Dates/Question
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Monarch
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1553 (purportedly)
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Jane
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1553-1558
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Mary I
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1554-1558 (purportedly co-ruler with the above)
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Philip
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1558-1603
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Elizabeth I
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1603-1625
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James I
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1625-1649
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Charles I
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1649-1660 -Commonwealth- Lord Protector (1653-1658)
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Oliver Cromwell
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1649-1660 -Commonwealth- Lord Protector (1658-1659)
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Richard Cromwell
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1660-1685
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Charles II
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1685-1688
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James II
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1689-1694 (co-ruler with the below, until 1694)
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Mary II
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1689-1702 (co-ruler with the above, until 1694)
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William III
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1702-1714
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Anne
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1714-1727
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George I
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1727-1760
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George II
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1760-1820
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George III
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1820-1830
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George IV
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1830-1837
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William IV
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1837-1901
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Victoria
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1901-1910
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Edward VII
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1910-1936
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George V
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1936
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Edward VIII
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1936-1952
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George VI
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1952-Present
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Elizabeth II
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What was the 'nickname' of the monarch who ruled from 1189-1199?
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Richard the Lionheart
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At what battle did the first Tudor monarch defeat his monarchical opponent?
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The Battle of Bosworth Field
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Which French King purportedly ruled roughly half of England from 1216-1217?
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Louis VIII
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In what year did the Act of Union come into effect?
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1707
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In what year was the Union of Crowns?
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1603
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Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is next in line to the throne of the United Kingdom?
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Charles, Prince of Wales
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For how long did England's shortest-reigning monarch purportedly reign for?
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Nine days
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Of which royal house was the first monarch of Great Britain?
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The House of Stuart
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Which monarch is credited with finally 'seeing off' the Vikings from England?
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Harold Godwinson
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Under which monarch's rule was the Spanish Armada?
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Elizabeth I
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Which royal house has the longest unbroken reign of England (and Great Britain)?
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The House of Hanover
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Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is the longest-reigning English (and British) Queen (and also monarch)?
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Victoria
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Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is the longest-reigning English (and British) King?
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George III
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Under which monarch's rule was the First British Empire founded (colonisation of Newfoundland being counted as the founding of the First British Empire)?
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Elizabeth I
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Which King of Wessex conquered Northumbria to create what would later be regarded as the Kingdom of England (Hint: he is not regarded as a King of England himself)?
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Alfred the Great
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If the person who, at the time of this quiz's making, is second in line to the throne of the United Kingdom comes to the throne, what would they probably be known as?
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William V
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Which royal child, born in 2013, is third in line to the throne of the United Kingdom?
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George, Prince of Cambridge
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