Royalty

Name the famous monarch from history
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This Russian monarch was rumored to have been very, very friendly with a horse, which historians know not to be true.
  • Catherine the Great
  • Elizabeth Petrovna
  • Anna Karenina
  • 2
    She was the infamous Queen of Scots who was put to death by her cousin for making a claim on the English throne.
  • Elizabeth I
  • Mary I
  • Princess Anne
  • 3
    He ruled Prussia for 46 years and is considered by many historians to be one of the greatest monarchs ever
  • Charles the Bald
  • John XXXIII
  • Frederick the Great
  • 4
    During his 72-year rule in France, the military and fine arts flourished. He believed strongly in the divine right of kings, saying that he was the sun and that his courtiers and France should revolve around him like planets.
  • Napoleon
  • Louis XIV
  • Francis I
  • 5
    The film "The King and I" is based in part on this monarch's trials bringing western science and technology to his country
  • Mindon, King of Burma
  • Rama IV, King of Siam
  • Pu Yi, Emperor of China
  • 6
    It was this pair of monarchs from Spain who gave the Italian Cristoforo Colombo the money for a voyage across the sea
  • Frederick and Eleanor
  • Francis and Anna
  • Ferdinand and Isabella
  • 7
    In the year 800 AD, he became the first Holy Roman Emperor. He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands.
  • Alfred the Great
  • William of Orange
  • Charlemagne
  • 8
    This future king rose to power after defeating Goliath with a rock and a sling
  • David
  • Saul
  • Solomon
  • 9
    Among his many accomplishments was the creation of the first English language bible
  • George III
  • James I
  • Richard III
  • 10
    Considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history.
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • King Arthur
  • King Richard III
  • 11
    The descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
  • Alexander the Great
  • Napoleon
  • William the Conqueror
  • 12
    Only served as Rome’s emperor for four years, but in that short span he managed to establish himself as one of the cruelest and weirdest rulers in history.
  • Caligula
  • Nero
  • Claudius
  • 13
    He was overthrown by the French people along with his infamous Queen, Marie Antoinette
  • Napoleon III
  • Louis XVI
  • Phillip I
  • 14
    He was the founder and Emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
  • Attila the Hun
  • Alexander the Great
  • Ghengis Khan
  • 15
    One of the greatest emperors to rule Rome
  • Augustus
  • Tiberius
  • Constantine
  • 16
    This British tyrant killed his nephew to keep control of the throne, lost Normandy to France and was forced to sign the Madna Carta. He was so bad a ruler that he became the only English monarch to have his name
  • King Arthur
  • King Charles
  • King John
  • 17
    Succeeded his father to the throne at the age of twenty and spent most of his ruling years on an unprecedented military campaign. By the age of thirty he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world.
  • Xerxes
  • Alexander the Great
  • Julius Caesar
  • 18
    Prior to the reign of Elizabeth II, this monarch had the longest reign in British history
  • King George III
  • Prince Edward VI
  • Queen Victoria
  • 19
    Which of these monarchs is fictional
  • Charles the Mad
  • Charles the Plump
  • Charles the Bald
  • 20
    One of the most violent rulers in Russian history, this Czar crushed many nobles, stealing their lands to give to his own followers. He also condemned millions of Russians to a permanent state of serfdom.
  • Ivan the Terrible
  • Peter the Great
  • Alexander I
  • 21
    Due to his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, Richard I of England was known as Richard the
  • Lionheart
  • Brave
  • Conqueror
  • 22
    Perhaps the most famous of the Egyptian pharoahs
  • Amenhotep
  • Ramesses
  • Tutankhamun
  • 23
    Considered one of the most influential monarchs of Africa's Zulu Kingdom.
  • Dingane
  • Shaka
  • Cetshwayo
  • 24
    Billions of people throughout history have believed him to be the King of Kings
  • Jesus of Nazareth
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Muhammad
  • 25
    Put these Queens in the order in which they were married to Henry VIII
    • Catherine of Aragon
    • Anne of Cleves
    • Catherine Parr
    • Jane Seymour
    • Anne Boleyn
    • Catherine Howard

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