The Tudor Society

Tudor haircare quiz

Claire Ridgway

This will be a nice, easy quiz for those of you who watched Claire's video on Tudor haircare on Friday. If you haven't seen it yet, click here to view it now. Good luck with the quiz!

Tudor haircare

Q1) To which decade does commercial shampoo (as we know it today) in the USA date back?

1880s

1930s

1950s

1890s

Correct!
Wrong! It's the 1930s.

Q2) Castile soap, which originates in the Castile region of Spain and which was imported into England in Tudor times, is traditionally based on which fat/oil?

Olive oil

Goose fat

Pig fat

Palm oil

Correct! It also originally contained laurel oil.
Wrong! It's olive oil. It also originally contained laurel oil.

Q3) What did Tudor people rely on to care for their hair on a daily basis?

A boar bristle brush

A vinegar rinse

Castile soap

A comb

Correct! It was double-sided, with one side being wide-toothed and the other side being fine-toothed.
Wrong! They relied on a comb. It was double-sided, with one side being wide-toothed and the other side being fine-toothed.

Q4) How many combs were found in the wreck of the Mary Rose Ship, Henry VIII's flagship which sank in the Solent in 1545?

25

76

82

105

Correct!
Wrong! 82 were found.

Q5) All but one of the Mary Rose combs were made of this type of wood....

Boxwood

Neem

Sandalwood

Peach wood

Correct!
Wrong! They were made of boxwood.

Q6) Why did some people add parsley seed oil to their combs?

It conditioned the hair

It scented the hair

It repelled lice

It stopped hair loss

Correct!
Wrong! It repelled lice.

Q7) Sir Hugh Plat (1608) recommened "oil of vitrioll" for colouring black hair a chestnut colour, what is it?

Hydrochloric acid

Citric acid

Acetic acid

Sulfuric acid

Correct!
Wrong! It's sulfuric acid.

Q8) What was rhubarb recommended for?

Lightening the hair

Preventing baldness

Darkening the hair

Making straight hair curly

Correct!
Wrong! It was for lightening the hair.

Q9) What was mixed with lead sulphur to colour the beard or hair chestnut in just half an hour?

Honey

"Dogsberrie"

Turmeric

Quicklime

Correct!
Wrong! It's quicklime.

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