Castles Quiz - The Tudor Society

How much do you know about the castles used by the Tudors? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz.

Q1) In which Welsh castle was Henry VII born in 1457?

Cardiff

Pembroke

Denbigh

Powis

Correct!

Wrong! It was Pembroke Castle.

Q2) To which castle did Robert Dudley add a gatehouse, state apartments and pleasure grounds to in order to impress Elizabeth I on her visit there in 1575?

Dudley Castle

Warwick Castle

Sudeley Castle

Kenilworth Castle

Correct!

Wrong! It was Kenilworth Castle.

Q3) What are "device forts"?

Artillery fortifications built to defend the south coast from invasion

Castles displaying Henry VIII's device

Manor houses with licences to crenellate

Castles with rectangular keeps

Correct! Henry VIII built a series of device forts from 1539 onwards to protect the south coast from invasion

Wrong! They were artillery fortifications built to defend the south coast from invasion.

Q4) From which castle did Mary, Queen of Scots escape in 1568?

Carlisle

Fotheringhay

Bolton

Loch Leven

Correct!

Wrong! It was Loch Leven.

Q5) In which castle built by Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, did Henry VIII stay with Anne Boleyn in 1535?

Leeds Castle

Thornbury Castle

Hever Castle

Deal Castle

Correct!

Wrong! It was Thornbury Castle.

Q6) In which castle did Catherine Parr die in 1548?

Berkeley Castle

Windsor Castle

Herstmonceux Castle

Sudeley Castle

Correct!

Wrong! It was Sudeley Castle.

Q7) In which English county is Windsor Castle?

Surrey

Berkshire

Sussex

Hampshire

Correct!

Wrong! It's in Berkshire.

Q8) Who built the White Tower of the Tower of London?

Richard the Lionheart

King John

William the Conqueror

Henry II

Correct!

Wrong! It was William the Conqueror who built it in the 11th century.

Q9) In which castle did Arthur, Prince of Wales, die in 1502?

Ludlow Castle

Pembroke Castle

Chepstow Castle

Monmouth Castle

Correct!

Wrong! It was Ludlow Castle.

Q10) Which castle was besieged during the Pilgrimage of Grace and was also the setting of alleged secret meetings between Catherine Howard and Thomas Culpeper in 1541?

Lincoln Castle

York Castle

Skipton Castle

Pontefract Castle

Correct!

Wrong! It was Pontefract Castle.

Q11) Which castle was besieged by Thomas Wyatt the Younger and his rebels during Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554?

Maidstone Castle

Cooling Castle

Allington Castle

Leeds Castle

Correct! It belonged to George Brooke, Baron Cobham, who claimed that he had fought valiantly against the rebels for seven hours before surrendering to them but C S Knighton (his biographer) points out that his resistance was actually a “pretence” and he joined the rebels.

Wrong! It was Cooling Castle. It belonged to George Brooke, Baron Cobham, who claimed that he had fought valiantly against the rebels for seven hours before surrendering to them but C S Knighton (his biographer) points out that his resistance was actually a “pretence” and he joined the rebels.