Kings

Question 1

Alfred the Great

Answer 1

871–899; Defending England against Viking invasions.

Question 2

Edward the Elder

Answer 2

899–924; Expanding Anglo-Saxon rule over England.

Question 3

Athelstan

Answer 3

924–939; Becoming the first King of a united England.

Question 4

Edmund I

Answer 4

939–946; Fighting Viking and Scottish invasions.

Question 5

Eadred

Answer 5

946–955; Securing England from Viking rule.

Question 6

Eadwig

Answer 6

955–959; Clashing with the Church and nobility.

Question 7

Edgar the Peaceful

Answer 7

959–975; Promoting stability and royal authority.

Question 8

Edward the Martyr

Answer 8

975–978; Being murdered in a power struggle.

Question 9

Æthelred the Unready

Answer 9

978–1013, 1014–1016; Paying Danegeld to Viking raiders.

Question 10

Sweyn Forkbeard

Answer 10

1013–1014; Becoming the first Viking King of England.

Question 11

Edmund Ironside

Answer 11

1016; Resisting Danish conquest.

Question 12

Cnut the Great

Answer 12

1016–1035; Ruling England, Denmark, and Norway.

Question 13

Harold Harefoot

Answer 13

1035–1040; Strengthening Viking rule in England.

Question 14

Harthacnut

Answer 14

1040–1042; Reuniting England and Denmark

Question 15

Edward the Confessor

Answer 15

1042–1066; Building Westminster Abbey.

Question 16

Harold II (Godwinson)

Answer 16

1066; Losing the Battle of Hastings.

Question 17

William I (the Conqueror)

Answer 17

1066–1087; Winning the Battle of Hastings.

Question 18

William II (Rufus)

Answer 18

1087–1100; Dying in a hunting accident.

Question 19

Henry I

Answer 19

1100–1135; Issuing the Charter of Liberties.

Question 20

Stephen

Answer 20

1135–1154; Fighting in the civil war known as The Anarchy.

Question 21

Henry II

Answer 21

1154–1189; Establishing English common law.

Question 22

Richard I (the Lionheart)

Answer 22

1189–1199; Leading the Third Crusade.

Question 23

John (Lackland)

Answer 23

1199–1216; Signing the Magna Carta.

Question 24

Henry III

Answer 24

1216–1272; Expanding the role of Parliament.

Question 25

Edward I (Longshanks)

Answer 25

1272–1307; Hammer of the Scots

Question 26

Edward II

Answer 26

1307–1327; Losing to Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn.

Question 27

Edward III

Answer 27

1327–1377; Starting the Hundred Years' War.

Question 28

Richard II

Answer 28

1377–1399; the royal cookbook

Question 29

Henry IV (Bolingbroke)

Answer 29

1399–1413; Seizing the throne from Richard II.

Question 30

Henry V

Answer 30

1413–1422; Winning the Battle of Agincourt.

Question 31

Henry VI

Answer 31

1422–1461, 1470–1471; Losing most of England’s French territories.

Question 32

Edward IV

Answer 32

1461–1470, 1471–1483; Restoring Yorkist rule.

Question 33

Edward V

Answer 33

1483; Disappearing in the Tower of London.

Question 34

Richard III

Answer 34

1483–1485; Dying at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Question 35

Henry VII

Answer 35

1485–1509; Ending the Wars of the Roses.

Question 36

Henry VIII

Answer 36

1509–1547; Establishing the Church of England.

Question 37

Edward VI

Answer 37

1547–1553; Strengthening Protestantism.

Question 38

Mary I (Bloody Mary)

Answer 38

1553–1558; Persecuting Protestants.

Question 39

Elizabeth I

Answer 39

1558–1603; Defeating the Spanish Armada.

Question 40

James I

Answer 40

1603–1625; Surviving the Gunpowder Plot.

Question 41

Charles I

Answer 41

1625–1649; Being executed in the English Civil War.

Question 42

Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector)

Answer 42

1653–1658; Ruling England as a republic.

Question 43

Charles II

Answer 43

1660–1685; Restoring the monarchy.

Question 44

James II

Answer 44

1685–1688; Being deposed in the Glorious Revolution.

Question 45

William III & Mary II

Answer 45

1689–1702; Establishing constitutional monarchy.

Question 46

Anne

Answer 46

1702–1714; Uniting England and Scotland into Great Britain.

Question 47

George I

Answer 47

1714–1727; Relying on ministers to govern.

Question 48

George II

Answer 48

1727–1760; Expanding British influence in Europe.

Question 49

George III

Answer 49

1760–1820; Losing the American colonies.

Question 50

George IV

Answer 50

1820–1830; Leading a lavish lifestyle.

Question 51

William IV

Answer 51

1830–1837; Passing the Great Reform Act (1832).

Question 52

Victoria

Answer 52

1837–1901; Overseeing the expansion of the British Empire.

Question 53

Edward VII

Answer 53

1901–1910; Modernizing the British monarchy.

Question 54

George V

Answer 54

1910–1936; Changing the royal family’s name to Windsor during World War I.

Question 55

Edward VIII

Answer 55

1936; Abdicating to marry Wallis Simpson.

Question 56

George VI

Answer 56

1936–1952; Leading Britain through World War II.

Question 57

Elizabeth II

Answer 57

1952–2022; Becoming Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.

Question 58

Elizabeth II

Answer 58

1952–2022; Becoming Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.

Question 59

Charles III

Answer 59

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