Question 1

In which year did the Great Fire of London occur?

Accepted Answer

1666

Answer

1664

Answer

1665

Answer

1667

Question 2

Which king was beheaded on 30th January 1649?

Accepted Answer

Charles I

Answer

James I

Answer

James II

Answer

Charles II

Question 3

Whose supporters were sentenced at the 'Bloody Assizes' in 1685?

Accepted Answer

Duke of Monmouth

Answer

Earl of Danby

Answer

Titus Oates

Answer

James I

Question 4

Which financial institution was created in 1694?

Accepted Answer

Bank Of England

Answer

Lloyd's Of London

Answer

London Stock Exchange

Answer

Royal Mint

Question 5

How is Charles II's accession to the throne in 1660 commonly known?

Accepted Answer

The Restoration

Answer

The Resumption

Answer

The Reversion

Answer

The Restitution

Question 6

During which Stuart monarch's reign did England capture Gibraltar?

Accepted Answer

Anne

Answer

James II

Answer

Charles II

Answer

William and Mary

Question 7

At the Treaty of Rijswijk in 1697, who recognised William III as the king of England?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV of France

Answer

Leopold I of Belgium

Answer

Catherine II of Russia

Answer

Philip III of Spain

Question 8

Which daughter of James II became the last Stuart monarch in 1702?

Accepted Answer

Anne

Answer

Mary II

Answer

Mary I

Answer

Lady Jane Grey

Question 9

At which battle in 1645 did Cromwell's New Model Army decisively beat the Royalists?

Accepted Answer

Naseby

Answer

Preston

Answer

Edgehill

Answer

Marston Moor

Question 10

What national disaster befell England in the year before the Great Fire of London?

Accepted Answer

Great Plague

Answer

Great Flood

Answer

Great Drought

Answer

Great Storm

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