Monarchs of the United Kingdom: Multiple Choice

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01Known as the 'Sailor King', which monarch's reign saw the passage of the significant Reform Act of 1832?
02Whose reign of over 63 years, the second-longest in British history, is known as the Victorian era?
03Who ascended to the throne in 2022, becoming the oldest person to do so in British history?
04The son of Queen Victoria, this monarch's relatively short reign at the start of the 20th century is known as the Edwardian era.
05Who was the last British monarch to personally lead troops into battle, which he did at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743?
06Which German royal house succeeded the House of Stuart upon the death of Queen Anne, with George I as its first British monarch?
07During the long reign of which monarch did Great Britain lose its American colonies and engage in the Napoleonic Wars?
08Who is the longest-reigning monarch in British history, serving for over 70 years until her death in 2022?
09Which monarch served as Prince Regent for nearly a decade before ascending the throne, lending his name to the 'Regency era'?
10Who was the first monarch to reign over the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Acts of Union in 1707?
11Which monarch changed the name of the British royal house from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor in 1917 due to anti-German sentiment?
12The father of Queen Elizabeth II, which monarch led the United Kingdom through the entirety of World War II?
13Who famously abdicated the throne in 1936 in order to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson?