Q 01/05

On which date was the Battle of Agincourt fought?

A) 19 September 1356

B) 17 October 1415

C) 25 October 1346

D) 25 October 1415

Answer · why

D) 25 October 1415

It was Saint Crispin's Day, which gave Shakespeare his speech.

Q 02/05

The battle fell on the feast day of which saint?

A) George

B) Crispin

C) Denis

D) Michael

Answer · why

B) Crispin

Shakespeare's Henry promises his men will be remembered on it every year.

Q 03/05

Agincourt was a battle of which long conflict?

A) The War of the Spanish Succession

B) The Thirty Years' War

C) The Wars of the Roses

D) The Hundred Years' War

Answer · why

D) The Hundred Years' War

The war ran from 1337 to 1453.

Q 04/05

Which English king led his army in person at Agincourt?

A) Richard II

B) Henry V

C) Henry IV

D) Edward III

Answer · why

B) Henry V

He fought hand-to-hand and took an axe blow to the helmet.

Q 05/05

Why did the French king not command his army at Agincourt?

A) He was still a young child

B) He suffered from psychotic illness

C) He was a prisoner in England

D) He was away on crusade

Answer · why

B) He suffered from psychotic illness

Charles VI's bouts of madness left the Armagnac nobles in charge.