October 2026 edition

British Castles quiz

Q14 / 50Easy15.0s
Which king began the stone castle at Caernarfon in 1283?
AHenry VIII
BEdward I
CWilliam the Conqueror
DRichard III
104 pts+10

How well do you really know British castles? Put it to the test with Zip Blitz, the quick-fire trivia game - fifty free questions, covering everything from keeps and drawbridges to Cromwell's cannon and Civil War sieges.

British Castles · October 2026 edition

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Q3 / 50Opener
What is a ditch dug around a castle called?
ABailey
BKeep
CMoat
DRampart

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Five rounds, climbing10 questions each
1OpenerKnights, keeps and famous royal castles
2EasyNorman invaders and castle-building kings
3TrickySieges, Scottish strongholds and Irish fortresses
4HardGunpowder, Cromwell and the Civil War
5BrutalTower houses, slighting and wartime garrisons
British Castles titlesout of 500
King of the castle50 / 50
Earl350+
Baron275+
Knight200+
Squire100+
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Drawbridge up0

44 of 50 right · six short of King of the castle

You vs Katie BBritish Castles · Easy
412 pts
78%
You
389 pts
72%
Katie
Which castle does Guinness call the largest inhabited one?
Balmoral
Windsor✓GBKB
Warwick
Edinburgh

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Faster than a cannonball.

Twenty seconds a question, and the faster you answer, the more you score. What's a ditch dug around a castle called?

The ramp

Gatehouse first, then the keep.

Five rounds of ten. The sieges get tougher.

Titles

Fit for a king.

When you finish, your score earns a title: Drawbridge up if you score nothing, King of the castle if you get every question right.

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See who knew their castles.

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