- 1. Which monarch was the first in the British Hannoverian line?
A) George I
B) Henry VIII
C) Queen Victoria
D) Edward III
- 2. Which royal house did the British Hannoverian line replace?
A) Stuart
B) York
C) Plantagenet
D) Tudor
- 3. George I became king of England even though his English was not fluent. Which language did he primarily speak?
A) German
B) Latin
C) Italian
D) French
- 4. Which parliamentary act ensured that the monarch must be a Protestant?
A) Stamp Act 1765
B) Navigation Acts
C) Act of Settlement 1701
D) Boston Tea Party Act
- 5. Who was the son of George I and the future George II?
A) Prince William
B) Prince Edward
C) Prince Albert
D) Prince Frederick
- 6. Who was the Prime Minister during the early part of George I's reign?
A) Robert Walpole
B) Winston Churchill
C) William Pitt the Younger
D) Margaret Thatcher
- 7. What was the name of George I's wife?
A) Sophia Dorothea of Celle
B) Catherine of Braganza
C) Anne of Denmark
D) Caroline of Ansbach
- 8. George I was the Elector of which region before becoming King of Great Britain?
A) Hanover
B) Bavaria
C) Saxony
D) Mecklenburg
- 9. What title did George I hold before ascending to the British throne?
A) Prince Regent
B) Duke of York
C) Elector of Hanover
D) Baron of Windsor
- 10. Which famous architect worked on the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral during George I's reign?
A) Robert Adam
B) John Nash
C) Inigo Jones
D) Sir Christopher Wren
- 11. In what year did George I ascend to the British throne?
A) 1666
B) 1714
C) 1776
D) 1848
- 12. What was the name of the rebellion that occurred during George I's reign in 1715?
A) Peasants' Revolt
B) Glorious Revolution
C) Jacobite Rising
D) English Civil War
- 13. Which political term refers to the supporters of the Stuart monarchy during George I's reign?
A) Jacobites
B) Roundheads
C) Cavaliers
D) Whigs
- 14. Who succeeded George I as the British monarch?
A) George II
B) William IV
C) George III
D) George IV
- 15. Which famous political author criticized George I's rule in his works?
A) Daniel Defoe
B) Alexander Pope
C) Jonathan Swift
D) John Locke
- 16. Which country is the House of Hannover originally from?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Spain
D) Germany
- 17. How many Georges ruled in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Five
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
- 18. In which palace was George I proclaimed King of Great Britain?
A) Windsor Castle
B) Kensington Palace
C) Buckingham Palace
D) Hampton Court Palace
- 19. What year was the Act of Union passed to unite England and Scotland under a single Parliament?
A) 1907
B) 1707
C) 1807
D) 1607
- 20. How did George I die?
A) Drowning
B) Fell from a horse
C) Stroke
D) Assassination
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