Statistics for Battle of Hastings

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This quiz has been taken 16 times
The average score is 10 of 33

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
^ Leader of the above	Duke William of Normandy	82%
^ Leader of the above	King Harold II	82%
Location of the battle	Battle, East Sussex	55%
Name of the Battle that happened 19 days earlier involving the defenders	Battle of Stamford Bridge	55%
Tactic used by the invaders to break up the defenders	Feigned retreat	55%
Invading force	Normans	55%
Tactic used by the defenders to repel the invaders	Shield wall	55%
Kings death led to this battle	Edward the Confessor	45%
The king died from what according to interpretations	Arrow to the eye	36%
Built on the battlefield, with the altar on the supposed spot the king died.	Battle Abbey	36%
70 metre long cloth depicting the events.	Bayeux Tapestry	36%
Date of the Battle	14th October 1066	36%
When was the Invading leader crowned King	25th December 1066	27%
Estimated invaders numbers	5000 - 12000	27%
The battle lasted for approximately	9 Hours	27%
Defending force	Anglo-Saxons	27%
Elite infantry defending the king	Housecarl	27%
^ Aboves claim to the throne	Promised by Edward	27%
Estimated defenders numbers	7000 - 8000	18%
Defending Kings wife	Edith Swanneck	18%
Name given to conscripted or freemen, making the bulk of the defending army.	Fyrd	18%
This battle started the	Norman Conquest	18%
Location that the invaders landed in	Pevensey, East Sussex	18%
Name of the hill the defenders stood atop	Senlac Hill	18%
Approximate distance travelled in miles from the above to the Battle of Hastings	185 Miles	9%
How many days was the defending king, king for	282 Days	9%
The reason the above building was built	Atonement	9%
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles reference the battle as	Battle at the hoary apple tree	9%
What did the invading leader see as proof of the wrongful king being on the thrown	Halley's Comet	9%
How much did the kings mother offer for his body	His weight in gold	9%
^ Aboves claim to the throne	Pointed at by Edward on his deathbed	9%
How did the invading leader want the kings body disposed of	Thrown into the sea	9%
What Abbey is supposed to hold the grave of the king	Waltham Abbey	9%