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General Tudor History Quiz

Grab a coffee and tease those brain cells of yours with this fun general Tudor history quiz from Rebecca Larson. Can you get 100%?

General Tudor Quiz

Q1) To which of her ladies-in-waiting did Elizabeth I refer as 'that She-Wolf'?

Lettice Knollys

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Bess of Hardwick

Catherine Carey

Q2) Queen Elizabeth contracted smallpox in 1562, at which location?

Hatfield House

Greenwich Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Richmond Palace

Q3) Wyatt's Rebellion led to the execution of Lady Jane Grey, who was the monarch at the time?

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Q4) These lyrics in "Sing a Song of Sixpence" are said to refer to which royal couple? 'The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey.'

Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

Richard III and Anne Neville

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

Q5) What was the name of Katherine Parr's favourite pet?

Purkoy

Rig

Gardiner

Urian

Q6) Anne of Cleves received which of these estates as part of her divorce settlement from Henry VIII?

Richmond Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Eltham Palace

Sudeley Castle

Q7) What was Jane Seymour's original family emblem?

Pomegranate

Phoenix

Peacock

Pear

There are 6 comments Go To Comment

  1. L

    Apologies if this has already been explained but…
    We will never achieve 10/10 in the quizzes as they are now only 7/7. Why is that? I can’t help but feel a little short changed.

    1. C - Post Author

      Hi Laura,
      I don’t understand. I’m looking at the scores now and they all say out of 7 (/7) for this one and the quiz software does not have a maximum or minimum for the number of questions, so it should have given you a score out of 7. Is it because I wrote “Can you get 10/10?”? I didn’t mean that literally, I meant 100%! Sorry, I’ll edit that now if that helps, but I need to know what you mean? I’m going through the quiz software and can’t find anything wrong with the settings, I’m stumped!
      Thanks,
      Claire

  2. L

    Sorry Claire, I was referring to the “Can you get 10/10?”? part.
    I meant why the quiz was now only 7 questions and not the 10 it used to be?

    1. C - Post Author

      Hi Laura,
      Ah, ok. There’s never been a set number of questions, they’ve ranged from anything from 7-13 in the past. They’re just meant to be a few minutes of fun.
      I hope you enjoy doing them.
      Best Wishes,
      Claire

  3. L

    Hi Claire,
    Thanks for that. Love the quizzes, look forward to next week’s.
    Best Wishes
    Laura

    1. C - Post Author

      That’s ok, me too!

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General Tudor History Quiz