History quiz
English and British monarchs: mystery order
Ten of the monarchs since William the Conqueror, dealt one at a time. Slot each one in so the ten finish in order of accession.
- Format
- Put them in order
- Items
- 10 to sort
- Limit
- None
- Level
- Hard
- Checked
- 2026.10.03
- Entries
- 10 of 42, drawn fresh each round
- Sort by
- Came to the throne
- Time limit
- None
- Fair play
- Range shown, one move, no sudden death
- Entries arrive one at a time. Put each into the slot it will hold in the final order, without seeing what is still to come.
- The first and last value of the set are shown from the start. Once per game you may move a placed entry or swap two.
- Nothing ends the game early: it is marked like any order quiz when every slot is full. Keys 1 to 9 and 0 pick a slot.
- Pause whenever you like (Esc). The board hides while the clock is stopped.
About this quiz
A placing game over 42 monarchs, each at their first accession. The first and last of the ten are shown from the start, and one placed monarch may be moved once.
- Two monarchs came to the throne in each of 1483, 1553 and 1936; within a year the order is the order they reigned.
- The first round of each day is the same for everyone.
Sources
- [1]The Royal Household. Kings and Queens from 1066.
Note on the data. Reigns and royal houses are those of Ribbia's quiz on the English and British monarchs, which follows the Royal Household's list of Kings and Queens from 1066 (read on 3 October 2026), with Lancaster and York as branches of the Plantagenets and George V under Windsor. William III and Mary II are one entry; Henry VI and Edward IV are placed at their first reigns.
Last checked October 3, 2026
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