Plays like my Presidential First Names quiz now. For some reason I aced this quiz before when you had to enter all the numbers and this morning missed several. Probably because I didn't get enough sleep last night.
I like it better this way. It's not really easier, just less typing. I was going to add the Anglo-Saxon kings, but they are numerous and difficult to spell! And if you like challenging history quizzes, there are a lot coming up. Just don't complain if you don't know the answers. :) Of course, if you really want a challenge, try naming the popes!
If he added the anglo-saxons, here's a question - what about the danish kings? Would they be on the quiz as well? It would probably cause some arguments. Let's keep it as it is.
Oliver Cromwell was the head of Parliament, who ruled when he executed Charles I. When he died, his son took over but got bored and Charles II claimed it.
True! Never crowned, but then nor was Edward VIII. But go down that route and you can end up with a Queen Matilda and even maybe a King Lewis and all sorts of confusion.
The Edward that ruled 1901-1910 wasn't the 8th monarch of that name; his grandson, the one who abdicated, was.
Also, he wasn't of the House of Windsor, he was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His son, George VI, changed the name to Windsor in 1917. Edward had then been dead for seven years, and the namechange was of course not retroactive.
You can fill in the I when there has been a II. Queen Elizabeth was only so called until 63 years and 216 days ago, but then she became Queen Elizabeth I. When she was succeeded by the, as of today, longest reigning monarch in English history.
Uh, no, Queen Elizabeth I became Elizabeth the First when the second Queen Elizabeth was crowned in the 1950s. That didn't change when Elizabeth II succeeded Victoria as the longest reigning monarch.
Horrible Histories is a series of children's books by Terry Deary that was made into a brilliant comedy TV series. They do a song each episode and one was the Kings and Queens of Britain. You should look it up, it's great.
I agree, very good series. Entertaining for children and adults alike. I bought the whole series on DVD for my nephews and nieces. As a grandmother it's something you ought to check out, ander.
Surprisingly easy- most Kings were named Henry, William, George or Edward. That handles 26 of them already, and it's MUCH easier to remember the Queens since there were far fewer of them.
Stephen seems totally random. Nobody wanted to be named after him.
I can remember King John because he was played by some kind of a panther thing with a pet snake wearing a short, short cape in Robin Hood by Disney. Sir Hiss.
Freaking unimaginative lot, our "royal family". Only 13 different names in a millennium, and not as if the next three in line will change it (by which time, hopefully it'll disappear as the anachronism it is, but that's another story)
They can always choose a different name, like the previous king, known as Bertie. But looking around Europe this is out of fashion now, apart from the popes.
there are plenty of other monarchies in Europe. I'm a (British) republican but it's not something I feel really strongly about. It's rather a daft system but it does kind of work.
Henry VIII (Protestant) died and his son Edward (Protestant) became King.When he died, aged 15, in his will he stated his half-sister, Elizabeth (Protestant) was illegitimate, because even though she was born in wedlock, Henry VIII and Anne Bolyen's marriage had been annulled (it basically never happened...) and because Mary was a Catholic and he wanted to carry on the Protestant way of things, he wanted his cousin Jane (Protestant) to be Queen. But years before, his dad, Henry VIII and Parliament had brought a law in, the Act of Succession, that put Mary and Elizabeth in line behind his son Edward. the Treason Act made it an offence to interrupt that line of Succession, so what Edward wanted, he could not have without Parliament changing that law. Edward could cry "Jane" from the rooftops, but the Law said different. The Privy Council changed their collective mind, and declared Mary as Queen. Jane was never crowned.
Henry VIII wasn't a Protestant by the way – he never allowed any changes to church practices during his reign, but did allow an arrest warrant to be issued for his last wife because of her outspokenly Protestant views.
Edward VII did not belong to the House of Windsor. He belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha as indeed did his son George V until the name was changed to the less German sounding more patriotic Windsor during the First World War in 1916 or 1917...
I would love the same quiz but where you actually have to know each persons name like in the right order (in addition to this quiz which is also great)
Any chance of a one where you have to include the number also? This one is too easy :) I've been using this as a quiz for my 9 year old while in lockdown
Good quiz but it could be even better if one had to name them in order - too easy otherwise. The title of course is wrong - it should be English and British monarchs. And finally, Edward VII and George V were of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until the latter changed the family name to Windsor in World War One...
William, william, henry stephen, henry, richard, John. OI!
Also, he wasn't of the House of Windsor, he was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His son, George VI, changed the name to Windsor in 1917. Edward had then been dead for seven years, and the namechange was of course not retroactive.
Kings and Queens - full name and number is my new quiz for pernickety full name-ists like myself.
I can remember King John because he was played by some kind of a panther thing with a pet snake wearing a short, short cape in Robin Hood by Disney. Sir Hiss.
Edward the 8th was never crowned, and Elizabeth 2 became queen in 1952, but wasnt crowned until 1953
So this is incorrect