Statistics for Medieval English History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Person who conquered England in 1066	William the Conqueror	91%
French region the above came from	Normandy	87%
"Great Charter" signed by King John in 1215	Magna Carta	85%
What struck England in 1348	Black Death	84%
Decisive battle in that conquest	Battle of {Hastings}	82%
Place where the nephews were imprisoned	Tower of London	79%
Houses that battled in the Wars of the Roses	York	75%
Houses that battled in the Wars of the Roses	Lancaster	74%
"Hunchbacked" king who may have murdered his nephews	Richard III	74%
System of vassals and serfs	{Feudal}ism	69%
Cloth depicting the conquest	Bayeux {Tapestry}	67%
Old English poem featuring Grendel	Beowulf	67%
Author of "The Canterbury Tales"	Geoffrey Chaucer	65%
Nickname of Richard I	Cœur de {Lion}	64%
Survey of 1086 that cataloged the taxable property of England	{Domesday} Book	63%
King who he defeated	Harold II	63%
Region that Edward I conquered in 1283	Wales	62%
"Great" king of the Anglo Saxons who battled the Vikings	{Alfred} the Great	60%
Group of people expelled from England in 1290	Jews	56%
Great victory of Henry V over the French in 1415	Battle of {Agincourt}	55%
Notable weapon employed by the English in that battle	Longbow	53%
Archbishop who was murdered in 1170	Thomas Becket	50%