Enjoy this quiz on the multi-talented Elizabethan Sir Walter Ralegh.
Sir Walter Ralegh Quiz
Correct!
Wrong! He was born in Devon
Correct! Interesting fact: Edward I was placed one lower, at 94 and J.R.R.Tolkien was placed one higher at 92.
Wrong! He was 93. Interesting fact: Edward I was placed one lower, at 94 and J.R.R.Tolkien was placed one higher at 92.
Correct!
Wrong! It was Elizabeth Throckmorton.
Correct!
Wrong! It was in the Old Palace Yard of the Palace of Westminster.
Correct!
Wrong! It was El Dorado.
Correct!
Wrong! She kept his head in a velvet bag.
Correct! His head was added to the tomb when his wife died. His tomb can still be visited today, along with those of the poet John Milton and Admiral Robert Blake. It was the church which saw the wedding of Samuel Pepys to Elisabeth de St. Michel in 1655.
Wrong! It is at St Margaret's, Westminster, and his head was added to the tomb when his wife died. His tomb can still be visited today, along with those of the poet John Milton and Admiral Robert Blake. It was the church which saw the wedding of Samuel Pepys to Elisabeth de St. Michel in 1655.
Correct!
Wrong! It was the Channel Island of Jersey.
Correct! The full book title was “The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado)”
By the way, Orinoco, Madame Cholet and Obidos are character names from the 1960's/70's TV Series “The Wombles”
Wrong! It was The Discovery of Guiana. The full book title was “The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado)”
By the way, Orinoco, Madame Cholet and Obidos are character names from the 1960's/70's TV Series “The Wombles”
Correct!
Wrong! It was Cadiz.
Correct! In 1587, the Crown (Elizabeth I) purchased the ship from Sir Walter and it was renamed Ark Royal, a name which has been used repeatedly throughout history, including the HMS Ark Royal Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier which was launched in 1981 and decommissioned in 2011. Golden Hinde was the ship of Sir Francis Drake. The Mayflower was the ship which transported English Puritans to the New World.
Wrong! It was Ark. In 1587, the Crown (Elizabeth I) purchased the ship from Sir Walter and it was renamed Ark Royal, a name which has been used repeatedly throughout history, including the HMS Ark Royal Invincible Class Aircraft Carrier which was launched in 1981 and decommissioned in 2011. Golden Hinde was the ship of Sir Francis Drake. The Mayflower was the ship which transported English Puritans to the New World.
Correct! Although the majority of historians believe this to have been impossible.
Wrong! It was the potato, although the majority of historians believe this to have been impossible.