- 1. Which monarch was the first in the British Hannoverian line?
A) George I
B) Edward III
C) Henry VIII
D) Queen Victoria
- 2. Which royal house did the British Hannoverian line replace?
A) Stuart
B) Plantagenet
C) York
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) French
C) Italian
D) Latin
- 4. Which parliamentary act ensured that the monarch must be a Protestant?
A) Stamp Act 1765
B) Navigation Acts
C) Boston Tea Party Act
D) Act of Settlement 1701
- 5. Who was the son of George I and the future George II?
A) Prince Edward
B) Prince Albert
C) Prince William
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) Caroline of Ansbach
D) Anne of Denmark
- 8. George I was the Elector of which region before becoming King of Great Britain?
A) Bavaria
B) Hanover
C) Saxony
D) Mecklenburg
- 9. What title did George I hold before ascending to the British throne?
A) Baron of Windsor
B) Elector of Hanover
C) Prince Regent
D) Duke of York
- 10. Which famous architect worked on the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral during George I's reign?
A) John Nash
B) Robert Adam
C) Sir Christopher Wren
D) Inigo Jones
- 11. In what year did George I ascend to the British throne?
A) 1776
B) 1714
C) 1666
D) 1848
- 12. What was the name of the rebellion that occurred during George I's reign in 1715?
A) Glorious Revolution
B) Peasants' Revolt
C) English Civil War
D) Jacobite Rising
- 13. Which political term refers to the supporters of the Stuart monarchy during George I's reign?
A) Cavaliers
B) Whigs
C) Jacobites
D) Roundheads
- 14. Who succeeded George I as the British monarch?
A) George IV
B) George II
C) William IV
D) George III
- 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) Spain
B) Italy
C) France
D) Germany
- 17. How many Georges ruled in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) Five
- 18. In which palace was George I proclaimed King of Great Britain?
A) Buckingham Palace
B) Hampton Court Palace
C) Windsor Castle
D) Kensington Palace
- 19. What year was the Act of Union passed to unite England and Scotland under a single Parliament?
A) 1907
B) 1807
C) 1707
D) 1607
- 20. How did George I die?
A) Assassination
B) Fell from a horse
C) Drowning
D) Stroke
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