British History General Knowledge Question with Answers

British History General Knowledge Quiz Question with Answers

Question: Who was the first monarch of the House of Tudor?

Answer: Henry VII

Question: Which King was on the throne during the War of the Roses?

Answer: Henry VI

Question: Who was the first female ruler of England?

Answer: Queen Matilda

Question: Who was the King of England during the Battle of Hastings?

Answer: Harold Godwinson

Question: Which King is known as the "Lionheart"?

Answer: Richard I

Question: Who was the wife of King Henry VIII?

Answer: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr

Question: Which King was executed during the English Civil War?

Answer: Charles I

Question: Who was the first British Prime Minister?

Answer: Sir Robert Walpole

Question: Which King was known as "The Mad"?

Answer: George III

Question: Who was the wife of King Edward VIII?

Answer: Wallis Simpson

Question: Who was the leader of the Roundheads during the English Civil War?

Answer: Oliver Cromwell

Question: Who was the leader of the Jacobites during the Jacobite Rising of 1745?

Answer: Charles Edward Stuart

Which King was the last of the Plantagenet dynasty?

Answer: Richard III

Who was the wife of King George V?

Answer: Mary of Teck

Who was the leader of the suffragette movement?

Answer: Emmeline Pankhurst

Who was the leader of the British forces during World War II?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Who was the leader of the Labour Party during World War II?

Answer: Clement Attlee

Who was the leader of the Conservative Party during World War II?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Who was the leader of the Liberal Party during World War II?

Answer: Sir Archibald Sinclair

Who was the Prime Minister during the Falklands War?

Answer: Margaret Thatcher