Statistics for Poet Laurates of England

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General Stats

  • This quiz has been taken 12 times
  • The average score is 7 of 21

Answer Stats

YearAnswer% Correct
2009–19Carol Ann Duffy
73%
1843–50William Wordsworth
73%
2019–Simon Armitage
64%
1850–92Alfred Lord Tennyson
55%
1984–98Ted Hughes
55%
1999–2009Andrew Motion
45%
1668–89John Dryden
45%
1930–67John Masefield
36%
1813–43Robert Southey
36%
1968–72Cecil Day-Lewis
27%
1692–1715Nahum Tate
27%
1896–1913Alfred Austin
18%
1790–1813Henry James Pye
18%
1715–18Nicholas Rowe
18%
1913–30Robert Bridges
18%
1972–84Sir John Betjeman
18%
1785–90Thomas Warton
18%
1730–57Colley Cibber
9%
1718–30Laurence Eusden
9%
1689–92Thomas Shadwell
9%
1757–85William Whitehead
9%

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