Royal Survey

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What King of Mercia began his reign in the mid-8th century? Egbert Ethelred Alfred Offa

2. What King of Wessex defeated the Danes and was known as the "Great"? Offa Ethelred Canut Alfred

3. This king was ruling England, Denmark, and Norway in 1016. Edward the Confessor Ethelred William the Conqueror Canut

4. William the Conqueror defeated this king in 1066. Harold II Edward the Confessor Edward II Ethelred

5. What son of William the Conqueror began his reign after his brother was shot in an ambush? William II Stephen Harold II Henry I

6. This man, who was a grandson of William the Conqueror, competed for the throne with the Empress Matilda. Henry I Stephen Henry II William II

7. The House of Plantagent began its rule with what king? Stephen Henry II Henry I William II

8. What king was the father of Henry III, ruling England from 1199 to 1216? Henry II John Richard I Edward I

9. The Prince of Wales died before his father, Edward III, and so he never had the opportunity to rule. Who was his son, who was able to assume the throne? Henry IV Richard III Richard II Edward IV

10. Edward III had four other surviving sons (besides the Prince of Wales). One was John of Gaunt. His son, known as Bollingbroke, became what King? Edward IV Richard II Henry IV Richard III

11. Another son of Edward III, Edmund Langely, had a great grandson who would become a king of England after the death of his brother. Who was he? Edward IV Richard III Edward V Henry VI

12. Who, formerly known as the Earl of Richmond, married Edward IV's daughter and made a claim for the throne? Henry VI Henry VIII Edward V Henry VII

13. Which of the following was not a child of Henry VIII? Edward V Elizabeth I Mary I Edward VI

14. Elizabeth I never had any children, but she stipulated that the son of Mary Queen of Scotts should succeed her. He became what king of England? James VI Edward VII Edward VI James I

15. What Stuart king was restored to the throne in 1660? Charles I William III James II Charles II

16. What king deposed James II in the so called "Glorious Revolution"? Charles II William IV Charles III William III

17. Who was the next Queen of England after Mary II? Victoria Elizabeth II Elizabeth I Anne

18. During the reign of which king did James II's son, who was in exile in Scotland, make a failed bid for the throne? George II George I George III James II

19. This Queen was a granddaughter of George III. Elizabeth II Victoria Anne Mary II

20. What king abdicated the throne, leaving it to his brother? George V Edward VII Edward VIII George VI