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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Tower of London
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Which famous astronomer used the White Tower as an observatory ?

 

Halley
Galileo
Newton
Huygen

 Work began on the original tower around ?

 

1670
1470
1270
1070
Who was held prisoner in the bloody Tower for 13 years ?

 

Sir Walter Raleigh
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Frances Drake
Thomas Blood

 The world's largest diamond housed at the tower is the ?

 

Millenium Star
Cullinan X
Cullinan I
Kho-I-Noor
Which birds reside around the Tower grounds ?

 

Crows
Eagles
Magpies
Ravens

 The crown jewels are currently housed in ?

 

Martins Tower
The Waterloo Block
The White Tower
Wardrobe Tower
The White Tower was originally known as the ?

 

Square Tower
Kings Tower
Great Tower
Regal Tower

 Which regiment currently guard the Tower ?

 

Royal Artillery
Royal Fusiliers
Royal Engineers
Royal Horseguard
Which 2 wives of Henry VIII were beheaded at the Tower ?

 

Anne of Cleves/Catherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour/Catherine Parr
Catherine Aragon/Catherine Howard
Anne Boleyn/Catherine Howard

 Who was the only person to steal the Crown Jewels in 1671 ?

 

Thomas Crimson
Oliver Cromwell
Sir Walter Raleigh
Thomas Blood


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