General Tudor History Quiz

Happy Sunday! Here at the Tudor Society, we celebrate the day of rest by exercising only the little grey cells. Grab your favourite beverage and something yummy, make yourself comfortable, and let's get started. Good luck!

Q1) Which of the following events did NOT happen at Hampton Court Palace?

The marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine Parr

The death of Jane Seymour

Henry VIII's discovery of Catherine Howard's colourful past

The arrest of Anne Boleyn

Correct! Anne was arrested at Greenwich Palace.

Wrong! The correct answer is the arrest of Anne Boleyn. Anne was arrested at Greenwich Palace.

Q2) Which of the following Tudor women was NOT placed in the Tower because of her love for a man?

Margaret Douglas

Lettice Knollys

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Catherine Grey

Correct! Margaret Douglas, Elizabeth Throckmorton and Catherine Grey were all sent to the Tower (and later released) for either marrying without permission or becoming betrothed without the monarch's permission.

Wrong! It's Lettice Knollys. Margaret Douglas, Elizabeth Throckmorton and Catherine Grey were all sent to the Tower (and later released) for either marrying without permission or becoming betrothed without the monarch's permission.

Q3) Henry VIII's "Great House of Easement" at Hampton Court Palace was so large that it could seat how many people at one time?

Correct! He built it for the lower ranks of courtiers and it was situated by the river, to the right of the Main Gatehouse.

Wrong! The answer is 14. He built it for the lower ranks of courtiers and it was situated by the river, to the right of the Main Gatehouse.

Q4) True or false: The rooms where Anne Boleyn was held prior to her execution were located in the White Tower at the Tower of London?

True

False

Correct! They were in the royal palace complex which no longer stands.

Wrong! They were in the royal palace complex which no longer stands.

Q5) Which of the following is considered a martyr for the Catholic Church? (Tick all that apply)

Margaret Pole

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

John Fisher

Robert Aske

Correct!

Wrong! It's Margaret Pole and John Fisher

Q6) Which of the following people DID NOT die in the year 1536?

Anne Boleyn

Thomas More

Henry Fitzroy

Catherine of Aragon

Correct! More was executed in 1535.

Wrong! It's Thomas More. He was executed in 1535.

Q7) What was the punishment for a person found guilty of poisoning after the 1531 "Acte for Poysoning"?

Beheading

Being hanged, drawn and quartered

Being pressed with a weight

Being boiled alive

Correct! Richard Roose was boiled alived in 1531 for allegedly poisoning the household of Bishop Fisher, and Margaret Davies was boiled to death in 1542 for poisoning “3 households that she dwelled in”.

Wrong! It was being boiled alive. Richard Roose was boiled alived in 1531 for allegedly poisoning the household of Bishop Fisher, and Margaret Davies was boiled to death in 1542 for poisoning “3 households that she dwelled in”.

Q8) Which of the following people was not born at Greenwich?

Henry VIII

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Edward VI

Correct! Edward VI was born at Hampton Court Palace.

Wrong! Edward VI was born at Hampton Court Palace.

Q9) Which of the following things did Lettice Knollys and Elizabeth I not have in common?

Their love for Robert Dudley

Their love of cooking

Their family links with the Boleyns

Their hair colour

Correct! Lettice was recorded as enjoying cooking.

Wrong! Lettice was recorded as enjoying cooking, but it was not something that the queen did.

Q10) Jane Seymour was the third wife of Henry VIII. The last name Seymour derived from this surname of a man who came to England with William the Conqueror.

Seemur

Semel

St Maur

Ceymore

Correct!

Wrong! It's St Maur.