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Anne Boleyn

Q1) Hever Castle was Anne Boleyn's childhood home but in which English county is it located?

Norfolk

Suffolk

Surrey

Kent

Correct!
Wrong! It's Kent.

Q2) Anne Boleyn's motto was "The Most Happy" but which motto had she used previously, albeit just for a few weeks?

No Other Will than His

Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne

Semper Eadem

God Send Me Well to Keep

Correct! Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne loosely translates to "grumble all you like, that's how it's going to be".
Wrong! She used Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne, which loosely translates to "grumble all you like, that's how it's going to be".

Q3) Anne Boleyn chose a white falcon for her badge but what creature was used in her father's Boleyn arms?

A bull

A phoenix

A lion

An eagle

Correct! The Boleyn arms were "Argent, a chevron gules between three bulls’ heads couped sable".
Wrong! It was a bull. The Boleyn arms were "Argent, a chevron gules between three bulls’ heads couped sable".

Q4) On 1 September 1532, Anne Boleyn was made Marquis of Pembroke. Where did the ceremony take place?

Hampton Court Palace

York Place

Windsor Castle

Richmond Palace

Correct!
Wrong! It took place at Windsor Castle.

Q5) Anne Boleyn played the part of Perseverance in the 1522 Chateau Vert pageant but which part did her sister Mary play?

Beauty

Kindness

Constancy

Mercy

Correct!
Wrong! She played Kindness.

Q6) Which French queen consort did Anne Boleyn serve between 1515 and 1521?

Eleanor (of Austria)

Anne (of Brittany)

Joan (Duchess of Berry)

Claude (of Brittany)

Correct! Queen Claude was the first wife of King Francis I.
Wrong! She served Queen Claude, first wife of Francis I.

Q7) Anne Boleyn married Henry VIII on 25th January 1533. Who performed the ceremony?

Thomas Cranmer

Rowland Lee

Stephen Gardiner

Thomas Wolsey

Correct! Lee was one of the King's chaplains and later became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
Wrong! It was Rowland Lee, the King's chaplain who later became Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.

Q8) What disease was Anne Boleyn struck down with in June 1528?

Plague

Influenza

Malaria

Sweating sickness

Correct! Anne, her father and brother were all struck down with the disease but survived it.
Wrong! It was sweating sickness. Anne, her father and brother were all struck down with the disease but survived it.

Q9) Anne's brother George presented her with two illuminated manuscripts. One was a collection of readings and sermons for each Sunday of the year and the other was a French translation of which book of the Bible?

Acts

Ecclesiastes

Psalms

Lamentations

Correct! L'Ecclesiaste consisted of the book of Ecclesiastes translated into French by Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples, with an English translation of German theologian and Reformer Johannes Brenz’s commentary.
Wrong! It was Ecclesiastes. L'Ecclesiaste consisted of the book of Ecclesiastes translated into French by Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples, with an English translation of German theologian and Reformer Johannes Brenz’s commentary.

Q10) How many men ended up in prison in May 1536 when Anne Boleyn fell from power?

5

4

6

7

Correct! George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton, Richard Page and Thomas Wyatt were all imprisoned. George, Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton were tried, found guilty of treason and executed, but Page and Wyatt were released in June 1536. Sir Francis Bryan was called to London for questioning, but never imprisoned.
Wrong! It was seven. George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton, Richard Page and Thomas Wyatt were all imprisoned. George, Norris, Weston, Brereton and Smeaton were tried, found guilty of treason and executed, but Page and Wyatt were released in June 1536. Sir Francis Bryan was called to London for questioning, but never imprisoned

Q11) Where was Anne Boleyn imprisoned in May 1536?

The royal palace of the Tower of London

Bell Tower

Beauchamp Tower

Bloody Tower

Correct!
Wrong! She was imprisoned in the the Queen’s apartments in the Tower’s royal palace.

Q12) Anne Boleyn was executed by a swordsman - where was he said to have come from?

Boulogne

Calais

Paris

Bordeaux

Correct!
Wrong! He was known as "the Sword of Calais" or "the Hangman of Calais".

Q13) In which year did Anne Boleyn's daughter Elizabeth become queen?

1553

1554

1557

1558

Correct!
Wrong! She became queen in November 1558.

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