Kings and Queens of England since Edward the Confessor - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Born a Bastard	William the Conqueror	98%
First Norman King to be fluent in English	Henry I	91%
One and only King of England to be tried and executed	Charles I	89%
Restored the Church of England, executed her cousin Mary Queen of Scots after an assassination to place her on the English throne, defended England against the Spanish Armada and ushered in the Golden Age of England	Elizabeth I	89%
Died in the New Forest	William II	89%
Flogged himself in public to get back into the good graces of the Church and Europe	Henry II	88%
Dug up Oliver Cromwell's body and posthumously executed him	Charles II	86%
Known as the "Hammer of the Scots"	Edward I	86%
First Hanoverian King, knew almost no English	George I	86%
Went mad, may have died from leprosy	Henry IV	86%
Completely defeated the French and forced the King to sign away his thrown to the English, married the French King's daughter, died of dysentery less than two years after Victory in France	Henry V	86%
Became King at nearly eight months old, the only English King to be crowned King of France, unconscious for eighteen months.	Henry VI	86%
First Tudor King, had little claim to the throne, last King to win his throne on the Battle Field	Henry VII	86%
Famous for breaking from the Pope and having six wives	Henry VIII	86%
Restored Catholicism with force, killed a lot of protestants	Mary I	86%
First Prince of Wales, rumored to have died by being run up the bum with a red-hot poker	Edward II	84%
One of the Princes in the Tower, said to have been murdered by his Uncle	Edward V	84%
Only son of Henry VIII, assumed the throne at ten and died at fifteen	Edward VI	84%
Last King not born in Britain	George II	84%
Famous for losing the American colonies and going insane	George III	84%
Took back London from the rebellious barons led by King Louis VIII of France, obsessed with Edward the Confessor	Henry III	84%
Last Stuart Monarch, oversaw the Unification of England and Scotland	Anne	82%
Longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom, longest serving Queen Regnant in history, known as the Grandmother of Britain and the foundation that modern Britain was built on	Elizabeth II	82%
Served as regent for his father	George IV	82%
Married to the aforementioned Queen, Prince of Orange	William III	82%
Longest serving Prince of Wales, oldest person to become King	Charles III	81%
First King of England to Claim the French throne, started the 100 Years' War	Edward III	81%
First King of England from the House of York	Edward IV	81%
Changed the name of the Royal Family's House from Saxe-Coburg Gotha to Windsor, was overdosed on morphine by his doctor to preserve his dignity	George V	79%
King during World War II, last Emperor of India, was known for his stutter	George VI	79%
Signed the Magna Carta	John	79%
Spent only six months of his nearly ten year reign in England	Richard I	79%
Expanded the British Empire, adopting the title Empress of India, her descendants sat/sit on most European Thrones earning her the title the Grandmother of Europe	Victoria	79%
His mistress is the Great-Grandmother of the Current consort, Queen Camilla	Edward VII	77%
Invited by Parliament to become Queen of England instead of her father	Mary II	75%
Married a six year old at the age of twenty-nine	Richard II	75%
Only King to willingly abdicate the throne, was King for less than a year	Edward VIII	74%
Last King to die in battle, believed to have killed his nephews	Richard III	74%
Joined the Navy at thirteen, was the oldest person to become King to date	William IV	72%
Usurper whose reign was defined by civil conflict	Stephen	70%
Former Empress of the Holy Roman Emipre	Matilda	56%
Last Anglo-Saxon King	Harold Godwinson	54%
Was Queen for nine days before her execution	Lady Jane Grey	51%
Son of Mary Queen of Scots, first King of Scotland and England	James I & VI	26%
Last Catholic King of England, was exiled from England	James II & VII	25%
Last King of the House of Wessex, super pius, became a Saint	St. Edward the Confessor	23%

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