Statistics for British History by Letter - R

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Last English King to die in battle, his body was later found in a Leicester car park	Richard III	98%
Legendary outlaw, adversary of the Sherriff of Nottingham and one of the best known characters of English folklore	Robin Hood	94%
Series of wars fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York that saw the subsequent rise of the Tudor dynasty	War of the Roses	92%
King of Scotland who led his men to victory against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn	Robert the Bruce	87%
Term often given to the period of British rule on the Indian subcontinent	British Raj	82%
English sailor and statesman who frequented the court of Elizabeth I, later executed by her successor James I to appease the Spanish	Walter Raleigh	76%
Supporters of parliament and the puritan faction during the English Civil War	Roundheads	74%
Institution that produces coins for circulation in the United Kingdom, originally housed in the Tower of London and now headquartered in Glamorgan	Royal Mint	71%
Founder of colonial-era Singapore who lends his name to the luxury hotel	Stamford Raffles	46%
English meadow, noted for its association with the sealing of the Magna Carta	Runnymede	36%
King of Gwynedd who provided stern resistance to Dane and Norse advancements in Wales	Rhodri Mawr	5%