Tudor Explorers Quiz - The Tudor Society

How much do you know about Tudor explorers? Grab your favourite beverage and get those little grey cells working with this fun quiz.

Q1) In 1567 he initially sailed with his elder cousin John Hawkins on slaving voyages making money by abducting and selling West Africans.

William Hawkins

Francis Drake

Thomas Cavendish

John Cabot

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is Francis Drake.

Q2) This man was an Italian merchant, cartographer and navigator who secured backing from King Henry VII for three voyages of exploration into the north Atlantic. Who was he?

Christopher Columbus

John Cabot

Martin Frobisher

John Hawkins

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is John Cabot.

Q3) This explorer sought a Northeast Passage to Asia...

Richard Chancellor

Thomas Cavendish

Ferdinand Magellan

Walter Ralegh

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is Richard Chancellor.

Q4) This man was one of the earliest Elizabethan explorers of North America. He had help from powerful advocates like Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick. He persuaded London merchants to finance an expedition to discover a North-west Passage around America to Asia.

Thomas Cavendish

John Cabot

John Hawkins

Martin Frobisher

Correct!

Wrong! He was Martin Frobisher.

Q5) This explorer was educated at Oxford and spent the early 1570s in France fighting with the Huguenots as part of a contingent of Devonshire volunteers.

Humphrey Gilbert

Walter Ralegh

Richard Chancellor

Robert Devereux

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is Walter Ralegh.

Q6) This explorer became treasurer of the navy in 1577.

John Hawkins

John Cabot

Walter Ralegh

William Hawkins

Correct!

Wrong! The answer is John Hawkins.

Q7) Which of these explorers is alleged to have introduced the turkey into England?

Francis Drake

Walter Ralegh

Anthony Jenkinson

William Strickland

Correct! It is said that he "acquired six turkeys by trading with Native Americans while on an early voyage to America in 1526." (BBC News)

Wrong! It was William Strickland. It is said that he "acquired six turkeys by trading with Native Americans while on an early voyage to America in 1526." (BBC News@

Q8) In which year did Henry VII issue letters patent to John Cabot and his sons giving them his royal authority for a voyage of exploration?

1488

1496

1498

1500

Correct! It was on 5th March 1496.

Wrong! It was on 5th March 1496.

Q9) Who is known for being the first Englishman to document a sighting of the Falkland Islands?

John Davis

John Hawkins

Francis Drake

Walter Ralegh

Correct!

Wrong! It's John Davis.

Q10) In which year was explorer Francis Drake awarded a knighthood by Elizabeth I?

1579

1580

1582

1581

Correct!

Wrong! It was in 1581.