Middle school · British history
This quiz helps revise “1066 and the Normans” in British history for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: The Claimants, Battles of 1066, Castles and Control, The Feudal Order, Culture and Legacy. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which English king died in January 1066 without leaving an heir, triggering a crisis over the crown?
Which Viking king of Norway invaded northern England in September 1066 to claim the English crown?
Which council of Anglo-Saxon…
In the gameAccording to Norman chroniclers…
In the gameWhich teenage Saxon prince…
In the gameWhich decisive clash took place on 14 October 1066, ending in the defeat of Anglo-Saxon England?
Which defensive formation saw English soldiers lock their painted timber defences tightly together atop Senlac Hill?
At which Yorkshire river…
In the gameWhich deceptive tactic did…
In the gameOn 20 September 1066…
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The Normans built hundreds of timber forts on earth mounds, like the one shown here. What type of castle is this?
Which stone fortress beside the River Thames, its great keep shown here, did William begin building to watch over London?
In the winter of…
In the gameWhich Anglo-Saxon nobleman led…
In the gameUnder Norman law, which…
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In 1086, King William ordered a comprehensive survey of English land and property known by what biblical name?
In the feudal hierarchy, which mounted warriors held manors from barons in exchange for forty days of military duty?
Which formal ceremony of…
In the gameKing William cleared settlements…
In the gameWhich legal dispute method…
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Which 70-metre embroidered cloth, shown here depicting cavalry, tells the story of the Norman Conquest?
Which celestial visitor, shown here in the 1066 embroidery, was seen as an omen of doom for King Harold?
Which language of the…
In the gameWhile Anglo-Saxon peasants tended…
In the gameWhich warrior bishop and…
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