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Katherine Howard Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Our quiz maestro Rebecca Larson is testing your knowledge on Queen Katherine Howard this week. Enjoy and good luck!

Katherine Howard Quiz

Q1) Katherine Howard was the cousin of which other queen consort of Henry VIII?

Katherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Katherine Parr

Correct! Katherine's father, Edmund, was the brother of Anne Boleyn's mother, Elizabeth.
Wrong! It's Anne Boleyn. Katherine's father, Edmund, was the brother of Anne Boleyn's mother, Elizabeth.

Q2) Katherine Howard married Henry VIII in 1540 at which palace?

Hampton Court

Greenwich

Oatlands

St James's

Correct! They married there on 28th July 1540.
Wrong! They married at Oatlands Palace on 28 July 1540.

Q3) This nobleman was uncle to both Katherine Howard and Anne Boleyn.

Duke of Suffolk

Duke of Norfolk

Duke of Buckingham

Earl of Surrey

Correct!
Wrong! It's Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.

Q4) Which of the following people was not executed as a result of Katherine Howard's downfall?

Jane Boleyn

Henry Manox

Francis Dereham

Thomas Culpeper

Correct!
Wrong! It was Henry Manox.

Q5) Where was Katherine imprisoned between leaving Hampton Court Palace in November 1541 and going to the Tower of London in February 1542?

Greenwich Palace

Buckden

Syon Abbey

Wolf Hall

Correct!
Wrong! She was kept at Syon Abbey.

Q6) Before her execution, Katherine was said to have practised this...

Her final speech

Her walk to the scaffold

Her final prayer

Laying her head on the block

Correct!
Wrong! She sent for the block so that she could practise laying her head on it.

Q7) Katherine Howard was Henry VIII's ........... wife.

3rd

4th

5th

6th

Correct!
Wrong! She was his fifth wife.

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