Name a king who ruled in England before 1066
Our answer book holds 46 answers to “Name a king who ruled in England before 1066”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. Most people go straight for Alfred the Great, Harold Godwinson or Edward the Confessor, so those barely lift the rocket. It is a fairly short list: only 12 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Everybody knows the biggest names. Think of the minor figure, the old favourite or the one most people have forgotten. You will find it in stage 38, “Before the Normans”, of the History mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Alfred the Great
- Harold Godwinson
- Edward the Confessor
- Æthelred the Unready
- Athelstan
- Offa
- Cnut
- Edmund Ironside
- Edgar
- Egbert
- Edward the Elder
- Æthelbert
- Sweyn Forkbeard
- Edward the Martyr
These are the 14 answers we rate as most common, out of the 46 we know. They score the least. The other 32, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 46 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 8 |
| SOME | 10 |
| A FEW | 10 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 10 |
| ONLY YOU | 2 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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