British Monarchs

Question 1

Expelled Danes from Mercian town of London

Answer 1

Alfred the Great

Question 2

Conquered Danelaw territory

Answer 2

Alfred the Great

Question 3

Kept England from Dark Ages by fostering literacy

Answer 3

Alfred the Great

Question 4

Translated Boethius, Augustine, and the venerable Bede’s works into Anglo-Saxon

Answer 4

Alfred the Great

Question 5

Defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings

Answer 5

William I (The Conqueror)

Question 6

Authorized a survey of his kingdom in Domesday Book

Answer 6

William I (The Conqueror)

Question 7

Son of Geoffrey Anjou and Matilda

Answer 7

Henry II

Question 8

Married Eleanor of Aquitane

Answer 8

Henry II

Question 9

Developed common law and due process

Answer 9

Henry II

Question 10

Fought Thomas a Becket over submission to the pope

Answer 10

Henry II

Question 11

Wife and sons conspired against him with Philip II

Answer 11

Henry II

Question 12

Went on Third Crusade

Answer 12

Richard I (The Lion-Hearted)

Question 13

Captured by Leopold V

Answer 13

Richard I (The Lion-Hearted)

Question 14

Fought Philip II in Normandy, died defending possessions in Aquitane

Answer 14

Richard I (The Lion-Hearted)

Question 15

Tried to seize crown from brother Richard

Answer 15

John Lackland

Question 16

Excommunicated by pope for refusing to accept Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 16

John Lackland

Question 17

Forced to sign Magna Carta at Runnymede

Answer 17

John Lackland

Question 18

Became Duke of Gloucester following Wars of the Roses

Answer 18

Richard III

Question 19

Had nephew Edward V murdered in Tower of London

Answer 19

Richard III

Question 20

Died to Henry Tudor’s forces at Bosworth Field

Answer 20

Richard III

Question 21

Brought England into Renaissance and Reformation

Answer 21

Henry VIII

Question 22

Patronized philosopher Erasmus, painter Hans Hoblein the Younger, and writer Thomas More

Answer 22

Henry VIII

Question 23

Named himself head of Church of England to divorce Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn

Answer 23

Henry VIII

Question 24

Executed Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More

Answer 24

Henry VIII

Question 25

"Virgin Queen"

Answer 25

Elizabeth I

Question 26

Tried to restore religious order by declaring England a Protestant state, but named herself only "governor" of the Church

Answer 26

Elizabeth I

Question 27

Foiled attempts at the throne by Philip II and Mary, Queen of Scots

Answer 27

Elizabeth I

Question 28

Expansion of English Navy, emergence of Shakespeare

Answer 28

Elizabeth I

Question 29

Became king of Scotland at age one

Answer 29

James I

Question 30

Intended target of Guy Fawkes' failed Gunpowder Plot

Answer 30

James I

Question 31

Believed in absolutism, dissolved Parliament

Answer 31

James I

Question 32

Favored ministers Robert Cecil and the Duke of Buckingham

Answer 32

James I

Question 33

Signed Petition of Right

Answer 33

Charles I

Question 34

"Personal Rule" / "Eleven Years' Tyranny"

Answer 34

Charles I

Question 35

Bishops' Wars

Answer 35

Charles I

Question 36

Short Parliament, Long Parliament

Answer 36

Charles I

Question 37

Argued with Long Parliament over Earl of Strafford, church reform, rebellion in Ireland

Answer 37

Charles I

Question 38

Created his own Cavalier court after the start of civil war

Answer 38

Charles I

Question 39

Beheaded at Whitehall by "High Court of Justice"

Answer 39

Charles I

Question 40

Crowned King of Scotland while Oliver Cromwell ruled the Commonwealth

Answer 40

Charles II

Question 41

Restored themself to the throne with Declaration of Breda

Answer 41

Charles II

Question 42

Needed protection from Louis XIV through Treaty of Dover

Answer 42

Charles II

Question 43

"Merry Monarch", 14 illegitimate children

Answer 43

Charles II

Question 44

Popish Plot would have elevated them to the throne if not fabricated by Titus Oates

Answer 44

James II

Question 45

William of Orange took over the throne after they were deposed in the Glorious Revolution

Answer 45

James II

Question 46

Routed at the Battle of the Boyne

Answer 46

James II

Question 47

Lost American colonies in Revolutionary War

Answer 47

George III

Question 48

Ministers William Pitt the Elder, Lord Bute, and Lord North fell from power

Answer 48

George III

Question 49

Suffered from Porphyria, caused "madness"

Answer 49

George III

Question 50

Relinquished powers to Lord Melbourne, Robert Peel, and Benjamin Disraeli

Answer 50

Victoria

Question 51

Went into seclusion after husband's death

Answer 51

Victoria

Question 52

Influenced Reform Act of 1867

Answer 52

Victoria

Question 53

Representative of modern ceremonial monarchy

Answer 53

Elizabeth II

Question 54

Husband "Prince" Philip Mountbatten

Answer 54

Elizabeth II

Question 55

Marital failures by sons Charles and Andrew

Answer 55

Elizabeth II