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War of the Roses

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  • Question of

    Henry VI’s attempts to reconcile his wife, Marageret of Anjou, with her bitter enemy, the Duke of York, by ordering them to head a parade hand-in-hand, is known by what name?

    • Peaceday
    • Holyday
    • Loveday
  • Question of

    How was Margaret known to her Yorkists detractors?

    • Iron Maiden
    • She-Wolf of France
    • Frocked King
  • Question of

    And who was nicknamed The Kingmaker?

    • Earl of Lancaster
    • Earl of Cornwall
    • Earl of Warwick
  • Question of

    After which of these Lancastarian defeats was Henry VI NOT captured?

    • Barnet
    • Northampton
    • Towton
  • Question of

    According to legend, how was the Duke of Clarence murdered?

    • Molten lead poured down his throat.
    • Drowned in a vat of wine.
    • Eaten alive by pigs.
  • Question of

    Under what weather conditions was the battle of Towton contested?

    • Torrential Rain.
    • Heavy Snow.
    • A heat wave that set the field on fire.
  • Question of

    Where was the future Henry VII exiled for fourteen years?

    • Brittany
    • Holy Roman Empire
    • Scotland
  • Question of

    At which town was the site of TWO battles of the War of the Roses?

    • St. Albans
    • Wakefield
    • Worksop
  • Question of

    Henry VII married which Yorkist, thus uniting the two dynastic branches of the Plantagenet family?

    • Anne of York
    • Catherine of York
    • Mary of York
  • Question of

    Which one-sided encounter is considered the last battle of the war (1487)?

    • Blore Heath
    • Hexham
    • Stoke Field

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