The Tudor Society

Mary I or Elizabeth I Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I were half-sisters, sharing a father: King Henry VIII, but how much do you know about these Tudor queens regnant?

Test yourself with this week's fun quiz. Good luck!

Mary I or Elizabeth I

Q1) Born at Greenwich Palace or the Palace of Placentia.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct!
Wrong! Mary and Elizabeth were born there.

Q2) The result of her mother's first pregnancy.

Elizabeth

Mary

Neither

Both

Correct! Elizabeth was, but Mary was the result of Catherine of Aragon's fifth pregnancy.
Wrong! Elizabeth was, but Mary was the result of Catherine of Aragon's fifth pregnancy.

Q3) Agnes Howard, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk stood as godmother to ....

Elizabeth

Mary

Both

Neither

Correct!
Wrong! She was godmother to both.

Q4) Given her own court at Ludlow Castle in the Marches.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct!
Wrong! It was just Mary.

Q5) Became queen at the age of 25.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct! Mary was 37 when she came to the throne.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth. Mary was 37 when she came to the throne.

Q6) Declared illegitimate by Act of Parliament.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct!
Wrong! Both of Henry VIII's daughters were made illegitimate by Acts of Succession.

Q7) Was declared legitimate and added back into the line of succession by the terms of Henry VIII's will.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct! Both were put back into the line of succession, but Henry never overturned their illegitimacy.
Wrong! Both were put back into the line of succession, but Henry never overturned their illegitimacy.

Q8) Crowned and anointed by Owen Oglethorpe, the Catholic Bishop of Carlisle, at Westminster Abbey.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct! Mary was crowned by Bishop Stephen Gardiner.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth. Mary was crowned by Bishop Stephen Gardiner.

Q9) England lost Calais, England's sole remaining territory on mainland Europe, during her reign.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct!
Wrong! It was during Mary's reign.

Q10) Died at St James's Palace.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct! Elizabeth died at Richmond.
Wrong! It was Mary. Elizabeth died at Richmond.

Q11) William Shakespeare was born during her reign.

Mary

Elizabeth

Both

Neither

Correct! He was born in April 1564.
Wrong! He was born in 1564, so Elizabeth's reign.

Q12) Made a speech which included the following words: "And I say to you, on the word of a Prince, I cannot tell how naturally the mother loveth the child, for I was never the mother of any; but certainly, if a Prince and Governor may as naturally and earnestly love her subjects as the mother doth love the child, then assure yourselves that I, being your lady and mistress, do as earnestly and tenderly love and favour you. And I, thus loving you, cannot but think that ye as heartily and faithfully love me."

Mary

Elizabeth

Neither

Both

Correct! Mary made it at Guildhall to rouse London against the rebels of Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554.
Wrong! Mary made it at Guildhall to rouse London against the rebels of Wyatt's Rebellion in 1554.

Q13) Shares a tomb with Mary, Queen of Scots, at Westminster Abbey.

Mary

Elizabeth

Neither

Both

Correct! Elizabeth I and Mary I actually share a tomb.
Wrong! Elizabeth I and Mary I actually share a tomb.

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