Q.1
Richard of York's army attacked that of Henry VI in the first battle of the war. At which Hertfordshire town did the battle take place?
  • Watford
  • Hitchin
  • St. Albans
  • Stevenage
Q.2
Four years of uneasy peace followed before supporters of Henry VI attacked the Yorkist army at Blore Heath. What ruse did the Yorkist commander, Lord Salisbury, use to bring about victory?
  • He pretended to retreat
  • He hid his army in woodland
  • He led the enemy army into a bog
  • He had the enemy leader assassinated
Q.3
Just a few weeks after Blore Heath, the Lancastrians won their first victory in the battle of Ludford Bridge. Which commander led their army into battle?
  • Henry VI
  • The Earl of Northumberland
  • Sir Stanley
  • Henry VII
Q.4
One of the Yorkist commanders, the Earl of Warwick, had fled to Calais after Ludford Bridge. Hoping to catch him, the Lancastrians began to build ships at Sandwich in Kent, for an intended invasion of Calais. This invasion never happened. Why was this?
  • The ships were badly built and did not float
  • The ships were destroyed by an accidental fire
  • The weather prevented the ships from sailing
  • The Earl of Warwick stole the ships
Q.5
After the capture of Sandwich, the Earl of Warwick did invade. He marched against the King’s army in Northampton, accompanied by 10,000 men. The King had his army set up defensive fortifications around what?
  • A castle
  • An abbey
  • An Island
  • A hill
Q.6
The war finally turned in favour of the Lancastrians after the Battle of Wakefield when the Yorkist leader, Richard, and his son Edmund, were both killed. It is from this battle that the mnemonic ‘Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain’ comes. What does this help us to remember?
  • The seven wonders of the world
  • The seven days of the week
  • The seven colours of the rainbow
  • The seven oceans of the world
Q.7
Richard’s eldest surviving son, Edward, took command of the Yorkist army after the death of his father. Before the battle of Mortimer’s Cross he saw a ‘parhelion’ in the sky and took it as a good omen. What is a parhelion?
  • A bright comet
  • An eclipse of the sun
  • An eclipse of the moon
  • A halo around the sun
Q.8
St Albans saw a second battle in 1461 when Lancastrian forces attacked the Earl of Warwick’s army in the town. The King, Henry VI, was being held hostage by Warwick's men. What is he said to have been doing during the battle?
  • Sleeping
  • Singing and laughing
  • Getting drunk
  • Eating a banquet
Q.9
On March 29th 1461 King Henry VI was defeated at the battle of Towton and the Yorkist leader was declared King Edward IV. It was probably the largest battle ever fought on English soil. How many people were involved?
  • 35,000 men
  • 40,000 men
  • 45,000 men
  • 50,000 men
Q.10
After the battle of Towton. Henry VI lived as an exile. In which country?
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • France
  • Spain
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