Mottoes Quiz - The Tudor Society

How much do you know about the mottoes of monarchs and their consorts? Test yourself with this fun quiz.

Q1) Which queen consort's motto was, "To Be Useful in All I Do"?

Katherine of Aragon

Elizabeth of York

Anne of Cleves

Katherine Parr

Correct! Katherine Parr was Henry VIII's sixth and final wife.

Wrong! It was Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and final wife.

Q2) Which of these was Katherine of Aragon's motto?

Bound to obey and serve

Humble and loyal

Always the same

No other will than his

Correct!

Wrong! It's "Humble and loyal".

Q3) Before Elizabeth of York married Henry VII her motto was "Without Changing" (sans removyr) but once married she changed it to this.......

God send me well to keep

Truth, the daughter of Time

The most happy

Humble and reverent

Correct!

Wrong! It's "humble and reverent".

Q4) This queen consort's motto was "No Other Will Than His"...

Elizabeth Woodville

Anne Boleyn

Katherine Howard

Anne of Cleves

Correct!

Wrong! It was Katherine Howard's.

Q5) Which king's motto was "Loyaulte me lie", or Loyalty binds me?

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Edward VI

Richard III

Correct!

Wrong! It was Richard III's.

Q6) Anne Boleyn had two mottos, one was "The Most Happy", what was the other?

Queen of Queens

Grumble All You Like, This is How it's Going to Be

Mother to All

Spes mea in Deo est

Correct!

Wrong! It was "Ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne", or Grumble All You Like, This is How it's Going to Be .

Q7) Which monarch's motto was "Always the Same"?

Elizabeth I

Mary I

Edward VI

Lady Jane Grey

Correct! It was semper eadem, always the same.

Wrong! It belonged to Elizabeth I. In Latin , it was semper eadem.

Q8) The motto "In the end is my beginning" is linked to which queen?

Mary I

Elizabeth I

Claude of France

Mary, Queen of Scots

Correct! She embroidered the motto while she was a prisoner in Elizabeth I's reign.

Wrong! Mary, Queen of Scots, embroidered the motto while she was a prisoner in Elizabeth I's reign.

Q9) Who made use of the motto "Veritas filia temporis", or Truth, the Daughter of Time?

Henry VII

Lady Jane Grey

Mary I

Marie de Guise

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is Mary I.

Q10) Two of these mottoes were used by Edward IV - which ones?

Modus et ordo (method and order)

Nulle la vault (nothing is worth it)

Une sanz pluis (one and no more)

Comfort et liesse (comfort and joy)

Correct! They mean "comfort and joy" and "method and order"

Wrong! It's Comfort et liesse, comfort and joy, and modus et ordo, method and order.