Monarchs of England Facts Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Had six wives, known for his temper	Henry VIII	100%
Abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee	Edward VIII	95%
Forced to sign the Magna Carta	John	95%
Spent less than a year in England during his reign, known as "The Lionheart"	Richard I	95%
The "Virgin Queen," she oversaw the defeat of the Spanish Armada	Elizabeth I	89%
Known to have a stamp collection and a pet parrot, led Britain through a world war	George V	89%
Tried to reestablish Catholicism, called "Bloody"	Mary I	89%
Followed the reign of the longest reigning monarch in British history	Charles III	84%
His mother ruled for over 60 years, known for his love of cigars, gambling, and women	Edward VII	84%
German prince, brought to England to rule, spoke almost no English	George I	84%
Served as a mechanic in a world war, first monarch whose coronation was televised	Elizabeth II	79%
Norman Duke who conquered England	William I	79%
Died of lung cancer, known for overcoming a stammer	George VI	74%
Became rivals with Thomas Becket, married Eleanor of Aquitaine	Henry II	68%
Tried to meddle in Parliamentary affairs, wound up losing the American colonies, later went mad	George III	63%
Likely England's fattest king, ruled for years as regent before his father died	George IV	63%
Scandalous marriages helped kick off the Wars of the Roses, his sons were the princes in the tower	Edward IV	58%
His son died in a boating accident, he died from eating too many lampreys	Henry I	58%
Scottish king who gained the throne of England when the previous monarch died without an heir	James I	58%
Shakespeare depicted him as a hunchback, last king to die in battle	Richard III	58%
Fought a civil war with Empress Matilda, forced to sign a deal with her son to end hostilities	Stephen	58%
Died in a mysterious hunting accident	William II	58%
Beheaded by his own people, his death led to the interregnum	Charles I	53%
The "Hammer of the Scots," fought against William Wallace, Wales, and France	Edward I	53%
Oversaw the Peasant's Revolt as a teenager, overthrown by his cousin, starved to death in prison	Richard II	53%
From the Netherlands, co-ruled with his wife after the Glorious Revolution	William III	53%
Last monarch of House Stuart, and last to try to cure scrofula with the "King's Touch"	Anne	47%
Known as the "Merry Monarch"	Charles II	47%
His French wife conquered England, he died in prison	Edward II	42%
Tried to name his cousin Jane Grey as his heir, died as a teen	Edward VI	42%
Usurped the throne, known as "Bolingbroke," first Lancastrian king	Henry IV	42%
Briefly won the 100 years war, had a son, then died suddenly, known for his victory at Agincourt	Henry V	42%
Deposed in the "Glorious Revolution" by his daughter because he was a Catholic	James II	42%
Was declared to be the "Empress of India," mourned her husband for decades after his death	Victoria	42%
Started the 100 Years' War by declaring himself king of both England and France	Edward III	37%
The second Hanoverian king, supposedly died on the toilet	George II	37%
Became king as an infant, suffered long bouts of insanity, was overthrown then restored then overthrown again	Henry VI	37%
One of the "Princes in the Tower," disappeared mysteriously, possibly murdered by his uncle	Edward V	32%
Started the Tudor dynasty, son was far more notorious than him	Henry VII	32%
Co-ruled with her husband, helped oversee the "Toleration Act"	Mary II	26%
Oversaw the building of Westminster Abbey, fought against Simon du Montfort	Henry III	21%
Known as the "Sailor King," he only became King because he and all his older brothers had no living legitimate children	William IV	21%

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