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Kings and Queens 118129 is a selection of 10 questions. Kings and Queens 118129 is the filename to differentiate it from other themed quizzes.
1 Who was the father of Queen Elizabeth I?
A Henry VIII, and his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
2 Which two houses fought the Wars of the Roses to control the English throne?
A House of Lancaster and House of York, two rival cadet branches of the royal House of Plantagenet.
3 Which Nobel Prize-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist wrote King George V’s Christmas broadcast in 1932?
A Rudyard Kipling. Following his death in 1936, Westminster Abbey interred his ashes in Poets’ Corner. King George V broadcast live from Sandringham.
4 In which Welsh castle was the future King Henry VII born?
A Pembroke. He was born on January 28, 1457. His parents were Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, and Lady Margaret Beaufort.
5 Reigning from 1399 to 1413, who was the first of the Lancastrian Kings?
A Henry IV. He ascended the throne after deposing his cousin, Richard II. He then imprisoned Richard in Pontefract Castle, where the former king later died.
6 Which queen was the last of the Stuart monarchs?
A Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714. She was the second daughter of James II and became queen after the deaths of her sister, Mary, and her husband, William.
7 How old was King Richard III when he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
A 32. There is no skeletal evidence for a limp or withered arm favoured by authors such as Sir Thomas More or William Shakespeare.
8 What weapon caused the death of Richard I, aka Richard the Lionheart?
A Crossbow – fired by Pierre Basile. The wound, initially thought minor, became infected with gangrene, ultimately leading to his death.
9 The majority of English Monarchs since the Norman Conquest were interred in either Westminster or Windsor, but in what cathedral was King John buried when he died in 1216?
A Worcester Cathedral, likely due to the political climate and the ongoing Barons’ War at the time of his death.
10 Who was the only British monarch to be crowned on the field of battle?
A Henry Tudor. Henry VII claimed the crown after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. This victory ended the Wars of the Roses and launched the Tudor dynasty.