Tudor History Quiz - 14 May - The Tudor Society

Grab a coffee, make yourself comfortable and exercise those little grey cells with a quiz on one of your favourite subjects. This week's quiz is a general Tudor history quiz and we hope you enjoy it. Good luck!

Tudor History Quiz - 14 May 2017

Q1) This man became one of the most important leaders of the Elizabethan Separatist movement and a founder of English and American Congregationalism.

William Barlow

Robert Barnes

John Bale

Henry Barrow

Correct! Barrow was educated at Cambridge and later became a follower of Robert Browne, founder of the first English Separatist congregation.

Wrong! It's Henry Barrow. Barrow was educated at Cambridge and later became a follower of Robert Browne, founder of the first English Separatist congregation.

Q2) This man was the jailer specially appointed by Mary I to keep Princess Elizabeth confined in the Tower of London and at Woodstock in 1554-1555.

Henry Bedingfield

William Sharington

William Killigrew

Robert Tyrwhitt

Correct! Bedingfield was a staunch Catholic and one of the first gentlemen to acknowledge Princess Mary as queen and rally to her cause.

Wrong! It's Henry Bedingfield. Bedingfield was a staunch Catholic and one of the first gentlemen to acknowledge Princess Mary as queen and rally to her cause.

Q3) What was the significance of the mother of Katherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk?

She was Duchess of Suffolk in her own right

She was a Spanish noblewoman and close friend of Catherine of Aragon

She was executed for treason

She was heiress of her father's estate

Correct! Maria de Salinas was Katherine Willoughby's mother and confidant of Katherine of Aragon.

Wrong! Maria de Salinas was a Spanish noblewoman and close friend of Catherine of Aragon

Q4) Which of the following men was not executed in May 1536?

George Boleyn

Thomas Culpeper

Mark Smeaton

William Brereton

Correct! Culpeper was executed in 1541.

Wrong! It's Culpeper. He was executed in 1541.

Q5) These women were married to Charles Brandon - select all that apply.

Mary Tudor

Elizabeth Carew

Katherine Willoughby

Anne Browne

Correct!

Wrong! He was married to Mary Tudor, Katherine Willoughby and Anne Browne.

Q6) Which writer used the pseudonym "Roderick Mor"?

Henry Brinkelow

John Bourchier

Francis Bacon

William Baldwin

Correct! Brinkelow is best known for writing social and religious satire.

Wrong! It's Henry Brinkelow. Brinkelow is best known for writing social and religious satire.

Q7) Who was Sir Thomas Bromley?

Lord Chancellor under Elizabeth I

Lord Privy Seal under Edward VI

Privy Councillor under Mary I

Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber under Henry VIII

Correct! Bromley was solicitor general and lord chancellor under Elizabeth I. In 1586, he participated in the interrogations of Anthony Babington.

Wrong! Bromley was solicitor general and lord chancellor under Elizabeth I. In 1586, he participated in the interrogations of Anthony Babington.

Q8) Who served as Lord Privy Seal prior to Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire?

Thomas Cromwell

John Russell

William Paget

Cuthbert Tunstall

Correct!

Wrong! It was Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London.

Q9) Stephen Gardiner was Bishop of....

Rochester

Winchester

London

Durham

Correct!

Wrong! He was Bishop of Winchester.

Q10) In which month of 1554 did Mary I marry Philip of Spain?

February

April

October

July

Correct! They got married on 25 July 1554 at Winchester Cathedral.

Wrong! They got married on 25 July 1554 at Winchester Cathedral.