| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | King whose death sparked a fight over his succession | Edward the {Confessor} | 100%
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| H | Pivotal battle in which the Normans defeated the English | Battle of {Hastings} | 95%
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| A | In legend, Harold was hit in the eye by one of these at H | Arrow | 87%
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| B | Famous pictorial representation of the Conquest | Bayeux Tapestry | 84%
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| D | 1086 survey of the land and wealth of England | Domesday Book | 74%
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| N | William's brutal scorched-earth pacification campaign | Harrying of the {North} | 63%
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| Q | Edith; Matilda | Queens | 61%
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| S | Battle in which Harold's army defeated the Norwegians | Battle of {Stamford} {Bridge} | 55%
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| J | Peninsula ruled over by Sweyn II | Jutland | 55%
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| G | King Harold's father | Godwin | 53%
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| U | C's father | Æthelred the {Unready} | 50%
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| M | Earl of Northumbria; brother of E | Morcar | 42%
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| T | Brother of Harold who joined forces with Harald Hardrada | Tostig | 42%
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| E | Earl of Mercia; brother of M | Edwin | 39%
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| W | Council that elected the King of England | Witan | 39%
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| F | Term for the English militia-style army; 'raised' by the King | Fyrd | 34%
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| R | Viking ancestor of William who was the first ruler of Normandy | Rollo | 32%
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| Y | Term for the oppression of the English by their Norman rulers | Norman {yoke} | 29%
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| O | Bishop who often ruled England in William's absence | Odo | 29%
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| Z | Sweyn II was buried in Roskilde Cathedral, on this island | Zealand | 29%
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| P | William's invasion fleet landed at this Sussex village | Pevensey | 26%
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| I | Where Hereward the Wake and his fenland rebels were defeated | {Isle} {of} {Ely} | 24%
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| K | Harald Hardrada spent part of his exile in this Viking-Slavic state | Kievan Rus' | 24%
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| V | Many English exiles served in this elite Byzantine force | Varangian Guard | 21%
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| L | Harold was killed at H alongside his brothers: Gyrth and _______ | Leofwine | 11%
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