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
Correct! He served in that office from 1533 to 1544.
Wrong! It was Thomas Audley. He served in that office from 1533 to 1544.
Correct!
Wrong! He was taken to Cromwell's house at Stepney.
Correct!
Wrong! She was talking to Sir Henry Norris.
Correct!
Wrong! She was said to have been watching a game of real tennis.
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.
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.
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.
Correct!
Wrong! The answer is a nunnery.
Correct! They were executed in order of rank.
Wrong! It was George Boleyn. They were executed in order of rank.
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.
Correct!
Wrong! It's "judge the best".
Correct!
Wrong! Anne was laid to rest at the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula.