Quiz - Anne Boleyn's Fall - The Tudor Society

This week for our 144th quiz we're commemorating the anniversary of Queen Anne Boleyn's execution on this day in 1536 with questions about her fall.

Grab a coffee and a snack, get comfortable and test yourself on the events of April and May 1536. Good luck!

Anne Boleyn's fall 1536

Q1) Who was Lord Chancellor at Anne Boleyn's fall in spring 1536?

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Audley

William Fitzwilliam

Correct! He served in that office from 1533 to 1544.

Wrong! It was Thomas Audley. He served in that office from 1533 to 1544.

Q2) Where was court musician Mark Smeaton taken to be interrogated on 30th April 1536?

Thomas Cromwell's house

Tower of London

Whitehall

Thomas Audley's house

Correct!

Wrong! He was taken to Cromwell's house at Stepney.

Q3) With whom was Anne Boleyn conversing when she said "You look for dead men’s shoes, for if aught came to the King but good, you would look to have me"?

Mark Smeaton

Sir Francis Weston

William Brereton

Sir Henry Norris

Correct!

Wrong! She was talking to Sir Henry Norris.

Q4) What was Anne Boleyn said to be doing when she was arrested on 2nd May 1536?

Watching a game of real tennis

Watching a joust

Talking to her brother

Reading the Bible

Correct!

Wrong! She was said to have been watching a game of real tennis.

Q5) How many men were arrested in April and May 1536 as part of the fall of Anne Boleyn?

Correct! They were George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton, Thomas Wyatt and Richard Page.

Wrong! The answer is seven. They were George Boleyn, Sir Henry Norris, Sir Francis Weston, William Brereton, Mark Smeaton, Thomas Wyatt and Richard Page.

Q6) The grand juries of which two English counties drew up the indictments against the queen and the men?

Surrey

Essex

Middlesex

Kent

Correct! They met on 10th and 11th May and agreed that there was enough evidence to send them to trial.

Wrong! The answer is Middlesex and Kent. They met on 10th and 11th May and agreed that there was enough evidence to send them to trial.

Q7) On which date in 1536 were Queen Anne Boleyn and her brother, George Boleyn, Lord Rochford, tried before a jury of their peers?

12 May

13 May

15 May

17 May

Correct! The trial took place in the King's Hall at the Tower of London.

Wrong! It was on 15th May 1536. The trial took place in the King's Hall at the Tower of London.

Q8) On 16th May 1536, Anne Boleyn spoke of being "in hope of life" and being sent to ....

Exile in France

A nunnery

Exile in the Low Countries

House arrest at Hever

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is a nunnery.

Q9) Which of the men was executed first on Tower Hill on 17th May 1536?

Mark Smeaton

Henry Norris

Francis Weston

George Boleyn

Correct! They were executed in order of rank.

Wrong! It was George Boleyn. They were executed in order of rank.

Q10) Who said "She who has been the Queen of England upon earth will to-day become a Queen in heaven" on 19th May 1536?

Thomas Cranmer

Alexander Alesius

Thomas Wyatt

Thomas Boleyn

Correct! He said it to his friend Alexander Alesius, the Scottish theologian.

Wrong! It was Archbishop Thomas Cranmer. He said it to his friend Alexander Alesius, the Scottish theologian.

Q11) At her execution, Queen Anne Boleyn was reported as saying "And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to ......."

Proclaim my innocence

Pray for me daily

Judge the best

Remember me

Correct!

Wrong! It's "judge the best".

Q12) Where were Anne Boleyn's remains laid to rest on 19th May 1536?

Chapel of St John the Evangelist at the Tower of London

The churchyard of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London

The chancel of the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of London

All Hallows by the Tower

Correct!

Wrong! Anne was laid to rest at the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula.