Tudor Life and Times Quiz - The Tudor Society

Tudor Life

Q1) Horseshoes came from a farrier, bows came from a bowyer, what did one buy from a stapler?

Staples

Portraits

Medicines and herbs

Raw wool

Correct, merchants dealing with the buying and selling of raw wool, silk and linen were known as staplers.

Wrong, merchants dealing with the buying and selling of raw wool, silk and linen were known as staplers.

Q2) If you had a rotten tooth which needed pulling, who would you visit?

The barber

The dentist

The apothecary

The cordwainer

Correct! Barbers or barber surgeons would also perform surgery on the wounded, do bloodletting, perform enemas and cut hair.

Wrong! Barbers or barber surgeons performed dentistry, surgery, bloodletting and enemas, as well as cutting hair.

Q3) How should one address a duke or duchess?

Your Majesty

Your Excellency

Your Grace

My liege

Correct!

Wrong! The correct form of address is "Your Grace".

Q4) What was "breeching"?

Giving birth to a baby who was upside down

A form of hunting

Bloodletting

The practice of moving little boys from wearing skirts to breeches

Correct! A boy was "breeched" somewhere between the ages of 3 and 7.

Wrong! Breeching was when a boy of between 3 and 7 years of age moved from wearing skirts to breeches or hose.

Q5) What grain was used for making Tudor ale?

Barley

Wheat

Hops

Oats

Correct! Ale was brewed from barley, which was malted, and water.

Wrong! Ale was brewed from barley, which was malted, and water. Beer was ale with hops added.

Q6) Before the Reformation, how many days of the year were "fish days", i.e. no meat or poultry could be eaten?

100

215

300

125

Correct! Fish were eaten on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, as well as during Lent and Advent.

Wrong! Fish were eaten on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, as well as during Lent and Advent, and the total was 215.

Q7) What was/is the day after Halloween called?

The Feast of Mary the Blessed Virgin

Ascension Day

All Saints' Day

Corpus Christi

Correct!

Wrong, it is All Saints' Day.

Q8) Midsummer's Eve was also the celebration of which saint?

John the Baptist

Luke

John the Apostle

Peter

The Virgin Mary

Correct!It was one of the most important feast days of the year.

Wrong, it was the feast of John the Baptist and was one of the most important feast days of the year.

Q9) What is said to be the "national sport" of England in the Tudor era because it was practised every Sunday after church?

Football

Cricket

Hunting

Archery

Correct! Statutes (e.g. 1363, 1515) were passed protecting the sport and making archery practice compulsory in the medieval and Tudor period.

Wrong! It was archery. Statutes (e.g. 1363, 1515) were passed protecting the sport and making archery practice compulsory in the medieval and Tudor period.

Q10) What are skirrets?

Cooking pots

Root vegetables

Rodents similar to squirrels

Gloves

Correct! They are similar to carrots and were more popular in Tudor times than carrots.

Wrong! They are a root vegetable similar to carrots and which were more popular in Tudor times than carrots.

Q11) When did the Tudor New Year begin?

1st January

31st March

25th March

24th June

Correct! It was known as Lady Day, and was the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.

Wrong! It was 25th March, Lady Day, and was the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.

Q12) What was marchpane?

Glass used for stained glass windows

Marzipan

A fabric

A fruit

Correct! It was often moulded into shapes to imitate animals or fruit and vegetables.

Wrong! It was marzipan, a sweet almond paste, which was often moulded into shapes to imitate animals or fruit and vegetables.