British Monarchs History Quiz - Do you know British queens and kings?

[@gillesjoly3811]

Thanks for the quiz. Got them all correct.

[@faabul]

Very well done! You obviously know a lot about British history.

[@gillesjoly3811]

@@faabul History major at university certainly helped. Also, being a genealogist, I have found several of these kings and queens to be my ancestors. I am probably the millionth in line to the British throne...

[@faabul]

​@@gillesjoly3811 History major is a huge advantage here. Not even speaking about being in line to the British throne :D

[@richardwilton722]

It helped that you put a picture of the relevant monarch up. I wouldn’t have got the coin question right without it.

[@pjtrant]

showing their portrait next to the question is like cheating

[@faabul]

Fair point-next time, no free hints!

[@pjtrant]

@ great quiz otherwise. thanks for creating it😊

[@faabul]

@@pjtrant Happy that you enjoyed it.

[@johannaclarke7222]

The first queen of England was Matilda, also called Maud.

[@johnconnor7210]

Matilda was William the conquerors queen, not queen off England, as Mary the 1st was in her own right. Monarch means single ruler. Spouses were titled consort. The only exception in English history was mary 2nd and William of orange.

[@johannaclarke7222]

@ This is another Matilda, the daughter of Henry 1. Her reign was disputed but she was named as her father’s heir. If you are familiar with the Cadfael stories, that is the period. Later than William the conquerer

[@johnconnor7210]

@johannaclarke7222 I know who you mean. However, she was never queen of England.

[@johannaclarke7222]

@ I would have to say that is debatable. It depends which history books you read, and which side of the argument their authors were on, but I won’t argue the point. Many things that far back are a bit hazy.

[@johnconnor7210]

@johannaclarke7222 With respect. I am not playing tit for tat, I worked in St George's chapel Windsor castle for twelve years. I have read a dozen books specifically on King's and Queens. In that era, women were not eligible to be the monarch. Matilda accepted Steven as king, providing her son henry 2nd would inherit the throne. Henry, the 8ths daughter mary, was the first queen of England in her own right. I love that you're into history so here's a little snippet for you. Question, what date was charles the first executed.

[@donnalayton6876]

I got all correct. When will you have more?

[@faabul]

That is impressive! A new history quiz will come later this month.

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

Interesting

[@faabul]

Happy that you enjoyed it.

[@arthurwebber-g4l]

What about lady jane gray?

[@panchopuskas1]

Wasn't Matilda the 1st queen of England?

[@arthurwebber-g4l]

Lady Jane Gray was Queen for nine days before Mary..

[@christhody7112]

She was never crowned.

[@Anne-zw6ef]

Queen Victoria was never queen of England, she was queen of the united kingdom

[@Alan-gh8X]

All other countries say they are the king or Queen of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, even in films.

[@paul-we2gf]

Got all but 1

[@faabul]

You are a history pro. Very well done!

[@nicolettegormley2741]

What on earth is the point of asking questions when you put a picture of the relevant monarch beside it?

[@lesleymay8006]

Richard 2 actually signed a document of abdication admittedly under duress, but he was no longer considered monarch when Henry 4 starved him to death

[@faabul]

Interesting! Thanks for adding this information.

[@vivienhodgson3299]

I got most of them, but you didn't give us much time to think! Five seconds to read and consider your answer is not enough...and I'm a very fast reader!

[@faabul]

I agree that it is a bit too fast for this quiz, but we use the same timing for all our quizzes and for others more time would be boring. Still, if you got most of them, you did pretty good job.

[@alastairhopkins245]

Lady Jane Grey was also excecuted.

[@lesleymay8006]

True, but although declared queen illegally by her father and father in law, she wasn't crowned or a monarch in any true sense. The question could have been phrased better to acknowledge Charles was tried and executed for crimes against the crown, ironically the first to be judged by "the common man". Though of course none of them were commoners as such

[@ianherd569]

Charles the first was a British monarch - not just English!

[@faabul]

You are right

[@Alan-gh8X]

It is just charles, know need to put a number after his name, it shows a lack of intelligence and intellect as in the great Queen Elizabeth.

[@aqualungus54]

Why not just say who is in the picture?

[@faabul]

Not really sure what you mean.

[@brianmarshall1637]

I got one wrong.

[@faabul]

That is very good (unless you have a degree in history ;)

[@rosalinddocherty2047]

You are confusing British and English

[@davedoug99]

These questions are rather pointless. They might as well just all read, “Who is the monarch depicted in this picture?”

[@faabul]

We may do such a quiz in the future :-)

[@Dunbardoddy]

Some mistakes with the questions etc - typical of English ignorance etc..