Mary Queen of Scots True or False Quiz

As Friday was the anniversary of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 8th February 1587, I thought I would test your knowledge on the Scottish queen who was the nemesis of Queen Elizabeth I. Good luck!

Q1) True or false: Mary became Queen of Scotland where she was just six months old?

True

False

Correct! She was actually six days old when she became queen on 14th December 1542.

Wrong! She was actually six days old when she became queen on 14th December 1542.

Q2) True or false: Mary was the daughter of James V of Scotland and Marie de Guise?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong! It's true!

Q3) True or false: Mary was married three times?

True

False

Correct! Her husbands were Francis II of France; Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

Wrong! It's true. Her husbands were Francis II of France; Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

Q4) True or false: Mary's first husband, Francis, died from smallpox?

True

False

Correct! He died from complications from an ear infection.

Wrong! He died from complications from an ear infection.

Q5) True or false: Mary and her second husband, Lord Darnley, were both grandchildren of Margaret Tudor and so cousins?

True

False

Correct! Darnley was Margaret Douglas's son and Mary was James V's daughter.

Wrong! It's true. Darnley was Margaret Douglas's son and Mary was James V's daughter.

Q6) True or false: Lord Darnley was murdered in 1567?

True

False

Correct! His smothered or strangled body was found in a neighbouring garden after an explosion at his property.

Wrong! It's true. His smothered or strangled body was found in a neighbouring garden after an explosion at his property.

Q7) True or false: The Ridolfi Plot led to Mary being tried for treason and found guilty in 1586?

True

False

Correct! It was actually the Babington Plot.

Wrong! It was actually the Babington Plot.

Q8) True or false: The motto En ma fin est mon commencement, or in my end is my beginning, that Mary embroidered onto her cloth of estate while imprisoned had previously been used by her mother?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong! It's true.

Q9) In July 1567, Mary miscarried twins while she was imprisoned at Loch Leven?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong! It's true.

Q10) True or false: Mary was laid to rest at Peterborough following her execution in 1587?

True

False

Correct! She was exhumed and moved to Westminster Abbey in 1612 on the orders of her son, King James I.

Wrong! It's true. She was exhumed and moved to Westminster Abbey in 1612 on the orders of her son, King James I.