The Tower of London, or Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, as it is officially called, is famous for being the site of much bloodshed and for being the prison of many hundreds, if not thousands, of people since it was first built, but how much do you know about it?
Tower of London Quiz
Correct! It is thought that work was underway on William the Conqueror's White Tower in the 1070s.
Wrong! It was the 11th century. It is thought that work was underway on William the Conqueror's White Tower in the 1070s.
Correct!
Wrong! It was all of them.
Correct! The ceramic poppies were an art installation entitled "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
Wrong! The moat was filled with ceramic poppies. The poppies were an art installation entitled "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
Correct! St John's Chapel is inside the White Tower.
Wrong! It's St John's and it is inside the White Tower.
Correct! Josef Jakobs, a German spy, was shot by a firing squad on 15 August 1941.
Wrong! It was 1941. Josef Jakobs, a German spy, was shot by a firing squad on 15 August 1941.
Correct! Sir Thomas More was beheaded on Tower Hill.
Wrong! It was Sir Thomas More. He was beheaded on Tower Hill.
Correct!
Wrong! There are six.
Correct! Anne Askew was tortured to try and get her to give names of other Protestant sympathisers. She was racked in 1546 “till her bones and joints were almost plucked asunder, in such sort as she was carried away in a chair”. So badly was this young woman racked that a few weeks later, on the day of her execution, she had to be carried to the stake on a chair and “was tied by the middle with a chain, that held up her body”.
Wrong! It was Anne Askew. She was tortured to try and get her to give names of other Protestant sympathisers. She was racked in 1546 “till her bones and joints were almost plucked asunder, in such sort as she was carried away in a chair”. So badly was this young woman racked that a few weeks later, on the day of her execution, she had to be carried to the stake on a chair and “was tied by the middle with a chain, that held up her body”.
Correct! The lioness was called Elizabeth.
Wrong! It was a lioness called Elizabeth.
Correct! Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey.
Wrong! The answer is three: Anne Boleyn, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey.
Correct! It was moved there in 1279.
Wrong! It was moved there in 1279, in the reign of Edward I.
Correct! He died there on 21 May 1471. The chronicle “The Historie of the arrivall of Edward IV” recorded him dying “of pure displeasure and melancholy”, but many believe that he was in fact killed on Edward IV's orders.
Wrong! It was Henry VI. He died there on 21 May 1471. The chronicle “The Historie of the arrivall of Edward IV” recorded him dying “of pure displeasure and melancholy”, but many believe that he was in fact killed on Edward IV's orders.