Some sample questions from this category:
* What new nickname did John acquire after a series of defeats in Normandy and Anjou in the years leading up to 1205?
* What happened to Isabella of Gloucester,John's first wife, in the year 1200?
* What was the name of John's nephew whom he is reputed to have murdered in a particularly grisly fashion?
* What was the name of John's mother?
* On which special day of the year 1167 was John born?
* If we exclude the first-born child of Henry II, William of Poitiers, who died in infancy, how many brothers did John have when he was born?
* What was John's nickname when he was growing up during his father's reign?
* Which country did Henry II send John to rule over in 1185?
* In what way did John help to make his father's life end in defeat and humiliation?
* What was the name of the man that Richard I left in charge of England whilst he was on Crusade and who was then plotted against by John?
* With which foreign ruler did John begin to conspire whilst Richard was away on crusade?
* How did Richard treat his brother when he arrived safely back in England?
* What was the name of the Pope who excommunicated John in the year 1209?
* Which city did the baronial rebels capture that made John come to terms at Runnymede?
* Which person did the baronial rebels elect as an "anti-king" to John when he wouldn't implement the conditions of the treaty?
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