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Britain in the Middle Ages
Can you name the most important figures and events in medieval history of Britain?
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1.
Centuries before the Middle Ages, who led the Britons into a bloody rebellion against Roman rule in 60 AD?
Llewelyn the Great
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King Macbeth
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Hywell the Good
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Queen Boudicca
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2.
What did the Romans build in the north of Scotland to keep the Highlanders out?
Hadrian's Wall
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Antonine Wall
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Offa's Dyke
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Glenfinnan Viaduct
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3.
According to legend, what did St Patrick banish from Ireland?
Rats
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Wolves
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Snakes
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Spiders
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4.
Which monk went from Rome to England in 597 to preach about Christ?
St David
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St James
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St Augustine
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St Brendan
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5.
Which Anglo-Saxon kingdom was the first to dominate on the island of Britain in the early 600s?
Mercia
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Northumbria
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Wessex
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Danelaw
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6.
Where did the Saxons originally come from to the Britain in the 5th century?
Southern France
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Northern Germany
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Norway
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Iceland
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7.
Who was the ruler when the Scots and the Picts joined together in 847?
King Malcolm
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Kenneth MacAlpin
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Rhodri Mawr
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King Duncan I
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8.
What king of Wessex defeated the Danes and established a treaty with them in 886?
Alfred the Great
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Charles the Great
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King Aethelwulf
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King Henry VIII
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9.
Which Irish king ended the domination of the High Kingship of Ireland and probably ended Viking domination of Ireland?
Offa
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Brendan
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Brian Boru
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Columba
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10.
Who became the King of England after Edward the Confessor died?
Richard the Lionheart
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Harold Godwinson
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Duke William of Normandy
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Harald Hardrada of Norway
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11.
How did William the Conqueror die?
Black death
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Died from smallpox
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Fell off the horse
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Stabbed in battle
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12.
What event brought the end of the Anglo-Saxon rule of England?
Black death
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Norman conquest
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Wars of the Roses
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Battle of Ashdown
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13.
Which French Duke conquered England in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King of England?
William of Normandy
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Charles the Great
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Alfred the Great
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Clovis
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14.
What is the name of the document completed in 1086 by order of William I to record the houses and lands in their kingdom?
The Charter of Liberties
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The Magna Carta Libertatum
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Domesday Book
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Medieval Manuscript
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15.
Who was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancelor of England, who was murdered in 1170 and later canonized as a martyr?
Edward Grim
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Thomas More
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Reginald Fitzurse
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Thomas Becket
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16.
According to he stories what is the name of Robin Hood's group who work to rob from the rich and give to the poor?
Happy Men
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Merry Men
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Little Men
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Brave Men
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17.
What document did the King John sign that said the people had rights and that the king was not above the law?
The Liber Instrumentorum
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The Charter of Liberties
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The Constitution
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The Magna Carta
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18.
Who led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England?
Mary, Queen of Scots
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Robert the Bruce
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William Wallace
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Owain Glyndwr
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19.
According to medieval histories and romances, King Arthur led the defense of Britain against which people?
Franks
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Vikings
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Anglo-Saxons
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Moors
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20.
The Knights of the Round Table first appeared in literature in the mid 12th century. How many knights were there most of the stories?
8
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10
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24
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12
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21.
What was the son of King Edward III called?
The Red Prince
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The White Prince
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The Great Prince
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The Black Prince
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22.
Which England king claimed to be king of France and that caused the Hundred Years' War?
King John II
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King Charles IV
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King Edward III
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King Philip VI
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23.
How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
86 years
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116 years
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100 years
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99 years
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24.
Which English poet and writer, considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, is best known for "The Canterbury Tales?"
William Shakespeare
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Thomas More
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Edmund Spenser
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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25.
Who was the leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England?
Thomas Becket
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Roger Bacon
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Wat Tyler
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John Ball
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26.
What title did Richard of York give himself while ruling England?
King
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Protector
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Regent
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Conqueror
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27.
Who did England fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?
Denmark
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Spain
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Ireland
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France
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28.
Who was the powerful wife of mentally ill Henry VI?
Margaret of Anjou
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Elizabeth of York
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Isabella of France
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29.
What was the only city remaining under English control on the continental part of Europe after the Hundred Years' war?
Dunkirk
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Le Havre
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Calais
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Caen
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30.
Which two houses in medieval England fought for the throne in the Wars of the Roses?
Windsor and Stuart
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Lancaster and York
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Tudor and Wessex
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Hastings and Byron
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31.
About how long did the Wars of the Roses last?
2 years
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12 years
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30 years
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5 years
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32.
At which battle the War of the Roses came to an end?
Battle of Towdon
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Battle of Normandy
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Battle of Bosworth
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Battle of Hastings
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33.
What new royal house took control at the end of the Wars of the Roses?
Lancaster
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York
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Tudor
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Stuart
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(28) one of the claimants is known as Harold Godwinson, who is your Earl Harold, but people don't call him that in the UK. Likewise Harald Hardrada over 'King Hardrada'. I think the correct answer rate is so low because Edward the Confessor left a number of claimants, of whom Harold Godwinson triumphed over Harald Hardrada and then lost to William, but was king for most of the year 1066, so that he is a more obvious answer to the question.