English and Scottish history

Question 1

Kingship in Middle Ages

Answer 1

The King could:
lead his army;
pronounce new laws;
declare war;
sign international treaties;
represent the nation;
appoint nobility;
levy taxes (until 1216).
Head of the Church (from 1534)
The King couldn't:
pardon or condemn a convict.

Question 2

Norman kings

1066-1154

Answer 2

William I (1066-1087)
William II (1087-1100)
Henry I (1100-1135)
Stephen (1135-1154)

Question 3

House of Plantagenets

1154-1399

Answer 3

Henry II (1154-1189)
Richard I (1189-1199)
John (1199-1216)
Henry III (1216-1272)
Edward I (1272-1307)
Edward II (1307-1327)
Edward III (1327-1377)
Richard II (1377-1399)

Question 4

John’s nickname

Answer 4

John Lackland

Question 5

What was John forced to sign by the barons and when?

Answer 5

The Magna Carta in 1215.

Question 6

William I

Answer 6

1066-1087 Norman King

Question 7

William II

Answer 7

1087-1100 Norman King

Question 8

Henry I

Answer 8

1100-1135 Norman King

Question 9

Stephen

Answer 9

1135-1154 Norman King

Question 10

Henry II

Answer 10

1154-1189 Plantagenet

Question 11

Richard I

Answer 11

1189-1199 Plantagenet

Question 12

John

Answer 12

John Lackland 1199-1216 Plantagenet

Magna Carta 1215

Question 13

Henry III

Answer 13

1216-1272 Plantagenet

Question 14

Edward I

Answer 14

1272-1307 Plantagenet

Question 15

Edward II

Answer 15

1307-1327 Plantagenet

Probably murdered by the barons

Question 16

Edward III

Answer 16

1327-1377 Plantagenet
The Black Death 1348
Lollardy, John Wycliffe

Question 17

Richard II

Answer 17

1377-1399

Plantagenet

Question 18

Who was John Wycliffe?

Answer 18

He was the leader of a religious movement which attacked the power and the worldliness of the Church in the last years of Edward III’s reign.

Question 19

Did Richard II’s reign finish with his death?

Answer 19

No, it didn’t. He was forced by his nobles to abdicate in favour of his cousin Henry, Duke of Lancaster.

Question 20

House of Lancaster

1399-1461

Answer 20

Henry IV (1399-1413)
Henry V (1413-1422)
Henry VI (1422-1461)

Question 21

House of York

1461-1485

Answer 21

Edward IV (1461-1483)
Edward V 1483
Richard III (1483-1485)

Question 22

Henry IV

Answer 22

1399-1413 Lancaster

Question 23

Henry V

Answer 23

1413-1422 Lancaster

Question 24

Henry VI

Answer 24

1422-1461 Lancaster

Question 25

Edward IV

Answer 25

1461-1483 York

Question 26

Edward V

Answer 26

1483 York

Question 27

Richard III

Answer 27

1483-1485 York

Question 28

The Hundred Years’ War

Answer 28

1377-1453

Question 29

Joan of Arc

Answer 29

1412-1431

Question 30

Why did Edward V’s reign last only one year?

Answer 30

Because his uncle killed him and Edward’s brother to seize the throne.

Question 31

What is 1453 known for?

Answer 31

The end of The Hundred Years’ War and the Fall of Constantinople, conquered by Ottomans.

Question 32

In which occasions could the King levy a special tax, without needing the Parliament’s consent?

Answer 32

Declaration of War
The Knighting of his eldest son
The Marriage of his eldest daughter

Question 33

What prevents any law from being effective?

Answer 33

The absence of the King’s signature.

Question 34

House of Tudor

1485-1603

Answer 34

Henry VII (1485-1509)
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
Edward VI (1547-1553)
Mary I (1553-1558)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

Question 35

Henry VII

Answer 35

1485-1509 Tudor

He, Lancaster by his mother’s side, married the Richard III’s daughter, last representative of the House of York.

Question 36

Henry VIII

Answer 36

1509-1547 Tudor

Act of Supremacy 1534

Question 37

Edward VI

Answer 37

1547-1553 Tudor

Question 38

Mary I

Answer 38

1553-1558 Tudor

First Queen of England, Catholic

Question 39

Elizabeth I

Answer 39

1558-1603 Tudor
Virgin, Childless, Not married, Protestant
The Spanish Armada.

Question 40

How many wives had Henry VIII?

Answer 40

One, Catherine of Aragon.

Then, after the Act of Supremacy had he 5 women.

Question 41

How many children had Henry VIII and whom from?

Answer 41

3 children:
Mary I from Catherine of Aragon;
Elizabeth I from Anne Boleyn;
Edward VI from Jane Seymour.

Question 42

When was Elizabeth I excommunicated?

Answer 42

In 1570.

Question 43

House of Stuart

1603-1649

Answer 43

James I (1603-1625)
Charles I (1625-1649)

Question 44

James I

Answer 44

1603-1625 Stuart

Mary Stuart’s son.

Question 45

History play

Answer 45

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Question 46

Historical novel

Answer 46

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Question 47

Waverley

Answer 47

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Question 48

Walter Scott

Answer 48

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