William the Conqueror - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
French region he was born and became Duke in 1035	Normandy	99%
He won this battle to secure his claim to the English throne	Battle of Hastings	97%
... in this year	1066	95%
... in which he defeated this Anglo-Saxon ruler	Harold Godwinson	85%
... who may have died by an arrow hitting this bodypart	Eye	78%
His third son and eventual heir to the English throne	William Rufus	78%
Ordered the creation of this survey listing all land-holdings in England	Domesday Book	73%
... including 'The White Tower', the central keep of this London attraction	Tower of London	71%
... which is represented in this embroidery	Bayeux Tapestry	70%
Built hundreds of these defensive structures, the first in England	Castles	69%
Nickname acquired due to his parentage	William the Bastard	63%
Promised the English throne by this king	Edward the Confessor	60%
French king that invaded Normandy several times from 1052	Henry I	50%
Two of William's children died in hunting 'accidents' in this woodland	New Forest	33%
His eldest son and heir to the Duchy of Normandy	Robert Curthose	33%
His wife	Matilda of Flanders	31%
Scorched-earth campaign by William in northern England that led to widespread famine	Harrying of the North	30%
Mishap that occurred to William's body during his funeral	It burst	28%
The last Wessex claimant to the throne who encouraged several uprisings	Edgar Ætheling	17%
Died here in 1087 after injuring himself on the pommel of his saddle	Rouen	14%

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