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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - Nottingham History I
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


In 918 which saxon King of Wessex recaptured Nottingham ?

 

Ethelred
Edward the Elder
Egbert
Alfred the Great

 During the Danelaw, Nottingham was one of how many fortified towns

 

9
2
15
5
During the 19th century Nottingham was famous for which industry ?

 

Jewellry
Worsted
Ceramics
Lace

 During the middle ages the main industry in Nottingham was ?

 

Wool
Ceramics
Timber
Trading
Who is the most famous medieval character associated with the area ?

 

Robin Hood
Dick Whittington
Horatio Nelson
Dick Turpin

 Queen Isabella & Roger Mortimer, residents at Nottingham Castle contrived the murder of ?

 

Henry III
Edward I
Edward II
Henry V
In 1801 the population of Nottingham was ?

 

56 000
2800
112 000
28 000

 The area around Nottingham was largely settled in the 6th Century by

 

Romans
Danes
Scots
Anglo Saxons
In which year did rioters destroy the mansion of the Duke of Newcastle, Nottingham Castle

 

1831
1731
1931
1631

 In AD 868 Nottingham was captured by ?

 

Romans
Danes
Scots
Anglo Saxons


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