Statistics for British and English Monarchs

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  • The average score is 46 of 82

Answer Stats

Dates/QuestionMonarch% Correct
1952-PresentElizabeth II
84%
1936-1952George VI
83%
1837-1901Victoria
83%
1066-1087William I
83%
1660-1685Charles II
82%
1936Edward VIII
82%
1910-1936George V
82%
1625-1649Charles I
80%
1558-1603Elizabeth I
80%
1760-1820George III
80%
1485-1509Henry VII
80%
1509-1547Henry VIII
80%
1901-1910Edward VII
79%
1727-1760George II
79%
1820-1830George IV
79%
1714-1727George I
78%
1649-1660 -Commonwealth- Lord Protector (1653-1658)Oliver Cromwell
78%
1547-1553Edward VI
77%
1603-1625James I
77%
1553-1558Mary I
77%
1087-1100William II
75%
1685-1688James II
74%
1553 (purportedly)Jane
73%
1483-1485Richard III
73%
1702-1714Anne
72%
1100-1135Henry I
71%
1413-1422Henry V
71%
1199-1216John
71%
1483Edward V
70%
1154-1189Henry II
70%
1399-1413Henry IV
70%
1422-1461Henry VI (1st reign)
70%
1470-1471Henry VI (2nd reign)
70%
1689-1694 (co-ruler with the below, until 1694)Mary II
70%
1830-1837William IV
70%
1272-1307Edward I
69%
1307-1327Edward II
69%
1327-1377Edward III
69%
1461-1470Edward IV (1st reign)
69%
1189-1199Richard I
69%
1689-1702 (co-ruler with the above, until 1694)William III
69%
1471-1483Edward IV (2nd reign)
68%
1216-1272Henry III
68%
Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is the longest-reigning English (and British) Queen (and also monarch)?Victoria
68%
1377-1399Richard II
67%
1135-1154Stephen
66%
Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is next in line to the throne of the United Kingdom?Charles, Prince of Wales
65%
Under which monarch's rule was the Spanish Armada?Elizabeth I
62%
Which royal child, born in 2013, is third in line to the throne of the United Kingdom?George, Prince of Cambridge
60%
What was the 'nickname' of the monarch who ruled from 1189-1199?Richard the Lionheart
59%
1141 (co-ruler with the above)Matilda
54%
1554-1558 (purportedly co-ruler with the above)Philip
53%
1649-1660 -Commonwealth- Lord Protector (1658-1659)Richard Cromwell
53%
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?William V
51%
Who, at the time of this quiz's making, is the longest-reigning English (and British) King?George III
50%
For how long did England's shortest-reigning monarch purportedly reign for?Nine days
49%
Of which royal house was the first monarch of Great Britain?The House of Stuart
47%
Which royal house has the longest unbroken reign of England (and Great Britain)?The House of Hanover
45%
At what battle did the first Tudor monarch defeat his monarchical opponent?The Battle of Bosworth Field
42%
1042-1066Edward the Confessor
40%
1066Harold Godwinson
39%
In what year did the Act of Union come into effect?1707
34%
In what year was the Union of Crowns?1603
30%
Which French King purportedly ruled roughly half of England from 1216-1217?Louis VIII
30%
Under which monarch's rule was the First British Empire founded (colonisation of Newfoundland being counted as the founding of the First British Empire)?Elizabeth I
28%
1016-1035Cnut
27%
924-939Aethelstan
24%
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)?Alfred the Great
23%
1170-1183 (co-ruler with the above)Henry the Young King
22%
939-946Edmund I
21%
978-1013Ethelred the Unready (1st reign)
21%
1014-1016Ethelred the Unready (2nd reign)
20%
1040-1042Harthacnut
20%
1016Edmund Ironside
19%
1035-1040Harold Harefoot
18%
955-959Eadwig
17%
975-978Edward the Martyr
17%
946-955Eadred
16%
959-975Edgar the Peaceful
16%
1013-1014Sweyn Forkbeard
16%
Which monarch is credited with finally 'seeing off' the Vikings from England?Harold Godwinson
13%
1066 (co-ruler with the above)Edgar the Etheling
10%

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