- 1. Which monarch was the first in the British Hannoverian line?
A) George I
B) Queen Victoria
C) Henry VIII
D) Edward III
- 2. Which royal house did the British Hannoverian line replace?
A) York
B) Tudor
C) Plantagenet
D) Stuart
- 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 Frederick
C) Prince Edward
D) Prince Albert
- 6. Who was the Prime Minister during the early part of George I's reign?
A) William Pitt the Younger
B) Winston Churchill
C) Robert Walpole
D) Margaret Thatcher
- 7. What was the name of George I's wife?
A) Anne of Denmark
B) Sophia Dorothea of Celle
C) Caroline of Ansbach
D) Catherine of Braganza
- 8. George I was the Elector of which region before becoming King of Great Britain?
A) Mecklenburg
B) Saxony
C) Hanover
D) Bavaria
- 9. What title did George I hold before ascending to the British throne?
A) Duke of York
B) Elector of Hanover
C) Baron of Windsor
D) Prince Regent
- 10. Which famous architect worked on the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral during George I's reign?
A) Robert Adam
B) Inigo Jones
C) Sir Christopher Wren
D) John Nash
- 11. In what year did George I ascend to the British throne?
A) 1848
B) 1776
C) 1714
D) 1666
- 12. What was the name of the rebellion that occurred during George I's reign in 1715?
A) English Civil War
B) Peasants' Revolt
C) Jacobite Rising
D) Glorious Revolution
- 13. Which political term refers to the supporters of the Stuart monarchy during George I's reign?
A) Whigs
B) Jacobites
C) Cavaliers
D) Roundheads
- 14. Who succeeded George I as the British monarch?
A) George IV
B) George II
C) George III
D) William IV
- 15. Which famous political author criticized George I's rule in his works?
A) Alexander Pope
B) John Locke
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Jonathan Swift
- 16. Which country is the House of Hannover originally from?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Germany
D) Spain
- 17. How many Georges ruled in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
- 18. In which palace was George I proclaimed King of Great Britain?
A) Kensington Palace
B) Buckingham Palace
C) Windsor Castle
D) Hampton Court Palace
- 19. What year was the Act of Union passed to unite England and Scotland under a single Parliament?
A) 1607
B) 1707
C) 1907
D) 1807
- 20. How did George I die?
A) Fell from a horse
B) Assassination
C) Drowning
D) Stroke
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