Q 01/05

Under what name did the Romans found the settlement that became London?

A) Camulodunum

B) Verulamium

C) Londinium

D) Eboracum

Answer · why

C) Londinium

It superseded Colchester as the principal city of Roman Britannia around the year 100.

Q 02/05

Which queen led the Iceni to burn the first Roman settlement around AD 61?

A) Boudica

B) Cartimandua

C) Eleanor

D) Matilda

Answer · why

A) Boudica

The Romans had founded the town only about 14 years earlier, just after their invasion of AD 43.

Q 03/05

What was the Anglo-Saxon settlement that grew up just west of the old Roman walls?

A) Lundenburh

B) Westmynster

C) Ealdwic

D) Lundenwic

Answer · why

D) Lundenwic

It was abandoned when life and trade moved back inside the Roman walls in the 880s.

Q 04/05

Which king 'refounded' London in 886, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

A) Æthelstan

B) Alfred

C) Cnut

D) Edward the Confessor

Answer · why

B) Alfred

The revival involved moving back inside the old Roman walls after decades of Viking raids.

Q 05/05

William the Conqueror was crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day of which year?

A) 1067

B) 1066

C) 1070

D) 1087

Answer · why

B) 1066

He then built the Tower of London to intimidate the city's inhabitants.