- 1. Which monarch was the first in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Henry VIII
B) George I
C) Edward III
D) Queen Victoria
- 2. Which royal house did the British Hannoverian line replace?
A) Stuart
B) Plantagenet
C) York
D) Tudor
- 3. George I became king of England even though his English was not fluent. Which language did he primarily speak?
A) Latin
B) Italian
C) French
D) German
- 4. Which parliamentary act ensured that the monarch must be a Protestant?
A) Boston Tea Party Act
B) Stamp Act 1765
C) Act of Settlement 1701
D) Navigation Acts
- 5. Who was the son of George I and the future George II?
A) Prince Edward
B) Prince Frederick
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) Sophia Dorothea of Celle
B) Catherine of Braganza
C) Anne of Denmark
D) Caroline of Ansbach
- 8. George I was the Elector of which region before becoming King of Great Britain?
A) Bavaria
B) Saxony
C) Hanover
D) Mecklenburg
- 9. What title did George I hold before ascending to the British throne?
A) Elector of Hanover
B) Prince Regent
C) Duke of York
D) Baron of Windsor
- 10. Which famous architect worked on the construction of St. Paul's Cathedral during George I's reign?
A) Robert Adam
B) Sir Christopher Wren
C) John Nash
D) Inigo Jones
- 11. In what year did George I ascend to the British throne?
A) 1714
B) 1776
C) 1848
D) 1666
- 12. What was the name of the rebellion that occurred during George I's reign in 1715?
A) English Civil War
B) Glorious Revolution
C) Peasants' Revolt
D) Jacobite Rising
- 13. Which political term refers to the supporters of the Stuart monarchy during George I's reign?
A) Whigs
B) Cavaliers
C) Jacobites
D) Roundheads
- 14. Who succeeded George I as the British monarch?
A) George IV
B) George III
C) William IV
D) George II
- 15. Which famous political author criticized George I's rule in his works?
A) Jonathan Swift
B) Alexander Pope
C) Daniel Defoe
D) John Locke
- 16. Which country is the House of Hannover originally from?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) Spain
- 17. How many Georges ruled in the British Hannoverian line?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three
- 18. In which palace was George I proclaimed King of Great Britain?
A) Kensington Palace
B) Hampton Court Palace
C) Buckingham Palace
D) Windsor Castle
- 19. What year was the Act of Union passed to unite England and Scotland under a single Parliament?
A) 1807
B) 1707
C) 1607
D) 1907
- 20. How did George I die?
A) Assassination
B) Fell from a horse
C) Stroke
D) Drowning
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