Statistics for Nicknames of Kings and Queens of England

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Monarch	Answer	% Correct
Alfred	the Great	85%
Richard I	the Lionheart	79%
William I	the Conqueror	68%
Mary	Bloody Mary	66%
Elizabeth (because of her love life)	the Virgin Queen	65%
Edward I (because he was tall)	Longshanks	63%
Aethelred	the Unready	53%
Edward	the Confessor	50%
John (because he was not expected to inherit significant lands)	Lackland	48%
William II	Rufus	47%
Sweyn	Forkbeard	39%
Cnut	the Great	37%
Edmund	Ironside	35%
Edward	the Elder	31%
Edward	the Martyr	31%
Edward I (because of his repeated attacks on Scotland)	the Hammer of the Scots	29%
Elizabeth (translates to 'glorious woman')	Gloriana	27%
William IV	the Sailor King	26%
Edgar	the Peaceful	21%
Harold	Harefoot	19%
Elizabeth II	Lilibet	18%
Edward VI (because of his religious devotion)	the Pious	18%
Charles II	the Merry Monarch	16%
Henry I	Beauclerc	10%
Edward VI (because he inherited the throne at a young age)	the Boy King	8%
Richard III	Crookback	6%
Henry II	Curtmantle	6%
George III	Farmer George	6%
Henry VIII	Coppernose	5%
John (because his military standing among the nobles fell)	Softsword	5%
Elizabeth (because she maintained stability and prosperity)	Good Queen Bess	3%
Henry VII (because of his interest in and skills with finances)	the Accountant King	3%
Edward III (because he defaulted on 2 personal loans)	the Bankrupt	3%
Henry VI	the Boy King	3%
George IV	the First Gentleman of England	3%
Henry VII (because of his successes in making favorable trade deals)	the Huckster King	3%
Edward III (because he improved the English navy)	the King of the Sea	3%
Edward IV	the Rose of Rouen	3%
George I	the Turnip King	2%