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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Norman 1066 Conquest I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


In 1065 Morcar Leofric replaced unpopular brother of Harold, Tostig Godwin as Earl of

 

East Anglia
Kent
Wessex
Northumbria

 Which 75 year spectacle witnessed in April 1066 was a portent for the invasion ?

 

Solar Eclipse
Halley's Comet
Transit of Venus
Lunar Eclipse
The Normans were Vikings who settled in France in the 10th Century under which leader ?

 

Olaf Haraldson
Rollo
Robert The Devil
Valhalla

 In 1065 England was ruled by which two Earldoms ?

 

Godwin / Leofric
Leofric / Cavendish
Godwin / Spencer
Godwin / Clare
Who was immediately crowned King after the death of King Edward the Confessor ?

 

Harold Godwin
Harald Hadrada
Duke William
Morcar Leofric

 Sons of King Ethelred II, Edward & Alfred were sent into exile in

 

France
Aragon
Normandy
Flanders
King Edward the Confessor died in January of

 

1060
1070
1066
1055

 In 1065 who is chronicled in the Bayeux Tapestry confirming Williams offer to the throne ?

 

Morcar Leofric
Harald Hadrada
The Pope
Harold Godwin
On the death of Harthacnut in 1042 who became King of England ?

 

Edward
Harold II
Canute
Harold

 In 1051 King Edward offered his crown on his death to

 

Morcar Leofric
Duke William
Harald Hadrada
Harold Godwin


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