George I - the first Hanoverian King

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1. In 1701 the Act of Settlement declared which person to be next in succession to the English crown after Princess (later Queen) Anne? George I's father, Ernest Augustus George I's brother, Frederick Augustus George I George I's mother, Princess Sophia

2. From which of the Stuart monarchs of England was George I actually descended? James II James I Charles II Charles I

3. How did George I's brother, Frederick Augustus, meet his death? He was shot by an assassin in Hanover. He ruined his liver by excessive drinking and died as a result. He contracted enteric fever and died after a short illness. He was killed in battle fighting the Turks.

4. One of George's other brothers, Christian, also came to an untimely end. How did this happen? He was drowned in the Danube fighting the French. He was killed in a duel with a Danish nobleman. He was drowned in the English Channel on a visit to Holland. He died from snake-bite whilst visiting Russia.

5. At the siege of which city did the future George I fight with some distinction in 1683? Paris Warsaw Utrecht Vienna

6. What was the name of the future George I's wife? Sophia Dorothea Henrietta Maria Sophia Charlotte Augusta

7. What part did the Swedish Colonel of Dragoons, Philip von Konigsmark, play in George's life? He organised George's finances in Hanover. He made George's wife his mistress. He saved George's life from a Jacobite assassin. He was his chief ambassador to the French king.

8. Which of the following statements about George's wife is the true one? She was imprisoned in a castle for 32 years until she died. She became the mistress of the Russian Tsar. She went blind at an early age from doing too much tapestry work. She ran away to France and renounced her husband and her children.

9. George I was known to dislike the literary and artistic world. However, he did love music. Which composer found particular favour with the monarch and presented many concerts at St. James's Palace? Handel Beethoven Brahms Bach

10. Who or what were "The Maypole" and "The Elephant and Castle"? The nicknames given to George I's mistresses. Two districts of London destroyed in a disastrous fire. Two inns in London that George I liked to visit in disguise. The nicknames given to two of George's chief ministers.

11. What were the names of George I's two children? George and Frederick George and Sophia Dorothea George and William Augustus George and Anne

12. What serious event concerning George I happened at Braemar on the 6th September, 1715? George's grandson Frederick was killed in an accident. There was a landing by a Dutch army. The massacre of Glencoe was carried out. The Jacobite Rebellion began with the proclaiming of James III

13. Which financial crisis came to a head in September 1720 and threatened to topple the House of Hanover? The Marylebone Scandal The South Sea Bubble The Hellfire Fiasco The Clearance Project

14. Which of the following leading politicians restored confidence to the country after the financial crisis and became the first man to be regarded as prime minister? Sunderland Walpole Stanhope Townshend

15. What was unusual about the place where George I died? He died in a cheap wayside inn on the way to Hanover. He died in his dressing room rather than a state bedroom. He died in a cabin on board ship on the way to Hanover. He died in exactly the same room as that in which he had been born.