True or false quiz - The Tudor Society

Well, this week you have a 50% chance of being right with each question so good luck! I do hope you enjoy this little Tudor history quiz.

Q1) True or false: Queen Elizabeth raised her favourite, Robert Dudley, to Earl of Leicester prior to attempting to arrange a marriage between Dudley and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots?

True

False

Correct!

Wrong!

Q2) True or false: Hans Holbein the Younger was an English miniaturist, noted for his oval-style miniature portrait paintings?

True

False

Correct! That statement best describes Nicholas Hilliard. Holbein was celebrated as one of the greatest portrait painters.

Wrong! That statement best describes Nicholas Hilliard. Holbein was celebrated as one of the greatest portrait painters.

Q3) True or false: Catherine 'de Medici is known for saying that she would marry Henry VIII if she had two heads?

True

False

Correct! It was Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, who said "If I had two heads, one should be at the King of England's disposal."

Wrong! It was Christina of Denmark, Duchess of Milan, who said "If I had two heads, one should be at the King of England's disposal."

Q4) True or false: Anne Stafford was present at the secret marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in January 1533?

True

False

Correct! It was Anne Savage, Lady Berkeley, who was said to have witnessed their marriage.

Wrong! It was Anne Savage, Lady Berkeley, who was said to have witnessed their marriage.

Q5) True or false: Elizabeth Throckmorton secretly married Sir Walter Raleigh?

True

False

Correct! When Queen Elizabeth found out she had both of them thrown in the Tower of London.

Wrong! It's true. When Queen Elizabeth found out she had both of them thrown in the Tower of London.

Q6) True or false: Not long after meeting Arthur, Prince of Wales, Katherine of Aragon and her ladies are recorded as dancing the galliard for him?

True

False

Correct! They danced the pavane which was considered a slow, stately dance.

Wrong! They danced the pavane which was considered a slow, stately dance.

Q7) True or false: Cardinal Wolsey tried to rid the court of Francis Bryan and Nicholas Carew (Bryan’s brother-in-law) saying they treated the king with “inappropriate familiarity"?

True

False

Correct! The two men were banished from court, only to return a month later to accompany the King to the Field of Cloth of Gold.

Wrong! It's true. The two men were banished from court, only to return a month later to accompany the King to the Field of Cloth of Gold.

Q8) True or false: Sir Francis Bryan was the cousin of Anne Boleyn?

True

False

Correct! His mother, Lady Margaret Bryan, was the half-sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Anne's mother. The two women shared a mother: Elizabeth Tilney.

Wrong! It's true. His mother, Lady Margaret Bryan, was the half-sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Anne's mother. The two women shared a mother: Elizabeth Tilney.

Q9) True or false: Sir Francis Drake ended his life on the scaffold?

True

False

Correct! He died of dysentery in January 1596 while anchored just off the coast of Panama.

Wrong! He died of dysentery in January 1596 while anchored just off the coast of Panama.

Q10) True or false: Catherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, was married four times in total?

True

False

Correct! Her husbands were Edward Burgh; John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer; Henry VIII and Thomas Seymour.

Wrong! It's true. Her husbands were Edward Burgh; John Neville, 3rd Baron Latimer; Henry VIII and Thomas Seymour.

True or false?