had the backing of public approval	The invaders	2%
Date of Henry's murder	21 May	1%
What was the date of his coronation	28 June 1461	1%
What did Henry then do as a result	Depose Richard	1%
How was Henry as a King	Extremely incompetent	1%
Important member of the group	Henry, Duke of Lancaster	1%
Who would be the next king	Richard's heir	1%
Who killed Thomas on Richard's behalf	Thomas de Mowbray	1%