- 1. Which monarch was the first in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Queen Victoria
B) Henry VIII
C) George I
D) Edward III
- 2. Which royal house did the British Hannoverian line replace?
A) York
B) Plantagenet
C) Stuart
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) Italian
C) Latin
D) French
- 4. Which parliamentary act ensured that the monarch must be a Protestant?
A) Boston Tea Party Act
B) Act of Settlement 1701
C) Navigation Acts
D) Stamp Act 1765
- 5. Who was the son of George I and the future George II?
A) Prince Frederick
B) Prince Edward
C) Prince Albert
D) Prince William
- 6. Who was the Prime Minister during the early part of George I's reign?
A) Robert Walpole
B) William Pitt the Younger
C) Winston Churchill
D) Margaret Thatcher
- 7. What was the name of George I's wife?
A) Catherine of Braganza
B) Caroline of Ansbach
C) Sophia Dorothea of Celle
D) Anne of Denmark
- 8. George I was the Elector of which region before becoming King of Great Britain?
A) Mecklenburg
B) Saxony
C) Bavaria
D) Hanover
- 9. What title did George I hold before ascending to the British throne?
A) Duke of York
B) Prince Regent
C) Baron of Windsor
D) Elector of Hanover
- 10. Which famous architect worked on the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral during George I's reign?
A) Inigo Jones
B) Robert Adam
C) John Nash
D) Sir Christopher Wren
- 11. In what year did George I ascend to the British throne?
A) 1848
B) 1714
C) 1666
D) 1776
- 12. What was the name of the rebellion that occurred during George I's reign in 1715?
A) English Civil War
B) Peasants' Revolt
C) Jacobite Rising
D) Glorious Revolution
- 13. Which political term refers to the supporters of the Stuart monarchy during George I's reign?
A) Cavaliers
B) Roundheads
C) Jacobites
D) Whigs
- 14. Who succeeded George I as the British monarch?
A) William IV
B) George IV
C) George II
D) George III
- 15. Which famous political author criticized George I's rule in his works?
A) Daniel Defoe
B) Alexander Pope
C) John Locke
D) Jonathan Swift
- 16. Which country is the House of Hannover originally from?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) Spain
- 17. How many Georges ruled in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
- 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) Drowning
C) Stroke
D) Fell from a horse
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