Tudor History Quiz - The Tudor Society

Test your knowledge of Tudor history with this week's quiz. Grab your favourite beverage and a snack, make yourself comfortable and get your grain working with these general Tudor history quiz questions. Good luck!

Q1) This Tudor couple was featured in the song, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" - who were they?

Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, Queen of France

James IV and Margaret Tudor

Correct! The lines "The king was in the counting-house /Counting out his money, /The queen was in the parlour/ Eating bread and honey" refer to them.

Wrong! The lines "The king was in the counting-house /Counting out his money, /The queen was in the parlour/ Eating bread and honey" refer to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.

Q2) In 1562, Queen Elizabeth I contracted smallpox, where was she?

St James's Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Richmond Palace

Hatfield House

Correct!

Wrong! She was at Hampton Court Palace.

Q3) Which lady-in-waiting did Queen Elizabeth I refer to as 'that She Wolf'?

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Mary, Queen of Scots

Lettice Knollys

Catherine Carey

Correct!

Wrong! It was Lettice Knollys.

Q4) Which of Henry VIII's wives is believed to have been born in Lambeth?

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Catherine Howard

Catherine Parr

Correct!

Wrong! It's Catherine Howard.

Q5) King Henry VIII died at the Palace of Whitehall in 1547, where did his father, Henry VII, die in 1509?

Greenwich Palace

St James's Palace

Richmond Palace

Windsor Castle

Correct!

Wrong! He died at Richmond Palace.

Q6) Lots of events happened at Hampton Court Palace - which of the following did NOT happen there?

The death of Jane Seymour

The arrest of Anne Boleyn

The birth of Edward VI

Henry VIII discovered Catherine Howard's colourful past

Correct!

Wrong! Anne Boleyn was arrested at Greenwich Palace.

Q7) Which of the following Tudor Thomases was not executed?

Thomas Seymour

Thomas More

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Correct! Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was spared from execution by the death of Henry VIII and was eventually released under the reign of Mary I.

Wrong! It's Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. Thomas Howard was spared from execution by the death of Henry VIII and was eventually released under the reign of Mary I.

Q8) During which monarch's reign did was the potato introduced into England?

Henry VIII's

Edward VI's

Mary I's

Elizabeth I's

Correct!

Wrong! It was in Elizabeth I's reign.

Q9) True or false: Sir Francis Bryan lost his eye because of a fist fight?

True

False

Correct! He lost it jousting.

Wrong! He lost it jousting.

Q10) True or false: Cardinal Wolsey wrote the book "Utopia"?

True

False

Correct! It was Thomas More who wrote it.

Wrong! It was written written by Thomas More.