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Tudor History Quiz – 11 June

Claire Ridgway

This week's Sunday fun is a general Tudor history quiz so grab that coffee, get comfortable and let's exercise that brain of yours! Good luck!

Tudor History Quiz - 11 June 2017

Q1) In which year did Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, die?

1538

1542

1551

1557

Correct! Anne of Cleves was the longest surviving of Henry VIII's wives - she outlived them all, dying in 1557 at Chelsea Manor.
Wrong! Anne of Cleves was the longest surviving of Henry VIII's wives - she outlived them all, dying in 1557 at Chelsea Manor.

Q2) What was St Paul's Cross (Powles Crosse)?

A cross on a church

A marker to remember St Paul

An open-air pulpit

A cross-roads in London

Correct! St Paul's Cross was an open-air pulpit that stood near the cross in the churchyard of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Wrong! St Paul's Cross was an open-air pulpit that stood near the cross in the churchyard of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

Q3) After the death of Queen Mary I of England her husband Philip II of Spain remarried - who was his next wife (third wife)?

Anne of Austria

Elizabeth of Valois

Maria Manuela

Catherine de' Medici

Correct! Philip's third wife was Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of Catherine de Medici and King Henry II of France.
Wrong! Philip's third wife was Elizabeth of Valois, daughter of Catherine de Medici and King Henry II of France.

Q4) This man was Archbishop of York when Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558.

John Piers

Nicholas Heath

Matthew Hutton

Edwyn Sandys

Correct!
Wrong! It was Nicholas Heath.

Q5) Which Pope issued the bull "Regnans in Excelsis", which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I from the Roman Catholic Church?

Pope Gregory VIII

Pope Paul III

Pope Clement VIII

Pope Pius V

Correct!
Wrong! It was Pope Pius V.

Q6) Which of the following men did not hold the title Earl of Warwick?

Edward Plantagenet

Richard Rich

Thomas Grey

John Dudley

Correct! Grey was the Marquess of Dorset.
Wrong! It was Thomas Grey, he was the Marquess of Dorset.

Q7) Which of the following men was not a son of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury?

Sir Richard Pole

Geoffrey Pole

Henry Pole

Reginald Pole

Correct! Sir Richard Pole was her husband.
Wrong! It was Sir Richard Pole, he was her husband.

Q8) Which earldom was granted to Henry Brandon, son of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Mary Tudor, Queen of France, in 1525?

Kent

Oxford

Shrewsbury

Lincoln

Correct! Unfortunately, Henry died around the age of 11 in 1534.
Wrong! It was Lincoln. Unfortunately, Henry died around the age of 11 in 1534.

Q9) In whose reign did Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's niece and the Countess of Lennox, die?

Elizabeth I's

James I's

Mary I's

Edward VI's

Correct! She died in 1578.
Wrong! She died in 1578, in Elizabeth I's reign.

Q10) Cardinal Thomas Wolsey came from this English town.

Worcester

York

Ipswich

Norwich

Correct! Ipswich is in Suffolk.
Wrong! He came from Ipswich in Suffolk.

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