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1 Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603)?
A Anne Boleyn
2 Who was the first British monarch to visit America?
A King George VI – Franklin Roosevelt invited him in 1939
3 Which English king, according to legend, is famous for burning some cakes?
A King Alfred (The first written account of the legend appears a century after Alfred’s death, though may have earlier origins in folklore)
4 Which king was the target of the Gunpowder plot of 1605?
A James I (by a group of English Catholics)
5 Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message?
A King George V (in 1932)
6 Three Kings of England have died from arrow wounds, Richard I, Harold II are two name the third.
A William II (William Rufus) – While hunting on 2nd August 1100 in the New Forest, he was killed by an arrow through the lung, although the circumstances remain unclear
7 Which King of England, Scotland, and Ireland lost his life after his horse tripped on a molehill throwing him to the ground?
A William III (William of Orange, he was the only member of the Dutch House of Orange to reign over England) – he died of pneumonia, a complication from a broken collarbone following a fall from his horse
8 Who was chief minister to Henry VIII beheaded at Tower Hill on 28th July, 1540 for treason and heresy?
A Thomas Cromwell – probably masterminded not by Henry, but by Cromwell’s arch rivals, the Duke of Norfolk and Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester, who had long sought his destruction.
9 Who was the last English King to die in battle?
A Richard III (in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field)
10 Which English king won the battle of Agincourt?
A Henry V (It took place on 25 October 1415, part of the Hundred Years’ War against France)