I was a ‘Great’ King of Wessex, who stopped invading Vikings. I may have burnt some cakes along the way!
Correct! Wrong!
I was crowned King of England on Christmas Day, 1066 at Westminster Abbey, having won the Battle of Hastings
Correct! Wrong!
I was the last Norman King of England. I am also the only King of England and the Union with my name…so far!
Correct! Wrong!
I claimed my rebellious barons forced me to sign the Magna Carta, which took away any English monarch’s right to Absolute Power – drat!
Correct! Wrong!
I was seen as a weak king but my reign lasted 56 years. I kept an elephant at the Tower of London and a polar bear, who fished in the Thames – so I had my cool side!
Correct! Wrong!
I defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt. I lost 400 of my 6,000 men. The French lost 5,000 of their 30,000 men
Correct! Wrong!
I broke with Rome and made myself head of the Church of England. I spent heavily on wars and built up the English navy…and I wasn’t necessarily the greatest husband to have
Correct! Wrong!
I became Queen of England in 1558 when I was 25 years old. I never married. I said my country was my priority
Sir Walter Raleigh named Virginia in North America after me, ‘the Virgin Queen’
I was the first Stuart King of England. Guy Fawkes tried to blow me up in the Houses of Parliament in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Correct! Wrong!
My rule of England, Scotland and Ireland was called the Interregnum – ‘between reigns’ – I was called Lord Protector: kind of a king and yet soooo not a king
Correct! Wrong!
The first Hanoverian King to be born in England, I became the first King of the United Kingdom…but lost our American colonies in the American War of Independence
Correct! Wrong!
I was the first reigning monarch to travel by train
I married my first cousin, Albert, in 1840. As Head of State I had to propose to him.
Guess the King or Queen from British history to win the card! A fantastic quiz card game to educate and entertain all ages.
40 key British Kings & Queens on their own, beautifully illustrated cards
Win the cards by guessing the characters from the facts on the cards
Different levels of play – green to red: easiest to hard
A fun quiz card game for all ages and stages to play together
For 2-4 Players – Ages 8+
BONUS:
Our KINGS & QUEENS game also contains a bonus card with the famous rhyme to help you remember the order of all the kings and queens from 1066 to the present day!
History Heroes: KINGS & QUEENS quiz card game contains individual, beautifully illustrated cards of forty key British kings and queens from Alfred the Great to our present day queen, Elizabeth II
Each card is illustrated to represent the individual monarch in history and shows their dates, her ‘house’ and seven gripping facts about them, including a joker fact about each character to surprise and/or entertain. Discover which monarch’s huge stomach exploded during his (oops, a bit of a clue there!) funeral, creating a terrible stench and who was described by one Victorian historian as ‘the most perfect character in history’.
BONUS!
Our KINGS & QUEENS game also contains a card with the famous rhyme to help all players remember the order of all the kings and queens from 1066 to the present day.
I was a ‘Great’ King of Wessex, who stopped invading Vikings. I may have burnt some cakes along the way!
Correct! Wrong!
I was crowned King of England on Christmas Day, 1066 at Westminster Abbey, having won the Battle of Hastings
Correct! Wrong!
I was the last Norman King of England. I am also the only King of England and the Union with my name…so far!
Correct! Wrong!
I claimed my rebellious barons forced me to sign the Magna Carta, which took away any English monarch’s right to Absolute Power – drat!
Correct! Wrong!
I was seen as a weak king but my reign lasted 56 years. I kept an elephant at the Tower of London and a polar bear, who fished in the Thames – so I had my cool side!
Correct! Wrong!
I defeated the French at the Battle of Agincourt. I lost 400 of my 6,000 men. The French lost 5,000 of their 30,000 men
Correct! Wrong!
I broke with Rome and made myself head of the Church of England. I spent heavily on wars and built up the English navy…and I wasn’t necessarily the greatest husband to have
Correct! Wrong!
I became Queen of England in 1558 when I was 25 years old. I never married. I said my country was my priority
Sir Walter Raleigh named Virginia in North America after me, ‘the Virgin Queen’
I was the first Stuart King of England. Guy Fawkes tried to blow me up in the Houses of Parliament in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Correct! Wrong!
My rule of England, Scotland and Ireland was called the Interregnum – ‘between reigns’ – I was called Lord Protector: kind of a king and yet soooo not a king
Correct! Wrong!
The first Hanoverian King to be born in England, I became the first King of the United Kingdom…but lost our American colonies in the American War of Independence
Correct! Wrong!
I was the first reigning monarch to travel by train
I married my first cousin, Albert, in 1840. As Head of State I had to propose to him.
How to Play There are many ways of playing History Heroes quiz card games. Each pack gives suggestions on how to play, or you can make up your own rules if everyone playing agrees to them!
Win the game by winning the character cards, and you win the cards by guessing/knowing the facts ab out each History Hero. You can use the images as clues and you can use the different levels of facts to make it as easy or as hard as you want to play the game.
Fun Way to Learn History Heroes quiz card games are a really fun way to learn about history and make ideal home education activities and home learning games.
Additional information
Weight
0.145 kg
Dimensions
11.8 × 7 × 1.8 cm
Reviews
Allen Tsui –
We bought this as an eighth birthday present for our daughter and absolutely love playing with this set of fantastic, fact packed cards. With so many alternative ways of using the cards to play different games – such as charades, “guess who” and even a family quiz night in the style of a famous TV quiz show. We’re going to try the hot air balloon debate idea although this is likely to be a play format that older players will enjoy. I’ve also devised a bingo game format, as well as a game called “Your Majesty” where players score 6 points for the cryptic clues and 1 point for the easy clues. So much learning and fun packed into a little cardboard box. These game cards are just brilliant.
Allen Tsui –
We bought this as an eighth birthday present for our daughter and absolutely love playing with this set of fantastic, fact packed cards. With so many alternative ways of using the cards to play different games – such as charades, “guess who” and even a family quiz night in the style of a famous TV quiz show. We’re going to try the hot air balloon debate idea although this is likely to be a play format that older players will enjoy. I’ve also devised a bingo game format, as well as a game called “Your Majesty” where players score 6 points for the cryptic clues and 1 point for the easy clues. So much learning and fun packed into a little cardboard box. These game cards are just brilliant.