This week's quiz is all about Tudor spies, plots, conspiracies and assassinations.
Plots, conspiracies, spies and assassinations
Correct! He was also Elizabeth's Secretary of State.
Wrong! It was Francis Walsingham, who also acted as her Secretary of State.
Correct! John Dee was an astrologer, mathematician, alchemist, antiquarian, spy, philosopher, geographer and adviser to virtually every prominent statesman, explorer and scientist of his day.
Wrong! It was Dr John Dee. He was an astrologer, mathematician, alchemist, antiquarian, spy, philosopher, geographer and adviser to virtually every prominent statesman, explorer and scientist of his day.
Correct! There is no record in the primary sources of one of Elizabeth's maids being poisoned while trying on one of the Queen's dresses, but Elizabeth was shot at while travelling in the royal barge, but the shot came from a gun not a crossbow. One of the Queen’s bargemen collapsed from a bullet wound which was clearly intended for the Queen. As Elizabeth passed him her handkerchief to put on his wound, She said “Be of good cheer, for you will never want. For the bullet was meant for me.”
Wrong! There is no record in the primary sources of one of Elizabeth's maids being poisoned while trying on one of the Queen's dresses, but Elizabeth was shot at while travelling in the royal barge, but the shot came from a gun not a crossbow.
Correct! He was given a job as a spit-turner in the royal kitchens and later became a falconer.
Wrong! Simnel was given a job as a spit-turner in the royal kitchens and later became a falconer.
Correct! Stafford was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville, and he had Plantagenet blood.
Wrong! It was Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville.
Correct! Suffolk was the father of Lady Jane Grey who was imprisoned in the Tower of London at this point.
Wrong! It was Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, whose daughter Lady Jane Grey was imprisoned in the Tower of London at this point.
Correct! Elizabeth was kept there until 19th May 1554 when she was released into house arrest.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth I. She was kept there until 19th May 1554 when she was released into house arrest.
Correct! Ballard was a Jesuit priest who approached Babington with his idea.
Wrong! It is thought to have been cooked up by Jesuit priest John Ballard.
Correct! Some believe that it was down to his undercover work, some believe it to have been down to his religious views .
Wrong! It was poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe.
Correct! In 1583 Francis Throgmorton had been acting as a go-between for Mary, Queen of Scots, her agent Thomas Morgan and Mendoza. The plot aimed to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
Wrong! The plot was the 1583 Throgmorton Plot. Francis Throgmorton had been acting as a go-between for Mary, Queen of Scots, her agent Thomas Morgan and Mendoza. The plot aimed to assassinate Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots.
Correct! Martyrologist John Foxe believed that Pakington, who was a reformer, had been assassinated by the Catholic Church. He first blamed John Stokesley, Bishop of London, and later wrote that John Incent, Dean of St Paul's, had confessed to the murder on his death bed.
Wrong! He was killed in November 1536. Martyrologist John Foxe believed that Pakington, who was a reformer, had been assassinated by the Catholic Church. He first blamed John Stokesley, Bishop of London, and later wrote that John Incent, Dean of St Paul's, had confessed to the murder on his death bed.
Correct! It was Baron de Châteauneuf.
Wrong! It was Baron de Châteauneuf the French ambassador.
Wow! I thought I knew more! 8/12 says I need more revision!
Once again , I hang my head in shame
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