Q.1
Which king died after eating ‘a surfeit of lampreys’?
George II
Henry I
Edward VI
John
Alfred the Great
Ethelred the Unready
Q.2
Which English king was killed accidentally by an arrow through the heart during a hunting trip?
Stephen
William I 'the Conqueror'
Edgar the Atheling
Edward the Confessor
William II 'Rufus'
Ethelred the Unready
Q.3
Which English king was supposedly murdered by his stepmother, Aelfthryth, in 1001?
Edward the Martyr
Harold the Henpecked
Donald the Downtrodden
Patrick the Put-upon
Henry the Highly Unfortunate
Francis the Far Too Trusting
Q.4
Which Scottish king was killed when a giant cannon known as a bombard exploded during the Wars of Independence?
Alexander III
John Balliol
James II
David II
James I
Duncan II
Q.5
Richard III of England is famous - or infamous - for his alleged involvement with the disappearance of the ‘Princes in the Tower’. These two young boys stood in the way of Richard’s path to the throne. What title did the elder boy hold?
Richard II
Henry VI
James I
Edward III
Edward VI
Edward V
Q.6
Which English king suffered from gout, obesity and a leg wound which refused to heal after a jousting accident?
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward II
Henry IV
Richard III
Richard II
Q.7
Of the two English kings who died in battle on English soil, Harold II is the better known (Battle of Hastings, 1066). Which is the other?
Henry II
Henry IV
Richard I
Edward II
Richard III
Stephen
Q.8
Which Scottish king fell at the battle of Flodden Field?
James IV
James III
James II
Robert I, 'the Bruce'
Robert III
James V
Q.9
Which king was beheaded on the orders of commissioners during the English Civil War?
William III (of Orange)
Charles II
Charles I
James I
James II
Ethelred the Unready
Q.10
Who claimed that he would: “Fear not, till Birnam wood / Do come to Dunsinane...”
Alexander I
Duncan I
Malcolm III
Donald III
Duncan II
Macbeth