Mary I Quiz - The Tudor Society

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Mary I

Q1) Why has Mary I gone down in history as "Bloody Mary"?

Because of the burnings of Protestants during her reign

Because she executed Lady Jane Grey

Because she liked wearing red

Because she drank blood

Correct! It is said that Mary executed 284 people in her five year reign.

Wrong! It's due to her persecution of Protestant, who she saw as heretics, during her reign.

Q2) Who was Mary I's mother?

Jane Seymour

Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth of York

Catherine of Aragon

Correct!

Wrong! Her mother was Catherine of Aragon.

Q3) Who were Mary I's maternal grandparents?

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile

Juana la Loca (Joanna of Castile) and Philip the Handsome

Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville

Correct!

Wrong! Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.

Q4) In what year did Mary I come to the throne?

1555

1558

1554

1553

Correct! After she had removed Lady Jane Grey from the throne.

Wrong! It was in July 1553 following the death of Edward VI and her removal of Lady Jane Grey from the throne.

Q5) Who did Mary I marry in July 1554?

Charles V

The Dauphin of France

Philip II of Spain

Edward Courtenay

Correct!

Wrong! It was Philip II of Spain.

Q6) What was Mary I's motto?

Truth, the daughter of time (Veritas temporis filia)

Semper eadem (always the same)

The Most Happy

Plus ultra (further beyond)

Correct!

Wrong! It was Truth, the daughter of time (Veritas temporis filia).

Q7) Mary I's achievements include...

Being England's first queen regnant

Overhauling the tax system

Maintaining the navy and reforming the militia

Strengthening the position of Parliament by using it for her religious settlement

All of the above

Correct!

Wrong, it was actually all of those things.

Q8) Which former archbishop was burned at the stake during Mary I's reign?

William Warham

Thomas Cranmer

Thomas Wolsey

Edward Lee

Correct! He was burned in Oxford on 21 March 1556 for heresy.

Wrong! It was Archbishop Thomas Cranmer who Mary held responsible for the annulment of her parents' marriage and her illegitimacy, as well as the reformation in England.

Q9) Who was Mary I said to be named after?

The Virgin Mary

Maria de Salinas

Mary Magdalen

Mary Tudor, Queen of France

Correct! Mary Tudor was Mary I's aunt.

Wrong! It was Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Henry VIII's favourite sister.

Q10) How old was Mary I when she died?

Correct! She died on 17 November 1558.

Wrong! She was 42.

Q11) Where is Mary I buried?

St George's Chapel, Windsor

Peterborough Cathedral

St Michael's, Framlingham

Westminster Abbey

Correct! She shares a vault with her half-sister Elizabeth I.

Wrong! She shares a vault in Westminster Abbey with Elizabeth I.

Q12) What is Mary I said to have claimed would be written on her heart when it was removed after her death?

Philip

God

Mother

Calais

Correct! The last English stronghold of Calais was lost in January 1558.

Wrong! She said "Calais" would be written on her heart due to it being lost to France in 1558.

Q13) In which palace died Mary die in November 1558?

Greenwich Palace

Richmond

Whitehall

St James's

Correct!

Wrong! It was St James's Palace.