Tudor history quiz: Did she or didn't she?

The Tudor Society weekly quiz this Sunday is a true or false quiz on some famous Tudor women. Test your knowledge with this fun little quiz - good luck!

Q1) True or false: Catherine of Aragon was crowned in a joint coronation with Henry VIII on 24th June 1509.

True

False

Correct!

Wrong!

Q2) True or false: Douglas Sheffield had an illegitimate son by Elizabeth I's favourite, Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex?

True

False

Correct! She had a son by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Wrong! She had a son by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Q3) True or false: Mary I imprisoned her half-sister Elizabeth I in the Tower of London in 1554?

True

False

Correct! It was believed that Elizabeth may have been involved in Wyatt's Rebellion.

Wrong! It's true! It was believed that Elizabeth may have been involved in Wyatt's Rebellion.

Q4) True or false: Anne Askew spoke out against the Catholic belief of transubstantiation during her interrogations?

True

False

Correct! She said: "And as for that you call your god, it is a piece of bread: for more proof thereof let it lie in a box for three months and it will be mouldy, and so turn to nothing that is good. Wherefore I am persuaded that it is not God."

Wrong! It's true. She said: "And as for that you call your god, it is a piece of bread: for more proof thereof let it lie in a box for three months and it will be mouldy, and so turn to nothing that is good. Wherefore I am persuaded that it is not God."

Q5) True or false: Catherine Willoughby had a dog called "Risley" after Thomas Wriothesley?

True

False

Correct! Her dog was actually named Gardiner after Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

Wrong! Her dog was actually named Gardiner after Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.

Q6) True or false: Anne Hathaway was already pregnant when she married William Shakespeare in 1582?

True

False

Correct! She was pregnant with their first child, a daughter Susanna.

Wrong! It's true. She was pregnant with their first child, a daughter Susanna.

Q7) True or false: Anne Boleyn got her dog Purkoy from Lady Lisle?

True

False

Correct! Via Sir Francis Bryan.

Wrong! It's true. The dog went via Sir Francis Bryan.

Q8) True or false: Mary, Queen of Scots was buried originally in Peterborough Abbey?

True

False

Correct! Her remains are now in Westminster Abbey.

Wrong! It's true. Her remains are now in Westminster Abbey.

Q9) True or false: Elizabeth I was said to have attacked one of her ladies with a knife?

True

False

Correct! Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to Elizabeth saying "you gave another lady, who was waiting on you at table, a great blow with a knife". However, it is not known whether it is really true.

Wrong! Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to Elizabeth saying "you gave another lady, who was waiting on you at table, a great blow with a knife". However, it is not known whether it is really true.

Q10) True or false: Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII, was married twice?

True

False

Correct! She was married three times: James IV of Scotland; Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven.

Wrong! She was married three times: James IV of Scotland; Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven.