Elizabeth I Quiz - The Tudor Society

How much do you know about Elizabeth I, Gloriana, the Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz. Good luck!

Q1) Which of these events did NOT happen in the year that Elizabeth I was born?

Anne Boleyn's coronation

Thomas More's execution

Death of Mary Tudor, dowager Queen of France

Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is annulled

Correct! More was executed in 1535, not 1533.

Wrong! The answer is the execution of Thomas More. Elizabeth was born in 1533 and More was executed in 1535.

Q2) Which of these events happened in 1542, when Elizabeth was nine years old?

Henry VIII married Catherine Parr

Annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves

Execution of Elizabeth's stepmother, Catherine Howard

Her half-brother Edward was born

Correct!

Wrong! It's the execution of Catherine Howard.

Q3) On which date was Elizabeth I crowned queen in Westminster Abbey?

15 January 1559

17 November 1558

2 December 1558

1 June 1559

Correct!

Wrong! It was on 15th January 1559.

Q4) True or False: Elizabeth proposed Robert Dudley as a husband for her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong!

Q5) In which year did Elizabeth's former governess, Kat Ashley, die?

1545

1549

1557

1565

Correct!

Wrong! She died in 1565.

Q6) Who was Elizabeth’s first cousin but some believe to have been her half-sister – a product of Henry VIII’s affair with Mary Boleyn?

Lettice Knollys

Catherine Carey

Elizabeth Tailboys

Ethelreda Malte

Correct!

Wrong! It was Catherine Carey.

Q7) What event in 1571 was hatched to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots?

Kett's Rebellion

The Ridolfi Plot

The Babington Plot

None of the above

Correct! The plan was to have the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba invade from the Netherlands with 10,000 men, stir up a rebellion of the northern English nobility, murder Elizabeth, and marry Mary to Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

Wrong! It was the Ridolfi Plot. The plan was to have the Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba invade from the Netherlands with 10,000 men, stir up a rebellion of the northern English nobility, murder Elizabeth, and marry Mary to Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk.

Q8) Which of these dates is Elizabeth I's birthdate?

1st June 1533

15th September 1533

7th September 1533

12th October 1533

Correct!

Wrong! She was born on 7th September 1533.

Q9) How old was Elizabeth I when she died?

Correct! She died on 24th March 1603.

Wrong! She was 69. She died on 24th March 1603.